Doctor Crusher must really like performing autopsies. Here again she wants to perform one on the body of a person whose customs forbid it, asks the captain for special permission, and can't come up with a real reason why.

Dr. McCoy used to be able to get all the information he needed, just using his handy-dandy medical tricorder. They don't make doctors (or tricorders) the way they used to.

When Troi is revived after her 'death', watch closely as her eyes briefly flicker open. They're blue! How does that happen? Marina Sirtis' eyes are dark, aren't they?

Betazoids wear contact lenses! And Troi too...

I guess adoption doesn't exist in the 24th century. Crusher determines that because the old woman and villain share no dna, he must have been lying about her being his mother. This is in fact what happened, but how does Crusher know he just wasn't adopted? Why does she assume he must be lying?

Is the Ensign Janeway who appears in this episode any relation to Voyager Captain Katherine Janeway?

In the NextGen Guide summary of this episode, Phil described Troi as becoming a domineering, jealous, lewd aging wench. I thought, 'Just like her mother, only without the charm.' ;-)

The ship originally carrying Alkar was named the Dorian? Well, the writer was being cute. I forgot to check, but was the ship also painted Gray?

There are references to Rekag, and to Seronia and to Rekag-Seronia. So which is the true name of the planet or is there more than one planet?

Why does Dr. Crusher need Geordi's help to get the bio-filter log? As Chief Medical Officer of the ship shouldn't she just be able to access it on the Sick Bay monitor? If not, then someone wasn't thinking when they designed this system.

Picard can't overcome an aged Deanna with a knife?

Rather than killing Deanna, why not just set up some interference at the frequency of thought? (Oh, that's right, Data said that couldn't be done in Night Terrors.)

Deanna's hair magically went from white and straight to black and curly when brought back to life. ("Tired of all those gray hairs? Well, try Miss Killall! Put it on, die, and let set for 30 minutes. Then when you are brought back to life, your hair will once again have that youthful color and bounce! Miss Killall, the next best thing to rewriting your DNA!")

So why didn't anyone catch on to what Alkar was doing before this? Didn't anyone find it suspicious that all these old looking, dead, young women had him in common? (Hmm, maybe those ships that attacked the Dorian weren't trying to stop the peace conference? Maybe they were just trying to avenge all those dead women?)

GREAT SCENES: Troi in her white n' tight nightgown! MMMMM!

Troi coming into Ten Forward with that....that... (drool drool) BLUE DRESS with the (pant pant) plunging neckline! (wiping saliva) Now THAT'S one heavenly body worth exploring!

Here.... I think you'll need this.

[passes box of Kleenex to John A]

GREAT LINE: "You want me, don't you?" Troi-vixen to Riker. My reply? ABSOLUTELY!

Friendly warning John, I've got a bucket of cold water handy.

ALTERNATE TITLE: "The Wicked Lady" (anyone who knows Sirtis' career will get this joke...if not, look it up)

But she didn't whip Riker!

You missed it, Electron..I was referring to her tone of voice & her personality in the movie and in this episode.
(I realize the movie "The Wicked Lady" was referring to Faye Dunaway's character, but Marina Sirtis gets pretty wicked in that movie too!)

The erotic blue dress that Troi wears is the SAME DRESS worn by one of the women who accompanied the fat Ferengi in "Unification pt 2."

LINE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HEARD:

Riker: (to D. Troi) Would you mind putting on that blue dress just ONE MORE TIME?

Nah. I've got the screen caps of it.

Funny thought: Seeing all of those reflections of D. Troi in her gym outfit in the gymnasium gives a new meaning to "Smoke and mirrors"

I am sensing a great conflict of interest, Captain…
In Acts 1 and 2 of this episode, Troi does crew evaluations with Riker. Even if someday there were large starships with large crews and counselors on board, a counselor would never be allowed to participate in crew evaluations, because her intimate knowledge of crew members’ deepest fears and flaws could potentially cause her to use that knowledge in making her evaluations, causing a clear conflict of interest. A crewman’s evaluation would be done by their immediate supervisor, or a regional supervisor.
Given what Troi was wearing, Andrew is probably the only guy in the audience who noticed the door signs
Andrew Baylis, of Birmingham, UK, in his letter in The Star Trek Communicator #151, pointed out that after Riker drags the troubled Troi out of Ten Forward near the end of Act 3, they enter a turbolift, but as the turbolift doors close, the sign on the left door indicates that they are on Deck 8 instead of Deck 10. The magazine’s editors confirmed that they were on Stage 8, on which the main bridge, observation lounge, “residential” corridor and senior officers’ quarters were located, and that usually the creators try to set scenes on the Stage on Deck 8, but were unable to do so here.
“Troi to Crusher.”
“Crusher here. What is it, Deanna?”
“I have a boo-boo.”
“Wash it out with soap and water, and use the dermal regenerator in your lavatory med kit.”
“LaForge to Crusher.”
“Crusher here. What is it, Geordi?”
“Well, Doc, I’m on the toilet, and I can’t reach my backside.”
“Picard to Crusher.”
“Crusher here. Go ahead, Captain.”
“I’VE FALLEN AND I CAN’T GET UP!”
In the opening shot of Act 4, after having his face cut by Troi in the final scene of Act 3, Riker is in sickbay, where Crusher heals the cut. Shouldn’t all crew quarters and large areas of the ship be equipped with first aid kits? Wouldn’t dermal regenerators be a standard part of them? To me, Riker going to sickbay seems like the 24th century equivalent of going to the hospital for a band aid. It seems that everyone goes to Crusher no matter where she is, or what the situation is, even though it was clearly established in the episode Remember Me that there are always four personnel on duty in sickbay at all times. In Cause and Effect, for example, Geordi came to sickbay because of blurred vision, and Ogawa called Crusher, even though Crusher was at a poker game, apparently off duty. Now Riker goes to her for cuts on his face in this episode.
What was this moron’s last job, working at Kinko’s?
When Alkar prepares to beam down to the planet, Troi comes in brandishing a dagger. She raises it, Picard grabs her arms, they struggle, Picard gets cut, they stumble down onto the transporter pad, and struggle some more. Only then does the transporter operator, still behind the console, to whom the camera now cuts, rush out from behind it to help Picard.
Telepathic emotion transfer that gives you a makeover? Wow, maybe John Edward should go work for the guys at Queer Eye for the Straight Guy!
When Troi’s youth is restored at the end of the episode, her hair is elaborately curled, and even has a light shade of lipstick on.

