A Matter Of Time

Matt Frewer (nee, Max Headroom) is one of the most annoying presences on film that I have ever seen. He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in a series of poorly made episodes, and here appears as a time traveler. He is a hyperactive man, Rasmussen, who supposedly has returned from a future time to authenticate history. He arrives in a unique spacecraft and the crew immediately believes his story. He butters up Picard and runs around the ship, getting in the way. Troi is the only one who has no time for him and believes he is a phony baloney. While he travels through various areas of the ship, we see him stealing small but significant objects and pocketing them. While he does his thing, Picard and his crew are working with a planet that his dropped into an ice age due to an atmospheric blackout They must come up with a way to create a greenhouse effect. Otherwise, everything will die off. There are a series of risky moves that must be made, and at one point, Picard enlists the help of Rasmussen, who refuses him help. This has a satisfying conclusion, but it is bothersome that the crew was so quick to accept this man.