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inw's avatar

It will come as no surprise to hear that I love this episode. It’s so good! And it’s right up my street: a slightly wacky episode that’s not really important to any arcs and doesn’t get deep into character backstory. Perhaps this is why Strange New Worlds works so well for me.

If I recall correctly, I was unaware of Matt Frewer when we originally watched this, so the stunt casting went over my head. But the “twist” is nice: even if the “j/k it’s not actually my/our technology at all!” twist is pretty well-worn by this point (I seem to think it’s often applied in scifi to networks of wormholes for travelling around the place).

— inw

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Will Stape's avatar

As a guy from a little place called New Jersey, I can't help but root for Rasmussen - kinda 😉

Matt Frewer owns the episode from teaser to last scene. It truly is a showcase. Yes, Robin Williams would have been landmark amazing, of course, but Frewer completely fills in for him and makes it his own. And you're sort of surprised that, in the end, Rasmussen doesn't add Dr. Crusher to his list of 'collectibles'. 😉

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