Q; How could the Coalition know about contemporary crew lists on Federation ships?
A; I suppose, hackers!
Q; How can this bimbo possibly be considered as a potential candidate for the Academy?
A; Um. Are we really intended to suppose that every single serving officer on all the Federation vessels has graduated from the Academy? How come you've got this glut of humans, then? Remember when Wes took his Academy test? Only one other of the four, that's right, four was human, and then from that four only one could graduate that year. If entry is so tight that Wesley the boy genius can fail then what chance has any normal dude got? Where do all the regular serving officers come from? I can only assume that there is some kind of graded entry system, but the logic of it escapes me.
I cannot help but notice that Data visibly smiles when he collects the poker winnings and that once again he is apparently surprised when Ishaya kisses him. Why? This is the guy who has no feelings, as I'm tired of saying. Actually, there are zillions of instances of this throughout the series, too many to mention. Speaking of Data, wasn't it prudent of him not to mention just exactly how close he'd been to Tasha? Maybe it was him that chose the babe outfit for Ishaya. Seconds, anyone?
While we're (nearly) on the subject of poker, seasoned professionals of the game might perhaps question the wisdom of playing when one of the opponents, smiling winningly at you from across the table, is the ship's mind-reader! Just a thought . . .
One last thing. We manage once again to shoehorn ourselves into Riker's quarters in this episode. Why are they so cramped? He's the Enterprise's First Officer, so shouldn't he have a reasonably sized place to hang his hat?
The Best of Both Worlds Part
Two Family Brothers Suddenly
Human Remember Me Legacy Reunion Future Imperfect Final
Mission The Loss Data's Day The Wounded Devil's Due Clues
First Contact Galaxy's Child
Night Terrors Identity Crisis
The Nth Degree Qpid
The Drumhead Half a Life The
Host The Mind's Eye In Theory
Redemption