Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) The Host (1991) User Reviews

Introducing the Trill

[Tweekums · 7/10 · 11 June 2015]

This episode sees the Enterprise transporting Ambassador Odan, a Trill, to mediate in a conflict that may escalate into a war. En route he and Dr Crusher have developed a relationship and now they are completely besotted. There is however something she doesn't know about the Trill; they are binary beings consisting of a symbiont and a host and the personality is contained in the slug-like symbiont not the man she sees before her. This wouldn't be a problem but an attack leaves the host dying leaving the 'real' Odan in need of a new host. They are far from the Trill homeworld so Will Riker volunteers to act as host during the peace conference while they await the new Trill host. This makes things very difficult for Beverly as it means her lover now looks like her old friend Will Riker; something she understandably has problems dealing with. Riker's body starts to reject the symbiont but the new host arrives just in time… this doesn't make things easier for Dr Crusher though; the new host is a woman!

Initially it looked as if the main theme of this episode would be the conflict that Odan was trying to solve but ultimately that proved a minor part of the story; the real story was all about the nature of the Trill and whether a person's appearance is as important as their personality when it comes to love… not in the sense that appearances change with age or through accident but that in this case the person looks totally different. It was nice to see Beverly in love; Gates McFadden did a fine job did a fine job portraying both the infatuation then the confusion as Odan changed during the course of the episode. The Trill were a fascinating new species to add to the 'Star Trek' universe but anybody familiar with them from the later series 'Deep Space Nine' will be rather surprised as the details shown here contradict several things we see in that series; most notably the Trill look different and in this story they can't teleport due to their binary nature. Still over all this is a solid enough episode with some interesting ideas.

back to the drawing board

[nebmac · 5/10 · 12 June 2016]

Maybe it's not fair to judge this episode's Trill against the ones in DS9, but Odan is clearly a prototype that needed refining before the species was reintroduced in the latter series. Most problematic is the implication that the host body becomes a mindless vehicle once the symbiont takes over. Even with the potential difficulty of shoehorning a more detailed explanation into an already busy episode, you'd think that Riker would ask some questions before volunteering so readily to have an alien parasite implanted in his abdomen.

Franc Luz is believable as Odan #1, portraying the right mix of charm and trustworthiness capable of evoking strong romantic feelings in such a short time. In contrast, Jonathan Frakes' Odan #2 is basically a mellower Riker, and his scenes with Crusher fall flat. Odan #3 is Nicole Orth-Pallavicini, whose performance contains hardly a sliver of Luz's charisma.

The episode's main idea is straightforward and needs no further comment. It's not the most compelling TNG story, but certainly far from the worst.

It's Hard to Love a Bucket of Entrails

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 29 August 2014]

Beverly Crusher is a human being. She falls for a humanoid man and later finds out he is the host body for a creature that looks something in an Asian meat market. The ongoing theme is "What is love?" and Beverly is sort of maligned for not reacting positively to a host body that contains the being of the one whose initial host body died. She is quite conflicted. Of course, none of us are able to recount our experiences with aliens, unless you live in a New Mexico desert, but our physical being is certainly a huge factor in our attractions and rejections. Let's face it, Heidi Klum is going to be more successful in attracting men than one of ordinary physical presence. And so it goes. If the guy had been transplanted into a duck, would Beverly have been attracted to him? Riker becomes the host. How about all the implications and hesitancies that are fueled by this reality. What if Wesley Crusher had been the host. How would she have handled that. There is so much unfairness here. There is even a touch of homophobia. Interesting episode.

What does it mean to love someone?

[russem31 · 24 April 2006]

ST:TNG:97 - "The Host" (Stardate: 44821.3) - this is the 23rd episode of the 4th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

This episode introduces the Trill species that we will come to know in Deep Space Nine, with a symbiont in a host humanoid body (though without the tattoos on each side of the body like Lt. Cmdr. Dax). It is with this body that Dr. Crusher falls in love with, in the form of Ambassador Odan, and only when he is injured does she discover the true Odan (the SYMBIONT)! When the host dies though, and the symbiont goes into Riker's body, Crusher faces a dilemma - who is it she truly loves? This will become even more apparent when Odan enters his new Trill host. An intriguing episode indeed.

Trivia note: Nurse Ogawa makes another appearance. And, we see the ship's hair and manicure salon!

