In "The High Ground" Dr. Crusher is kidnapped while on a humanitarian mission to aide a world coping with a faction of terrorists vying for independence for their continent. The separatists' leader implores Crusher to help the ill in his faction. They have been inter-dimensionally traveling to infiltrate government compounds, but it is slowly killing them, causing their cells to deteriorate. When the guerillas attempt to blow up the Enterprise and end up capturing Picard instead, it's up to Riker and the planet's security chief to find the hideout and rescue the two Federation hostages.
The guest actors here are probably some of the worst we've seen on the show in a while. The two main ones can't really hold their own and this episode asks way too much emotional heavy lifting from Gates McFadden. She's not the greatest actor on the show and this is not her fine hour.
The plot is pretty simple when you get right down to it. There's no nuance, no deep-thinking required of the viewer. The concept will always be interesting (as we'll always have warring factions such as these unfortunately) but the show's writers don't really do anything thought-provoking or exciting with it.
While not as bad as say "The Price" this has to be one of the bigger misses of Season 3.
The guest actors here are probably some of the worst we've seen on the show in a while. The two main ones can't really hold their own and this episode asks way too much emotional heavy lifting from Gates McFadden. She's not the greatest actor on the show and this is not her fine hour.
The plot is pretty simple when you get right down to it. There's no nuance, no deep-thinking required of the viewer. The concept will always be interesting (as we'll always have warring factions such as these unfortunately) but the show's writers don't really do anything thought-provoking or exciting with it.
While not as bad as say "The Price" this has to be one of the bigger misses of Season 3.