This was one of the best episodes of Next Gen's seventh and final season. In this we see young officers, all ensigns and are vying and working hard to be promoted. The competition between them was enjoyable and fun and the constant flashes and comparisons with what is going on with the senior officers was interesting and not done before in this manner. There is a sub plot to this and Ensign Sito played with style by Shannon Fill is picked on by Picard because of a misdemeanor a couple of years before this in the Academy which resulted in the death of a cadet. When Worf, who sees real potential in Sito gives her a wake up call she confronts Picard and he is pleased that she had the courage to come forth and stand up for herself. When he explains that he needs a Bajoran officer for a special mission into Cardassian space she quickly volunteers. The mission ends in tragedy however, and the young officers mourn Sito's death together in Ten Forward. Worf eventually joins the ensigns and the newly promoted Lieutenant Lavelle and sits with them in a touching scene which capped a brilliant, what happens on the lower decks episode.
Review of Lower Decks
