115: Phantasms (7.06)

Synopsis: Data has nightmares…with mint frosting!

Memory Alpha Summary: A cellular peptide review.

Review: The writers get more jokes in about Star Fleet admirals (no wonder Picard doesn’t want a promotion) and new ones about Sigmund Freud.

Another episode where everyone on the ship might die, but there is no tension to be had.  Everything that is good comes from the visuals.  Data stabbing Troi.  Crusher drinking from Riker’s head through a straw.  Worf being seen as a glutton in Data’s subconscious.  The climax was quite underscored.

If you haven’t noticed, many of my reviews for season seven episodes tend to be on the terse side.  I am not sure if it’s because I was getting tired of writing or I was getting tired of the show’s writing. Perhaps both.

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