A shuttle is stolen from the Aries and journeys to this planet. It has been a while since I saw The Icarus Factor, but wasn't the Aries going to take at least 6 months at warp just to get to the Viga Omicron sector?

Data realizes that the creature's can be seen in ultraviolet light, but Geordi's VISOR can see ultraviolet light. So why didn't he see the creatures five years earlier?

At the beginning of the show we see a log of the Victory's Away Team examining the outpost where the people disappeared from. However the change from human to lizard takes five years, but there was no mention of Starfleet personnel stealing shuttles back then. So did the people come to this planet build an outpost and just stayed there for five years until they turned into lizards? No exploration teams before this, no visitors, no transfers of personnel to other ships, stations or planets? Or did those things only happen when the lizards were not in their mating period?

What is it with Riker's hair? When they first showed him I thought Jonathan Frakes was auditioning for a live action version of Astro Boy.

Geordi tells Leitjen that he "enjoys the bachelor's life too much." Either Geordi is being sarcastic or this explains why he is so bad with women.

If Mendez had traveled to the planet alone, then why were the doors on both sides of the shuttle open?

In the NextGen Guide, Phil pointed out that Geordi's eyes can be seen through the VISOR, but maybe those are the eyes that the alien parasite created so Geordi can see without the VISOR?

Geordi says that something must be between the light and the wall, but Mendez is between the light and the wall and there is no shadow on her, which cuts down the area where the creature must be standing.

If these creatures can make themselves invisible, then why would there be a shadow on the wall at all?

In the NextGen Guide II, Phil wondered why we don't see black spots where Geordi's eyes are. The assumption being that if he is bending light around him, then his eyes wouldn't absorb any light allowing him to see. But what if he isn't bending the light around him? In the book The Gem Kingdom by Paul E. Desautels, the author explains the phenomenon of Transparency. "The fact is light doesn't go through anything. What happens is that light hits the atoms at the surfaces of these solids and, by its own energy, starts them vibrating sympathetically. These vibrations are passed through the structure atom by atom. If the atoms are properly aligned, the vibrations will move as in a row of falling dominoes. They are then ejected at the other side in the identical form in which they entered." True the lizards are not solid, but if we can imagine them bending light, is it that much of a stretch to imagine them becoming transparent?

Why would Data need to adapt an emergency beacon to emit ultraviolet light? Way back in the primitive 20th century they had portable ultraviolet lights and even `Black Light' light bulbs. Rockhounds use ultraviolet lights to search for fluorescent rocks and minerals. I have one myself. (I guess it will come in handy when I look for invisible lizards on Tarchannen III.)

So why didn't we see those flashing lights on the side of Geordi's head after he was transformed?

I noticed a an oddity in this epsode. Just after Geordi's friend faints, she is taken to sickbay. As Dr. Crusher discusses her condition, she is holding a padd and a pen. As in a 20th Century ink pen; specifically a PaperMate Write Bros. Medium Black. We carry that in stock. (I work in a grocery store, I know my inventory.)

In the 23rd century doctors knew of the healing power of salt & pepper shakers, so maybe by the 24th century doctors discovered something healing about ink pens?

This episode has the same tone as "Conscience of the King" (TOS)...in both stories, only certain people were effected by the events of what had happened years prior to each episode.

It also has the same tone as The Way to Eden(TOS), Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang(DS9), Spirit Folk(VOY), and Rogue Planet(ENT).

They all sucked.

Hey! Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang(DS9) was a good episode!

Define your terms.

I thought "Conscience of the King" was good because of the phaser overload scene.

Before they go down to the planet to find Geordi, a voice-over says that they have a maximum of one hour to find him before the transformation becomes permanent. Yet Susannah takes time to do her hair before she beams down (gotta look good for those lizards!).

Kmorgan: Why would Data need to adapt an emergency beacon to emit ultraviolet light? Way back in the primitive 20th century they had portable ultraviolet lights and even `Black Light' light bulbs...

I also wondered about Data's speed: He slowly picks a part up, looks at it for eternities, puts it down..., then, when riker comes over and asks how long he will need, Data says sth like 2 minutes. Was he goofing off before?

Is there any good reason why nobody on the away team uses his phaser to knock geordi-the-lizard out and then beam him directly into sick bay? (Well, then we would miss the oh-so-touching-scene when the woman talks to him. I wish they wouldn't put so much cheese on scenes like these).

Before they go down to the planet to find Geordi, a voice-over says that they have a maximum of one hour to find him before the transformation becomes permanent. Yet Susannah takes time to do her hair before she beams down (gotta look good for those lizards!). - Callie Sullivan

One could argue that she made herself up to look more like herself in an effort to convince Geordi that everything is going to be okay.

I really identify with this episode.

Guest Star Patrol:

I believe the two former Starfleet officers converted to aliens at the end are Mark&Brian (of radio fame, and "The Adventures of Mark and Brian").

Amick Byram (Hickman) would later play Ian Andrew Troi in "Dark Page."

At one time Data displays the alien footsteps on one of the monitors in the back. When he turns his head, his nose disappears. The visual effects guys blanked out too much of the original footage when they put the graphics on the screen.
Later in engineering the "STAR TREK" Logo briefly appears on one of the monitors.

The security team goes to the Holodeck to look for Geordi. After they enter, they start searching the area. Why didn't they just stop the program? It would have been much easier to search (the discarded uniform would have stood out pretty clearly).