Good Trill intro but should have been better

[snoozejonc · 6/10 · 26 July 2021]

Dr Crusher is in a relationship with a Trill mediator on a negotiation mission.

This is a mediocre episode that introduces a brilliant concept within a fairly uninspired story.

The plot serves the higher purpose of introducing the Trill species to the franchise, which is fantastic idea that comes to fruition in Deep Space Nine and continues in Discovery. However, it is unfortunately framed within another bland Star Trek romance and not helped by a fairly clichéd subplot.

'Dr Beverly' and Odan are another in a long line of Trek couples who are in love just because they are. I could not invest in their relationship because it did not develop on screen. All his presence does is disrupt the dynamic of TNG lead characters so psychologically I think found myself routing against them so things get back normal. Crusher is a good character as a starship medical officer, but not as a swooning love interest.

The subplot has been done to death in Star Trek and in particular TNG. Mediation between two conflicting species was wearing thin before this episode and it feels unnecessary other than to give Odan a reason to be involved.

I enjoyed the visuals, particularly the Trill creature effects and surgical scenes.

There has been much written about how things finish between Crusher and Odan. For me it works fine to draw a line under what is pretty bland screen romance, but it is very reflective of 1991 and how the producers were unwilling to risk alienating the audience they obviously deemed not ready for a bisexual relationship. For me it finally gets interesting in that scene but they chose to stay away from it.

All performances are good, with Gates McFadden leading it strongly and supported well by the other cast members.

Bev's getting busy!

[thevacinstaller · 7/10 · 29 March 2021]

Well, let us give credit for the introduction of the Trill ---- a alien species that provides a rich base for some great story lines later on. The idea of the host being a thrall to the Trill symbiote does not work as well as the host being ingrained into the symbiote and intermingling with the previous hosts to create conflict and texture for the character.

I am happy that Beverly Crusher finally was able to get it on with someone! That big jerk Picard has been teasing Crusher for years now and even 'got some' on the side while on vacation. You GO GIRL! I enjoyed Crushers lovesick performance and I nearly fell out of my chair in laughter at her misdirection on data so that she could go have hot steamy sex with Odan. Crusher and Odan also had excellent chemistry and I bought into the love story.

I'm with Beverly on this one. I would have a hard time maintaining a romantic relationship if my partner took on a new form from time to time. Maybe it's my primitive unevolved monkey brain or a human failing but that's a big ask.

We get a lot of Beverly in this episode and I am a Beverly Crusher fan club member; I cannot score this any less then a 7 out of 10. I am happy that the Trill were refined in future Star Trek ---- the idea of using a host as a empty shell thrall is a bit of a bummer.

It's like watching brother and sister kiss.

[hubbardamanda · 7/10 · 23 March 2020]

Good story with an intriguing twist, but they should have put the slug in a different host, it even would have been good to see the captain and crusher get more involved, but when Riker and Crusher kiss, it makes your stomach flip... it's just wrong.

The Host vs. DS9

[Paranaut · 7/10 · 30 January 2013]

This episode is decent. The following nitpicks are directed at Star Trek continuity in general.

Here are the differences I counted between the Trill in this episode and every single episode of Deep Space Nine:

1: Spots/ ridges - (Obviously) in this episode the Trill have ridges on their foreheads instead of their trademark spots, apparently because Terry Farrell was allergic to the prosthetics.

2: Transporter - In this episode Ambassador Odan said he couldn't use the transporter or he would "die". This is of course contradicted hundreds of times by DS9, every time Dax beams anywhere. Obviously this would have been a major hump to get over in writing DS9 episodes, so they hoped that everyone forgot about it.

3: Federation knowledge of the Trill - The Federation in "The Host" doesn't know anything about the Trill at all, yet Curzon Dax was a Federation Ambassador during the Khitomer Accords and Torias Dax (2 hosts back) was revealed to be a star fleet officer. Don't know why they had to change this one. Dax could have been the first Trill in Starfleet and it wouldn't have made much of an impact on the show.

