This episode really had no point other than Wes falling in love for the first time. While I am not as harsh with the character of Wesley Crusher as others - he is not the worst Star Trek character ever, this would be Adira and Gray from Discovery - the lack of his acting skills are still obvious.
The monster costumes of the shapeshifters look ridiculous. We've seen more realistic creatures on the Muppets. And the security personnel of the Enterprise should be fired. They are useless. Worf is attacked by one shapeshifter in its monster form, yet the security crew does nothing but watch. How about using the phaser set on stun? And though Worf is security chief AND a Klingon, it is always fascinating how bad he is in fighting. Today they would cast actors for such a role, that have some martial arts background or at least are trained in fighting to perform their role. Just like Yar, Worf is useless as chief of security and hardly can't protect anyone on the ship.
And why is it that they always know so little about foreign species, yet they are called to assist them, or transport their people from planet A to planet B? And isn't the Enterprise a science vessel and exploration is the goal of its voyage? So how comes they hardly explore new species? Here they encounter shapeshifters. Yet no one seems interested in learning more about this species - biologically as well as culturally. They have no interest in exploring their homeworld. Finally feed the board computer with some data about this species and their planet. They always talk about that one day there might be the great cooperation between new species and the federation. Yet Starfleet doesn't seem to care about other species. Heck, even about Klingons they hardly know anything! Starfleet and the federation are a bunch of ignorants. Colonists that don't care about the species that they encounter.
The monster costumes of the shapeshifters look ridiculous. We've seen more realistic creatures on the Muppets. And the security personnel of the Enterprise should be fired. They are useless. Worf is attacked by one shapeshifter in its monster form, yet the security crew does nothing but watch. How about using the phaser set on stun? And though Worf is security chief AND a Klingon, it is always fascinating how bad he is in fighting. Today they would cast actors for such a role, that have some martial arts background or at least are trained in fighting to perform their role. Just like Yar, Worf is useless as chief of security and hardly can't protect anyone on the ship.
And why is it that they always know so little about foreign species, yet they are called to assist them, or transport their people from planet A to planet B? And isn't the Enterprise a science vessel and exploration is the goal of its voyage? So how comes they hardly explore new species? Here they encounter shapeshifters. Yet no one seems interested in learning more about this species - biologically as well as culturally. They have no interest in exploring their homeworld. Finally feed the board computer with some data about this species and their planet. They always talk about that one day there might be the great cooperation between new species and the federation. Yet Starfleet doesn't seem to care about other species. Heck, even about Klingons they hardly know anything! Starfleet and the federation are a bunch of ignorants. Colonists that don't care about the species that they encounter.