DVD, TNG S2 (The Royale)
A runaround with no point to it, is how I felt after watching this. It sounds harsh, and I admit there are moments of interest, such as when the Away Team first sees the revolving doors, or the body of the astronaut. But for the purpose to be limited to trying to escape from a casino, and for Picard to explain it away at the end as an unsolveable puzzle like Fermat's, makes the story's lightweight nature even more apparent.
Much of the story features Riker, Worf and Data wandering the establishment looking confused, or trying to understand the locals, but being all based on a cheap novel none of it is particularly compelling and later episodes from this and other series' did the 'trapped in a construct reality' thing much better. So there's nothing much noteworthy, except perhaps how O'Brien has become something of a regular in the Transporter Room. And that the Holodeck wasn't the answer!
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