I loved Star Trek: the Next Generation. I'm a diehard fan of the original series, first and foremost, but TNG was still great when it was at its best. Unfortunately, this episode is among the worst. Troi temporarily loses her power of empathy, and she becomes absolutely insufferable. I get that she was going through denial, anger, etc. but they overdid it, and I mean REALLY overdid it, and she came across as so self-pitying, whiny, unreasonable and downright childish I don't see how the crew could ever have respected her again. After all, the crew of the Enterprise was supposed to be Starfleet's very best and brightest. And part of being the best is how you cope with adversity. In that episode, Troi coped with it about as poorly as it was possible to imagine, and it really made you think she doesn't belong on that ship.