I liked this one -
I like a good 'low stakes' episode from time to time. The stakes of this episode involve the character of Salia wrestling with duty verses love with everyone's favorite ensign ---- Wesley Crusher.
Wesley has been adjusted for S2 and his superpowers have been put on hold during puberty; I find this has benefited his character immensely. I enjoyed the portrayal of Wesley's first time in love ----- it's like being under the influence of alcohol/drugs and it cracked me up when he was dropping equipment in engineering because he was so messed up on dopamine.... He should have walked into the Turbolift doors or stumble into Worf on the bridge.
The Riker/Guinan scene in ten forward was delightful ---- some over the top soapy dialogue and luvy dovey eyes at one another. Perfectly delivered.
Worf (the funniest character in trek history) is great in this episode. He has a line that turns out to be completely true in the first act of the episode, "The body is just a shell" in reference to the future leader Salia. He then provides Wesley with some sage like advice on how to win a klingon mate ----- His alternative advice for mating with human's "beg --- like a human...". At the end of the episode Worf is sad that he will not get a chance to fight Salia's caretaker because she was a worthy opponent. Worf cracks me up.
This is just one of those cute episodes with a bit of mystery mixed in. Instead of having Wesley be able to control space/time we get to explore his reaction to a universal human emotion --- and that makes him and the episode relatable.
I like a good 'low stakes' episode from time to time. The stakes of this episode involve the character of Salia wrestling with duty verses love with everyone's favorite ensign ---- Wesley Crusher.
Wesley has been adjusted for S2 and his superpowers have been put on hold during puberty; I find this has benefited his character immensely. I enjoyed the portrayal of Wesley's first time in love ----- it's like being under the influence of alcohol/drugs and it cracked me up when he was dropping equipment in engineering because he was so messed up on dopamine.... He should have walked into the Turbolift doors or stumble into Worf on the bridge.
The Riker/Guinan scene in ten forward was delightful ---- some over the top soapy dialogue and luvy dovey eyes at one another. Perfectly delivered.
Worf (the funniest character in trek history) is great in this episode. He has a line that turns out to be completely true in the first act of the episode, "The body is just a shell" in reference to the future leader Salia. He then provides Wesley with some sage like advice on how to win a klingon mate ----- His alternative advice for mating with human's "beg --- like a human...". At the end of the episode Worf is sad that he will not get a chance to fight Salia's caretaker because she was a worthy opponent. Worf cracks me up.
This is just one of those cute episodes with a bit of mystery mixed in. Instead of having Wesley be able to control space/time we get to explore his reaction to a universal human emotion --- and that makes him and the episode relatable.