"The Thaw" is a great episode, wonderfully written, with a great guest performance from Michael McKean.
A group of scientists is stuck in cryogenic stasis by the computer program designed to wake them up. It has gone rogue, and has trapped the scientists in a perpetual coma, terrorized by Fear, in order to keep itself alive.
Fear is manifested in the character of The Clown, played by Michael McKean, who gives the episode just the right amount of dark theatricality. Roddenbury would have been proud.
There are nice twists and turns around every corner, and the stasis program is wonderfully psychotic and surreal, reminiscent of TOS. This is a Trek classic that could sit on the shelf with the best of them. A home run.
GRADE: A+
A group of scientists is stuck in cryogenic stasis by the computer program designed to wake them up. It has gone rogue, and has trapped the scientists in a perpetual coma, terrorized by Fear, in order to keep itself alive.
Fear is manifested in the character of The Clown, played by Michael McKean, who gives the episode just the right amount of dark theatricality. Roddenbury would have been proud.
There are nice twists and turns around every corner, and the stasis program is wonderfully psychotic and surreal, reminiscent of TOS. This is a Trek classic that could sit on the shelf with the best of them. A home run.
GRADE: A+