Conundrum

Episode aired Feb 15, 1992
TV-PG
46m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

3.8K

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Michelle Forbes, Jonathan Frakes, and LeVar Burton in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

Action Adventure Drama Sci-Fi

When an approaching alien ship wipes their memory, the crew struggles to put back together what happened.When an approaching alien ship wipes their memory, the crew struggles to put back together what happened.When an approaching alien ship wipes their memory, the crew struggles to put back together what happened.

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IMDb RATING

8.2/10

3.8K

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Featured review

8/10

Questions abound

'Conundrum' is an episode I hadn't seen before and it's greatness is due to its premise; an inventive way to shake things up on a long- running show. The crew suffer amnesia and find themselves at war with an unknown race, at the same time left to guess what positions they hold on the ship. this is how you get Word in the center chair, Picard at the helm, and data tending bar. It also (temporarily) rewrites the book on relationships; Riker shacks up with Ro while his history with Troi is nebulous. The payoff is in the final scene when both women are wise and Riker's in the doghouse.

But the episode's an inherent riddle. Why is there no intel on the ship and who's this new guy MacDuff as first officer? Why are they at war with the Lysians, and why does this feel like a dream? It's that morality Picard's struggling with that makes this entertaining.

8/10

Mr-Fusion
May 9, 2017
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Trivia
When the Bridge crew accesses the manifest of the Senior officers, it reveals the birth dates for most of them on-screen: Jean-Luc Picard, 13 July 2305; Data, Activated 2 February 2238 (an error; it should be 2338); Geordi La Forge, 16 February 2336; Deanna Troi, 9 March 2336; Beverly Crusher, 13 October 2334; Ro Laren, 17 January 2340. The camera cuts away when the computer reveals the birth dates and biological info for Will Riker and Lt. Worf, but that information is revealed in other various episodes (Riker was born in 2335 and Worf in 2340).

Goofs
In the first scene, when Data and Troi are playing chess, Data puts Troi in check. Then Troi moves her piece, which would put Data in checkmate in 7 moves. The rules of chess state that if a King is in check, you must block the attacking piece or move the King out of check before you can move any other piece. Troi should not have been able to move her piece the way she did.

Quotes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard: Your next priority will be to retrieve any information you can about this ship's mission. Contact the Operations Officer to assist you.
Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge: Aye, sir.
Ensign Ro Laren: He's in Ten Forward, waiting tables.