4: Symbiont and host relationship - In the TNG episode, the symbiont, Odan, completely retains his personality when joined with each host (Riker's personality, for instance, is totally buried under Odan's, hence: his having no problem becoming romantically involved with Crusher). It is spelled out numerous times in DS9 that the host and symbiont meld personalities to create one. Again, why change this? I guess it was more interesting to have previous hosts with problems etc…

5: Humans joining with the symbiont (TNG)/ host dies after symbiont is removed (DS9) - This is contradicted by the existence of Ezri Dax. She explains that she was the only trill on board (whatever ship it was) and that's why she wasn't properly prepared for the joining. But, if they followed the TNG episode's rule, it would have been no problem to use her as a carrier and then transport the Dax symbiont into someone more worthy when the opportunity arose. Was this writer's forgetfulness or laziness?

6: Taboo of rekindling past host's love affair absent - Every host Odan shows to inhabit in this episode wants little more than to get back with Doctor Beverly. This is of course contradicted by the DS9 episode "Rejoined", in which exile is the price for letting your past catch up with you. Though I suppose seeing Terry Farrell kiss Susanna Thomson was worth a complete disregard for continuity (sarcasm). It should be noted, I guess, that Odan could have been some kind of rebel, or his love of Dr. Crusher was so strong that he couldn't help himself, but I think that this episode's message (love the person underneath, etc…) would have actually been strengthened by the inclusion of this taboo. So in conclusion: the writers invented it for "Rejoined" ignoring "The Host" completely.

7: Symbiont Dies (TNG) if not joined almost immediately - This is of course contradicted by the episode "Equilibrium" in which we see several symbionts "taking a swim" in the caves on the Trill home world. (side note: despite what an earlier reviewer stated, it is a different prop.)

All this could have been avoided by DS9 by simply calling the race something else. It could have easily been another joined species. There are, after all, at least three shape shifting species (Metamorph, Comaloid, and of course, the Founders)

Introduction to Dax

[ShogaNinja · 8/10 · 18 October 2008]

This is the first time we are introduced to the sybiotic lifeform known as the Trill. The Trill in this episode are devoid of their signature spots and instead have some weird klingon-like (but caucasian) cranial crest. Although this was really more of an introduction to the topic of Trills, what they are, and how they love, "The Host" ends up being a major storyline later in ST DS9. In this episode Dr. Beverly Crusher falls in love with one slug over three bodies. This whole story line is salvaged and reworked later into a major running plot on DS9. Commander Worf falls in love with Jadzia Dax only to spurn Ezri Dax later when Jadzia dies. The confusion was also too much for him to bear, until later they copulate and he realizes that he does indeed still love her (but only as a friend). Thusly, he was able to watch Ezri Dax fall for Dr. Julian Bashir.

This is a decent episode, and there is nothing wrong with it. Although the trill are different the concept is the same and the actual symbiote appears to be the same prop as the one used in DS9. They are also introduced to the symbiote to the host in the same way in both series. Same concept, different looks. You can totally get past it. After all you got through the first season of TNG if you are reading this, which is no easy task. I'm sure glad the show evolved into a masterpiece as it progressed.

What is the basis for love?

[robert3750 · 7/10 · 25 September 2020]

Is the definition and meaning of love (specifically, ROMANTIC love) universally agreed upon? I don't think so. How can anyone say that a person's physical being plays no part in love? Of course, true love wouldn't only be physical, but when faced with a being who never stays in the same physical body, few if any could consider that to be a sound basis for love.

Half way there... livin' on a prayer

[christopherdhamel · 5/10 · 26 August 2020]

What a great concept for an episode that unfortunately fell flat. Jonathan Frakes had what is in my opinion among his best performances of the series, but it wasn't enough to rescue a mediocre episode. On a plus note, the concept gave birth to an idea that DS9 truly brought home. So even bad episodes can have good long term outcomes, which this one definitely does.

Cronenberg Meets Star Trek

[dkkane39 · 8/10 · 9 March 2021]

This is the first appearance of the alien race the Trill on Star Trek. Much like the original Klingon design of the original series, the design for the Trill would also be changed. On this episode, the Trill have protrusions on their head and flattened noses. Of course this would be a far cry from Jadzia's design on DS9. The entire idea of parasites, identity, and body horror is very reminiscent of David Cronenberg's work such as Videodrome, The Fly, and Shivers. The parasite that lives in the host is much bigger and disgusting than the ones we would see in future Star Treks. The scene where Odan observed himself in the mirror is straight out of Cronenberg's Shivers. Both Shivers and this film deal with parasites and foreign bodies inside human bodies. This is an episode that explores Dr. Crusher's emotions and life of solitude aboard the Enterprise. It is a very well written and acted episode. It makes us ask the question, is love a person, or something more?

