It's the 23rd century. The spaceship Pequod encounters a small ship that the computer of the Pequod identifies as the coffin of a reportedly dangerous sect leader. But when the crew open it, they find he isn't dead but only in stasis. After he has been revived, he makes it clear that he wants to return to Earth. And it seems he has an ally on board...
This story has some plot twists that I liked. There's a lot of suspense because you don't know who the traitor is. Plus it's not really clear at first if the sect leader is really a bad guy, or a good guy, or something in between. But the plot is not very original. It's somewhat similar to John Carpenter's 'The Thing', which also stars Keith David. (In both stories there's a crew at an outpost they can't leave. In 'The Thing' they don't know who's infected by the Thing; suspicion and tension ensue. In this story there's tension because they don't know who the traitor is; the source of the danger is different, but the basic situation is similar. Plus in both stories someone or something is in stasis first and then revived (the Thing lay frozen in the ice of the Antarctic.)) And I think there's a little plot hole; I really don't understand why they didn't kill the sect leader in the first place (back on Earth) - he's said to be dangerous - instead of putting him in a stasis. But as I have already said above, there are some good plot twists in my opinion, plus I think the actors don't disappoint, so I have given this episode seven points.
Edit / addition: There's another similarity that I didn't notice at first: the idea of a charismatic and possibly dangerous rebel leader being revived and trying to seize control of a spaceship is reminiscent of the 'Star Trek: The Original Series'-episode 'Space Seed'. In that episode, the character Khan tries to seize control of the Enterprise.
This story has some plot twists that I liked. There's a lot of suspense because you don't know who the traitor is. Plus it's not really clear at first if the sect leader is really a bad guy, or a good guy, or something in between. But the plot is not very original. It's somewhat similar to John Carpenter's 'The Thing', which also stars Keith David. (In both stories there's a crew at an outpost they can't leave. In 'The Thing' they don't know who's infected by the Thing; suspicion and tension ensue. In this story there's tension because they don't know who the traitor is; the source of the danger is different, but the basic situation is similar. Plus in both stories someone or something is in stasis first and then revived (the Thing lay frozen in the ice of the Antarctic.)) And I think there's a little plot hole; I really don't understand why they didn't kill the sect leader in the first place (back on Earth) - he's said to be dangerous - instead of putting him in a stasis. But as I have already said above, there are some good plot twists in my opinion, plus I think the actors don't disappoint, so I have given this episode seven points.
Edit / addition: There's another similarity that I didn't notice at first: the idea of a charismatic and possibly dangerous rebel leader being revived and trying to seize control of a spaceship is reminiscent of the 'Star Trek: The Original Series'-episode 'Space Seed'. In that episode, the character Khan tries to seize control of the Enterprise.