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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Wonderful,
By Jason E Vogler (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 168: Thine Own Self [VHS] (VHS Tape)
For all of you Troi fans out there this episode is a wonderful expression of her abilities as a Starfleet officer. The rank of Commander is definitely reward for Troi's service and performance.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Thine Own Self,
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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 168: Thine Own Self [VHS] (VHS Tape)
In this episode, a damaged Data unknowingly poisons a medieval village with radioactive metal fragments. While Data fights against time (and android amnesia) to discover a cure for the mysterious "plague," the crew of the Enterprise frantically searches for him. Cora Beth from the Waltons is great as the village doctor. Local population goes all out for "frankenstein" torchlight climax. What more can you ask from TNG?
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The Burden of Command,
By Chapulina R (Tovarischi Imports, USA/RUS) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 168: Thine Own Self [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Although the "Data as Frankenstein's Monster" main plot is typically entertaining Trek, the subplot about Deanna Troi is the more thought-provoking story here. The Counselor, a Lt. Cmdr. in Starfleet Medical, undertakes a series of Holographic tests for promotion to full Commander. With this rank, Troi will take her place as a Bridge Officer in the chain of command of the Enterprise. But is she fit for the role? Repeatedly she fails a defining sequence of the test, in which a damaged engineering process threatens the survival of the ship and her crew. Troi begins to despair of solving the problem as, over and over, her decisions lead to the simulated destruction of the Enterprise. The solution, when it finally comes to her, is almost more than an emotional Betazoid can bear. This subplot is based on a real disaster which occurred aboard a Soviet nuclear submarine in 1961. Faced with a meltdown and hydrogen explosion at sea, Captain Nikolai Zateyev had no other option but to send his engineering crew in pairs into the 900-degree reactor to cobble together a cooling system. All seven men died from massive radiation poisoning, but their valiant sacrifice saved the ship. In Troi's test, only her friend, Chief Engineer Geordi Forge, is capable of making the repair that will doom him but save Enterprise. This B-plot is a terrific study of the burden of Command and the life-and-death decisions an Officer might be forced to make. Marina Sirtis gives a fine performance of the transformation from empathic Counselor to determined Commander. That said, I agree with other viewers who question Data's lack of promotion throughout the seven-season series. Certainly he has demonstrated that he can make the Command decisions that frustrated Troi, and during actual combat operations. In Redemption-2, acting-Captain Data gave orders which risked his crew but achieved the victory in a major battle with the Romulans. Now Data has to call Deanna "Sir". Carry on, but let's hope for a long-deserved promotion of our intrepid android in the upcoming feature-film!
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