Please note - I am reviewing Part One and Part Two as though they were one episode.
With a superb guest cast, including David Warner and Ronny Cox, this is, I believe along with Jeremy Kemp's turn with Patrick Stewart in the episode Family, the best acted piece within the TNG series.
Cruel,gripping, sadistic, well written, real are all descriptors that come to mind. Warner always brings something special to every role he takes on, but the scenes with he and Stewart are some of the finest tit for tat toe to toe, between oppressor and the tortured that I have ever seen. It is hard to believe that he only had three days to prepare for his role as he plays the interrogator with such steel one assumes that he must have had months to get in character. Many episodes don't really give Stewart the fullness of range a character actor such as he needs, but this one wholly does. Having Warner as his foil, a reason to rise above the norm, Stewart continually being asked how many lights he sees, brought a tear to my eye.
A must view, even if you aren't a fan of Star Trek or TNG.
With a superb guest cast, including David Warner and Ronny Cox, this is, I believe along with Jeremy Kemp's turn with Patrick Stewart in the episode Family, the best acted piece within the TNG series.
Cruel,gripping, sadistic, well written, real are all descriptors that come to mind. Warner always brings something special to every role he takes on, but the scenes with he and Stewart are some of the finest tit for tat toe to toe, between oppressor and the tortured that I have ever seen. It is hard to believe that he only had three days to prepare for his role as he plays the interrogator with such steel one assumes that he must have had months to get in character. Many episodes don't really give Stewart the fullness of range a character actor such as he needs, but this one wholly does. Having Warner as his foil, a reason to rise above the norm, Stewart continually being asked how many lights he sees, brought a tear to my eye.
A must view, even if you aren't a fan of Star Trek or TNG.