Only then does the transporter operator, still behind the console, to whom the camera now cuts, rush out from behind it to help Picard.
When the Captain dies everyone gets promoted. ;-)

her hair is elaborately curled, and even has a light shade of lipstick on.
Well, that's an interesting fashion choice. ;-)

NOTE: Once again the makeup people did an excellent job. This time they did it with Marina's (Troi's) face to make her look very old.

Rick Scarry (Jarth) apparently looks like a minister, as he has been cast in that role at least six times in his guest appearances.

When Alkar is talking to Troi in her quarters, shortly after her transformation, it looks like he's reading his script.

Just to counter the overpowering heterosexuality in here at the moment, I have to say that when Troi is, well, rampant, she has very good choice in men!

What I always wonder about episodes like this, is what do they tell people afterwards? There's a thousand people on this ship, a bunch of rumours are going to be flying around for weeks after this (and Troi's Ensign is going to be boasting to his mates very loudly about his conquest, I'm sure!). Do they issue a shipwide announcement about what happened? Otherwise all those people in Ten Forward are going to be looking down their noses for weeks! And no-one's going to want her counselling services after her behaviour to Janeway!

And who's going to believe it? "oh, she was being used as a psychic dump for negative energy by an ambassador? Likely story!"

In my version of this episode, I am that Ensign!

Why am I not surprised?

This is the En.Janeway episode, where spiketv cuts off the computer and g4 adds the counselor's appointments.


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now g4 cuts off tng totally.(sofar).

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Alternate Title: "Justice" starring Sheriff Worf
Interesting how Worf casually watches Alkar die in the end. The guy looks like he is having a heart attack and Worf is waiting patiently for the guy to keel over and die. Apparently Worf believes in an eye for an eye.

Alternate scene from Lethal Weapon II:
Alkar: "uh uh... diplomatic immunity..."
Worf: "...has just been revoked!"
Alkar seems overly smug when dealing with Captain Picard about what he's doing to Troi; and then telling the captain that he has to shuttle him back home.

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NANJAO
Just how far can Alkar transfer psychic waste to Troi? Would he be able to send her negative vibes if she were lightyears away?

Nitpicking the Guide
In the TNG guide 1, Phil spells the guy's name as Alcar, but in guide 2, he spells it Alkar.

Enterprise Security is a Joke. In the end Worf and his boys are stationed outside Liva's quarters to protect her. Yet they wait until Troy is safely restored before he takes any action, now I know the dialog stated that they were trying to make sure Alkar didn't re latch back onto Troy but what about poor Liva?? It was only due to some extraordinary timing that Alkar failed, Had Troy's revival taken just a few more seconds Worf would have barged in and Liva would have kicked them out, having become Alkar's newest physic play thing. There was 101% concern for Troy but why does this innocent woman's free will take a back seat? after all if they jumped the gun to save her what is the worse that could have happened to Troy...she would be *more* dead?? ;-)

Well, Marina Sirtis was sure able to bust out her acting chops in this episode, that's for sure. Her being seductive, then witchy, and then screaming out loud and trying to murder Alkar, well, those sure are things we never saw Troi do ever before!

And as for the young hunk that Troi bedded? Was he even given a name? He was just a piece of meat to Troi, essentially, with her being under the influence of being Alkar's pyschic waste recepticle. Usually, it's a woman that sleeps with the male main character in a movie to show what a stud he is, and basically she's nothing more than a status symbol to him. There's a recurring theme in many movies where the woman that the hero wakes up with at the beginning of the movie will not be seen again. It's really quite prolific for Hollywood to keep on using this tactic.

But in this case, it's the *woman* that is gagging for a shag, and Troi basically just uses him to satisfy her physical needs. And then the dude just leaves when Riker arrives to check on Troi, he seemed like he had no idea what just happened and why she picked him out of all the men on board. Seeing the young man there, Riker is definetly suspicious, as he knows that Deanna is not the kind of woman to sleep around. Like what was said on the "Matter Of Perspective" board, Riker would not force himself on a woman but would definetly reciprocate if she made advances toward him. But when she scratched his face, he definetly knew that something was wrong, and then it's up to Picard to deal with Alkar and his mental and physical abuse of Troi that he did to keep his mind clear for the Rekag-Seronia negotiations.

I also thought it was fitting for Worf to do nothing as Alkar rapidly ages and dies in front of him. There wasn't anything he could do, really. But Worf also knew what he had done to the various women, and therefore had no sympathy for him as he perishes.

I wonder what happened to Alkar's receptacle stones. They were really quite dangerous, and just like the Tox Uthat, I think they should have been destroyed!

There was no need to kill Deana to end her link with Alkar. The link obviously has a limited range or Alkar would not risk bringing his receptacles along with him on his missions, he would leave them safely locked up at home. They only needed to warp away from the planet as fast as they could until the link got severed.