Dr. Crusher considers polygamy.

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 20 November 2014]

When Star Trek fans see this episode today, the mystery isn't so mysterious. After all, one of the cast of "Star Trek: Deep Space 9" was supposed to be of the Trill--so the notion of having a body as a host and a sentient separate being inside isn't surprising. Back when "The Host" debuted, however, this was all new and probably surprised more than a few of the fans. That's because Dr. Crusher has fallen in love with Ambassador Odan and doesn't realize that as a Trill he also has one of these beings living inside. Now this isn't a case of "Invasion of the Body Snatcher"--the relationship is voluntary and both sides benefit from this relationship. However, Dr. Crusher isn't prepared for this and only learns about this bonding when Odan is injured and his host body dies! In a pinch, to keep him alive, the thing known as 'Odan' temporarily is hosted by Riker--an awkward situation for the Doctor, to say the least! How does all this play out---well, see the show to find out for yourself.

This was a great introduction to the Trill and made for a very interesting episode. It also offers some interesting bisexual subtext--something which might surprise some viewers. Well done overall.

Crusher's Shapeshifting Romance

[Samuel-Shovel · 5/10 · 4 February 2020]

In "The Host" Dr. Crusher falls in love with a mediator whose body must occasionally be swapped out. The man she loves is actually just a host for the real "alien slug-like" being inside. When the replacement body is too far away, Riker must temporarily be the host and continue mediating between the people of two moons who have a dispute.

Romance has never been TNG's strong suit (although I do enjoy the episodes involving Worf). This one just feels too rushed. We walk in on these two mid-tryst so it's hard to get a complete feel on the chemistry between the two. But that's not the main problem.

The real issue is the ending. When Crusher's lover receives a female body as the next in line, Crusher is no longer having it... TNG had a great opportunity to make some kind of strong stance on sexuality. Instead they defer and don't really make a point of saying anything about it. It kind of makes me ask the question "Why even include this?" To be honest, I have no idea...

Trills!

[gotsplagchnon · 12 August 2011]

The idea in this episode is an intriguing one, and it raises some good questions about the nature of love. But to explore these questions, you're going to have to watch an hour-long cheese-fest between Crusher and the Trill-controlled Riker, both of whom are bewildered and angst-ridden in the throes of interspecies love. Consider yourself warned.

On the upside, we get to see a funny exchange between Crusher and Troi (and in the ship's salon, to boot). Personally, I experience great relief when I watch a worthwhile scene with Troi. My blood pressure normally spikes whenever she comes on screen, but it returns to an almost safe level when she proves not to be The Most Useless Individual Ever. Predictably, she returns to her normal annoying self post-haste. It doesn't take long for her to start badgering the doctor about her feelings. Crusher, weakened in her distraught emotional state, encourages this behavior. We must forgive her lapse.

The real highlight of this episode is at the end when Crusher sees who her lover's new host is. Apparently, she doesn't swing that way....

So, was this episode really just an inquiry on the nature of love? Or was it actually a covert attempt to romantically involve Riker with every female character in the entire series, no matter what the cost? The choice is yours!

"You cannot be open to love if you don't risk pain."

[classicsoncall · 7/10 · 5 February 2024]

This episode could have gone in so many different directions. As it is, Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) is thwarted in love when the humanoid she has taken a fascination to turns out to be symbiont in a host body. I think I would have called it quits when the symbiont turned out to be a giant rock lobster. Geesh, wasn't that revolting? Anyway, with Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) volunteering to become host for a day, Dr. Crusher's ideas of romance suddenly come to a halt. I couldn't warm up to the potential romance between Crusher and Odan (Franc Luz) in the first place. With no set up as to how they met and why they were attracted to each other signaled an episode that wouldn't have a satisfactory resolution for the principals. One can acknowledge what the writers were trying to do here. From the standpoint of three decades prior, the story was preparing viewers for the day when differences between races and sexes would become less of a deterrent in forming and maintaining meaningful relationships. So from the standpoint of present day, this must seem like a prescient episode. However, that doesn't undermine the fact that Dr. Crusher was not prepared to engage in an outwardly appearing same-sex relationship when a new host body finally arrived in the person of Kareel Odan. At that point, Crusher came to the conclusion that the Trill is gone.

