Samaritan Snare

While Wesley Crusher accompanies Captain Picard to Starbase 515, Riker leads the Enterprise on an apparent mission of mercy when they receive a distress call from a crippled Pakled vessel. When Geordi beams over to conduct some repairs, however, their true intentions quickly reveal themselves.

A theme I've noticed with season two is the number of episodes that feel like two disconnected stories running simultaneously, often to the detriment of each other. So it is here - the Pakled are a comically inept bunch of baddies who possess as much a sense of threat as a child's teddy. The second story, involving Picard bonding with Wesley on board an inexplicably slow shuttlecraft, isn't given the time it needs and feels rushed and a little clichéd as well. Together, they make for a pretty average episode at best.