According to IMDb, this is among the most hated episodes of the series. And, when I read through the six reviews for the show, one was lukewarm and the other five totally hated it. So is this really that bad? After all, there have been so many horrible episodes of the various Star Trek shows! Mind you, I love the shows but I also am honest enough with myself to admit that on rare occasions the Trek shows and films let down the viewers. I am a fan but I am NOT a fanatic!
When the show begins, Paris and a few other crew members are working on trying to achieve warp 10. We are told that in theory this would allow for instantaneous travel ANYWHERE...but is it possible? Well, eventually they are ready to test this outside the holodeck and Paris insists that he be allowed to pilot the shuttle on the attempt. At first, it seems to work...but of course it cannot work perfectly, otherwise the series would come to an end and they'd all be home in the middle of the second season!
What follows reminds me a lot of the remake of "The Fly" but with a lot less coherence. It also wasn't bad...that is until the end. Then, it became completely bat$&#* crazy...as well as stupid! You really have to see this one to believe it...but I can see much of why folks disliked this episode...it was kooky indeed! But is it the worst? I don't think so, as the final episode of the original series featured Kirk getting a sex change and suffering a HUGE menopausal mood shift, a terrible "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" episode involving a baseball game in the holodeck and much of season one and two of "Star Trek: Voyager" at least give it a run for the money as worst episode!
UPDATE: By the way, it isn't just me who hated this episode. At the 50th anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, this was voted as one of the 10 worst of all episodes from every Trek franchise! That is some ignoble designation!
When the show begins, Paris and a few other crew members are working on trying to achieve warp 10. We are told that in theory this would allow for instantaneous travel ANYWHERE...but is it possible? Well, eventually they are ready to test this outside the holodeck and Paris insists that he be allowed to pilot the shuttle on the attempt. At first, it seems to work...but of course it cannot work perfectly, otherwise the series would come to an end and they'd all be home in the middle of the second season!
What follows reminds me a lot of the remake of "The Fly" but with a lot less coherence. It also wasn't bad...that is until the end. Then, it became completely bat$&#* crazy...as well as stupid! You really have to see this one to believe it...but I can see much of why folks disliked this episode...it was kooky indeed! But is it the worst? I don't think so, as the final episode of the original series featured Kirk getting a sex change and suffering a HUGE menopausal mood shift, a terrible "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" episode involving a baseball game in the holodeck and much of season one and two of "Star Trek: Voyager" at least give it a run for the money as worst episode!
UPDATE: By the way, it isn't just me who hated this episode. At the 50th anniversary Star Trek convention in Las Vegas, this was voted as one of the 10 worst of all episodes from every Trek franchise! That is some ignoble designation!