One of the better Bev episodes.

[amusinghandle · 7/10 · 29 February 2024]

We get an episodes for Gates to flex her acting chops and she delivers a believable performance as a love struck doctor.

I was about to throw a hissy fit at the idea that Kalin did not tell Beverly that he had a being inside his tummy directing his life but the writers actually took the time to provide a reasonable explanation for that with the line, "This is who I am ---", works for me! I appreciate that.

Our beloved dignified snobby Picard even shows his perceptive human side in providing counsel to a conflicted Beverly. Stewart manages to deliver a performance where you feel his concern is genuine yet he is also a bit jealous that Bev is with another man. That's some solid physical acting right there.

As much as my personal fan fiction might have lesbian scenes involving Bev and Deanna ----- I find the resolution to this episode to be the correct way to go. Bev has spent her life being heterosexual and it's not realistic (to me) that she would toss aside her preferences to continue a relationship with a female version of Kalin.

Riker is pure balls to wall isn't he? He signs up to spend time aboard a klingon space ship, eagerly takes command of a run down ship in a training exercise against the mighty Enterprise and then he willingly gets an alien entity surgically installed in him. What a guy!

Enter the Trills

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 24 April 2019]

In this TNG story the Trills as a species are introduced in the person of Franc Luz who Gates McFadden has fallen for. Luz is an ambassador sent to mediate a conflict between two warring moons. But Luz is dying and during an attack he's mortally injured.

The Trill as we know is human host and a parasite living in symbiotic relationship. The humanoid Luz dies and Dr. Crusher saves the parasite. To save the conference Jonathan Frakes acts as a temporary host. With that Commander Riker has his health issues while all this is going on with the peace conference proceeding as scheduled.

This was a good story in that it had Frakes because of his situation acting out of character a bit from Riker.. McFadden also does well as a woman in love, but as the best surgeon around having to do operations she's not had experience with.

We'd see more of Trills with the introduction of Jadzia Dax in Deep Space Nine as played by Terry Farrell.

Review from somebody who hasn't watched DS9

[romeroposadadaniel · 8/10 · 23 April 2021]

I understand the reservations that people have for Star Trek when it comes to their female characters: ever since Dr. Pulaski left, there haven't been many episodes that could pass the Bechdel Test and just treat their female characters as pieces of meat with little personality.

Despite this episode also not passing the Bechdel Test, the struggle felt real for Dr. Crusher to accept Odan. Her wants and needs seem real this episode. It is a shame that the writers don't manage to use flesh out female characters' wants beyond those in the love department, the show is much worse without it. I have not watched DS9, do I'm judging this episode solely on its merits alone and that said, I enjoyed this episode quite a bit!

Lazy, arbitrary, drivel that's insulting to viewers.

[PhxDwn · 4/10 · 16 March 2021]

Star Trek often gives the viewer excellence in story telling. Sometimes, though, it gives the viewer mediocrity. This is one of those times.

Star Trek has always suffered from very bizarre choices by the show's producers. Much of that is Gene Roddenberry's fault. Even after he died, his silly, arbitrary restrictions to storytelling remained.

This is an example of very poor television. Whenever TNG gives us episodes involving either of the female characters, they are often reduced to being love-sick twits. It happened with Troi (who was a criminally underused character), and here it happened with Beverly.

The other problem is the show starts with Beverly all of a sudden 'in love,' and her love interest is introduced out of the blue. No set up. No development. Just BAM, there he is. Lazy writing at its worst.

Then when the episode ends, even though Beverly and Riker both go through traumatic, life-altering experiences, the next episode starts with the 'magic reset button' that Star Trek is notorious for. If you're lucky, you might get one line of throwaway-dialogue that references what happens, but usually, it's completely ignored.

I have never understand why character continuity was rarely addressed in Star Trek. I have never understood why they couldn't do a better job at telling stories and having sub-plots across several episodes. It's quite possible to do that without having each episode run into each other, and it's quite possible to do that yet still keep each episode contained in its own story. It's also quite possible to let characters develop, change, and grow over the course of a series. Yet the producers of Star Trek always refused. Data was allowed to have an ongoing character arc. I don't know why he was the only character given that respect, but other characters should have as well. Especially Beverly, because Gates McFadden is an excellent performer, and she has always been well-loved by fans. So why treat the character and the actor who plays her with such disrespect?

