In "Samaritan Snare" the Enterprise helps a crew full of ostensibly unintelligent aliens fix their sub-warp ship while Wesley and Picard take a road trip via shuttlecraft to a nearby station. Picard has to have heart surgery while Wes takes a few Star Fleet exams.
This episode is boring on all sides. The Pakleds actually have a fairly unique design but the plot involving them is just really dumb and boring. It is amusing to watch Geordi get tossed around via the phaser's stun feature. He really gets some air!
I couldn't care less about Wed and Picard bounding, not do I understand Picard's prideful decision to not let Pulaski do the surgery, despite her being the most qualified doctor around. Wesley continues to annoy me.
The one GREAT scene of this episode is Picard relaying the story behind why he has heart issues involving a bar fight with some Nausicaans during his youth. Stewart's acting here is pretty spectacular and this one scene really saves the entire episode from being a complete disaster.
One other thought: Riker makes a series of bad decisions here. He ignores pretty much everyone's advise and almost gets the ship's chief engineer kidnapped and killed. There's a reason Picard is the captain I guess...
This episode is boring on all sides. The Pakleds actually have a fairly unique design but the plot involving them is just really dumb and boring. It is amusing to watch Geordi get tossed around via the phaser's stun feature. He really gets some air!
I couldn't care less about Wed and Picard bounding, not do I understand Picard's prideful decision to not let Pulaski do the surgery, despite her being the most qualified doctor around. Wesley continues to annoy me.
The one GREAT scene of this episode is Picard relaying the story behind why he has heart issues involving a bar fight with some Nausicaans during his youth. Stewart's acting here is pretty spectacular and this one scene really saves the entire episode from being a complete disaster.
One other thought: Riker makes a series of bad decisions here. He ignores pretty much everyone's advise and almost gets the ship's chief engineer kidnapped and killed. There's a reason Picard is the captain I guess...