Imaginary Friend

Enterprise investigates a nebula containing a powerful entity that takes the form of a little girl's imaginary friend.

This is a so so episode with some decent moments but it generally feels quite uninspired.

It contains a reasonably good premise of an alien posing as the imagery friend, but the story is not told in a particular compelling or interesting way. Everything is known from the start so there is no sense of mystery and the resolution is weak.

The characters seem like good concepts on paper, but the script renders their scenes quite flat. I sympathised with the performers having quite bland dialogue. Not just the child actors (who do a good job everything considered), but the likes of Marina Sirtis and Jeff Allin have nothing particularly interesting to say or do.

Visually it showcases some great 90s TV effects, but on modern viewing they cannot make the episode cinematic seem better than it actually is.

Easily the bests scenes belong to Caryn Johnson as Guinan putting Counsellor Troi to shame with her laid back charm and useful counselling sessions.

For me it is a 5.5/10 but I round upwards.