Star Trek's show runners insisted on being lazy, and it's what prevented Star Trek from truly being great. They did improve with story arcs and subplots with DS9, but I guarantee had Roddenberry still been alive, that show would have been stuck in his little box, too.

As a result of this standard of poor, lazy storytelling and refusal to employ proper character development, Star Trek has always been a mixed bag for me. Sometimes, you get excellent television. Sometimes it's even some of the greatest television ever made. Sometimes, though, you get drivel. This episode falls into the drivel category.

Episodes like this are insulting to the viewer, and even more insulting to the actors. I know that I can't expect every episode to be a home run every time, but I wish they'd at least try. Reading about the behind-the-scenes of of the production reveals that the producers were constantly and purposefully hampering the storytelling. Why? Shouldn't the goal always be to achieve greatness? Mediocrity may be an easy mark to hit, but it's a waste of time for the viewer.

Let female characters be real people. Treat your audience like they're intelligent, because they are. Skip this episode. You'll be better off for it.

Great Idea

[stevesheldon-22557 · 8/10 · 11 May 2021]

I love the idea - a lump that looks like an internal organ is actually the entity and it uses different hosts (humanoids) as needed. But the big shocker for me is that for once Babs McFadden's acting didn't make me long for the 2nd season doctor, who could act circles around her. Where has this talent been for more than three and a half seasons? Maybe she's just only good at "being in love" characters. But they really should have done more with the second host, whose personality didn't match. Maybe lesbianism was too racy for early 90s network TV. Oh well.

REVIEW 2022

[iamirwar · 4/10 · 10 September 2022]

Dr Crusher has got herself a new flame. Yet the planet Peliar Zel is having problems, and the Trill Ambassador Odan is trying to sort out the problems of the two sides that act like squabbling little children who live on the beta moon of the planet. Odan decides to pop down to the moon of the warring factions in an attempt to find a peace settlement. Something of a love story between the Trill Odan and the Doctor.

I have always been a fan of Dr Beverly and certainly had a crush on her back in the days when these episodes were first aired. Personally, I don't think Dr. Pulanski was that bad a replacement for Crusher during season two, but I was glad when Crusher returned to the Enterprise.

This is the first time we meet a Trill. A host and a symbiont. I never really felt comfortable with this idea. Of course, the back-story of the Trill would be better explored in Deep Space Nine, through the DS9 crew member Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax. I personally found that Dax stories were among the weakest in DS9 and I could understand why Dax was linked with Worf from season 4 of that series, in an attempt to beef up her stories.

I didn't really care for this episode. The panned-pipe music also seemed so far out of place.

This Episodes Clue: Doctor Caroline Ryan.

A Senior Trekker writes...................

[celineduchain · 5/10 · 3 February 2022]

Season 4 contains the 80th episode of The Next Generation, at which point it surpassed the output of the Original Series. A number of extended themes played out during this season delving into both the political backdrop and the personal lives of the crew. These continuing storylines proved extremely popular, however they did not detract from the use of Science Fiction to tell interesting stories. Senior Trekker continues to score every episode with a 5.

This was not a popular episode at the time but now it can probably best be viewed as a prototype during the development of the Trill race which would be explored so much more successfully in Deep Space Nine and further iterations of Star Trek. It's basically a love story in which, for various convoluted reasons, a joined being has to go through a series of host bodies while still having the same thoughts and feelings. And then, as you might have guessed, the human member of this couple balks as soon as the next host's body is a different gender. This may feel wrong today but, believe me, it struck an equally false note with many viewers in the early 1990's.

For all it's faults, it does give Gates McFadden some serious scenes and the two actors portraying the symbiont Odan's alternative hosts: Franc Lutz and Nicole Orth Pallavicini, add real pathos to their roles. Unfortunately, when Commander Riker gets his turn to play host we see Jonathan Frakes and the Doctor in the throws of uncontainable passion for each other and.....it's just not right.

Perhaps remembered more for what it didn't get right, this is not without worth and bears re-watching in these different times.