So, the Grand Wazoo of Next Generation Nitpickers could find nothing wrong with this episode, eh? You must have watched it in your sleep, Phil. As was pointed out by another Nitpicker, after Picard informs the Romulan Captain that he will escort them back to the neutral zone, the Romulan ship zooms off in one direction, and the Enterprise takes off in another.
I myself noticed that when Worf first goes into Riker's quarters, he mistakenly believes that Riker doesn't want to talk to him and so he turns to leave and walks to the door. By the time Riker tells him to wait, Worf is right up against the door, which, curiously, hasn't opened. This is an automatic door, so how did it know not to open? Further, when Worf does apparently leave, we don't get to actually see it as the shot remains on Riker, but where is the 'swoosh' as Worf goes through the door? It could be argued that he did not in fact leave, but the inference of the way it is shot, for me, is that he left.
Why didn't Beverly ask the Romulans, whom one would imagine carry a doctor on board, for any medical advice on how to treat the sick Romulan? I'm not saying that that was a mistake, I just thought it odd.
I was also surprised that Picard didn't come right out and order Worf to yield the rare cells that only he carried to help the Romulan. That way, any potentially disastrous intergalactic incident could have been avoided, and Worf's honour would have been protected as he could always explain to himself that he was being honourable in following orders, no matter how distasteful. In fact, I think that Picard should have ordered him anyway, even if Worf had taken his own life rather than do it. They could still have taken the cells from his corpse (unless he fried himself in a laser beam or something); what's one dead Klingon worth compared to a possible war with the Romulans? Some poor statesmanship from Picard there.
Incidentally the essence of the plot, in that two enemies are trapped together on an inhospitable planet and eventually overcome their plight by becoming friends and working together, reminded me strongly of the film "Enemy Mine", in which two enemies are trapped together on an inhospitable planet and eventually overcome their plight by becoming friends and working together. Ho hum.
Evolution The Ensigns of Command The Survivors Who Watches the
Watchers? The Bonding Booby
Trap The Enemy The Price The Vengeance Factor The Defector The Hunted
The High Ground Deja Q A
Matter of Perspective Yesterday's Enterprise
The Offspring
Sins of the Father Allegiance Captain's Holiday
Tin Man Hollow Pursuits The Most Toys Sarek
Menage á Troi
Transfigurations The Best of Both Worlds
Part One