Sorry, I barely remember this episode apart from the eggs which is probably the best part. I get frustrated with this kind of plot. Oh no, the Enterprise is going to be destroyed and we have to spend the whole episode figuring out how to stop it. Obviously the Enterprise is not going to be destroyed. There would be no show left! Stop wasting my time. Of course, I have recently been 'gotten' due to that thinking when watching Another Life when actually they did kill off what I thought were main characters without a second thought. Didn't see that coming! But honestly, in TNG there's no way anybody is going to die or the ship is going to be destroyed.
The ship-in-jeopardy plot can be good fun when it is used as a vehicle for character stories, as with some of the episodes in season five - which is the Official 'Ship-in-Jeopardy' season, and has more of them than anywhere else. Season five also has the best time loop story - looking forward to getting to that.
Sorry, I barely remember this episode apart from the eggs which is probably the best part. I get frustrated with this kind of plot. Oh no, the Enterprise is going to be destroyed and we have to spend the whole episode figuring out how to stop it. Obviously the Enterprise is not going to be destroyed. There would be no show left! Stop wasting my time. Of course, I have recently been 'gotten' due to that thinking when watching Another Life when actually they did kill off what I thought were main characters without a second thought. Didn't see that coming! But honestly, in TNG there's no way anybody is going to die or the ship is going to be destroyed.
The ship-in-jeopardy plot can be good fun when it is used as a vehicle for character stories, as with some of the episodes in season five - which is the Official 'Ship-in-Jeopardy' season, and has more of them than anywhere else. Season five also has the best time loop story - looking forward to getting to that.
The Vortex has always been one of my favorite FX moments! And I love the Shuttlepod sequence - I will rerun both scenes a few times when I watch. ; )
Aye, they do such a good job with the visuals in this episode. It's almost a shame that it gets overshadowed by the later time loop stories!