Q; Why does Data have to be aboard the shuttle, when arguably they could pilot it by remote?
A; We might assume that it was because if Katie had gone spark out, or the child had turned on her or possessed super-strength or similar, who better to report back or deal with the situation than Data? If she'd passed out while alone, how could they have known without beaming someone over?
Q; Why doesn't the world at large put themselves through the transporters in order to rejuvenate themselves?
A; Because in practice, I suspect, this only worked with the kind of genetic reshuffling that took place specifically as a result of association with the kiddiwinks' immune systems.
Q; Why didn't the Lantree call for assistance as soon as they started to age?
A; Why don't the Enterprise crew call for assistance each and every time they run into a spot of bother? It simply isn't the way Starfleet operates, is it? Anyway, I imagine they didn't work out what was happening until it was too late to do much, which may explain why the distress call was garbled. Those shaky old hands perhaps didn't quite punch the right buttons.
One goof. When Pulaski first gets arthritic she grabs at her left arm. We then go to a commercial break, after which she holds on to and then injects her right arm. Funny stuff, this geriatric phenomena . . .
The Child Where Silence Has Lease Elementary, My Dear Data The Outrageous Okona
Loud As a Whisper The Schizoid Man Unnatural Selection A Matter of Honour
The Measure of a Man The Dauphin Contagion The Royale Times Squared The
Icarus Factor Pen Pals Q Who Samaritan Snare Up The Long
Ladder Manhunt The Emissary
Peak Performance Shades of Grey