That's a solid season premiere. Engineering marvels, scientific curiosity, space exploration, the risks of space travel, astrophysics, IT issues. That's what makes the sci-fi genre great. The "unexpected sentient being" isn't perhaps the most refined or credible story. It lacks the philosophical rafinesse that was very present in The Measure of a Man. But it's totally in line with other episodes in this show. Watch no further than the Moriarty story.
These more technical aspects aside, this episode features some great people's stories. The cocky scientist who doesn't care too much about anything than his research. Data fraternizes with his fellow machine beings. Beverly is back. Her observation about Wesley are exactly what I think: he isn't likeable since he was never portrayed as a normal teenager. I mean, he isn't normal. But he can't be "not normal" all the time, can he? Wesley will never become likeable in this show but in this episode he's much more likeable than he used to be. That's due to Beverly. That's also due to the fact that he makes a failure and does what every teenager would do... The episodes was also designed to compare wunderkinder Dr. Stubbs and Wesley. This parallel falls flat though since I don't care enough about Wesley.
Review by Alexander von LimbergBlockedParent2024-03-10T07:14:09Z
That's a solid season premiere. Engineering marvels, scientific curiosity, space exploration, the risks of space travel, astrophysics, IT issues. That's what makes the sci-fi genre great. The "unexpected sentient being" isn't perhaps the most refined or credible story. It lacks the philosophical rafinesse that was very present in The Measure of a Man. But it's totally in line with other episodes in this show. Watch no further than the Moriarty story.
These more technical aspects aside, this episode features some great people's stories. The cocky scientist who doesn't care too much about anything than his research. Data fraternizes with his fellow machine beings. Beverly is back. Her observation about Wesley are exactly what I think: he isn't likeable since he was never portrayed as a normal teenager. I mean, he isn't normal. But he can't be "not normal" all the time, can he? Wesley will never become likeable in this show but in this episode he's much more likeable than he used to be. That's due to Beverly. That's also due to the fact that he makes a failure and does what every teenager would do... The episodes was also designed to compare wunderkinder Dr. Stubbs and Wesley. This parallel falls flat though since I don't care enough about Wesley.