Data is just like Stan Laurel in some ways. I wonder if this is a conscious thing on Brent's part?
I see that Picard and Beverly share a bowl of fruit over breakfast. Not often we see these, but I must grant that it seems more civilised to have them in a bowl than to troop over to the replicater every time you want one. Mind you, every time the ship gets trashed, Picard must come back to his quarters and have to sponge fruit-juice off the walls.
In the opening segment, why is Worf operating the transporter? Hasn't he got other duties to attend to? Maybe it was just because the ship's Captain, despite recent experiences with the Y'Aarians, is once again launching himself into contact unarmed and, let's face it, unaided into the company of a race they know really very little about.
When Minister Lauren (my spelling) walks in and announces that they are prisoners and that their psi waves would soon be calibrated and as a result they would reveal all, why does she bother? Why doesn't she just wait until they have been calibrated? I mean, why would you want to bother until then? Plot device ahoy, methinks.
Have you ever read 'Clans of the Alphane Moon' by Philip K Dick? The situation on the planet, where you have one race of xenophobes and another composed entirely of benign paranoiacs, is similar to the basic plot of the novel.
Once again Data, the android who needs no rest or sleep, is seated in a comfy chair at the rear console. The budget for this show has obviously stretched to a single girly zombie, who can be clearly seen having to stand, presumably for the entire length of her shift, at the other end of the console. Ridiculous, isn't it? I've read loads of Star Trek books, but I've never yet read anything about how they regularly used to sacrifice common sense for the sake of a good shot. Maybe the directors should get together and write such a book.
Actually, If I ever watch the entire series again (which, let's face it, is on the cards) I may make a list of things like this, see who is the biggest culprit.
Riddle me this; when Picard and Beverly are in the caves, as they come to a dead end and decide they maybe took a wrong turning, Picard mentions Loren (my spelling) by name. Minor problem, here, people. She never introduced herself, and he's had no contact with anybody since except Beverly, who some days I suspect doesn't even know her own name, and the anonymous silent individual who returned Beverly's tricorder. So how did he know her name, continuity fans?
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