A Matter of Perspective

This episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" begins with Riker beaming back to the Enterprise from a visit with Dr. Apgar. However, unexpectedly, as Riker beams to the ship, there is an explosion of some sort and Dr. Apgar is killed. Soon a police official arrives--demanding that Picard hand over Riker for prosecution. It seems that they think he's just murdered Dr. Apgar. What follows is a "Rashomon" style program where three different people give their impressions of what has occurred--followed by the actual chain of events as they occurred. Because the idea has been used many times before, I wouldn't say that this is a particularly good episode but it is reasonably interesting and worth seeing if you are a fan. Otherwise, you could certainly do better, as it's anything but original.

I was on the edge of my seat the whole épisode, Amazing story , I really love the fact that we saw different version different point of view on what happen. A great Idea and plot, smart writting , Amazing solution in the end. Im not going for 10/10 but it was very close, just lacking a bit of emotional to be a Masterpiece, but it is one of the very best episode pf thé first 60 ep , My rating 9.25/10.

A story of a trial that at first seems of dubious integrity and value is elevated by the trial's final moments and conclusions.

This is a reasonable good episode. Poor Riker, trying to take the high ground, finds himself accused of murder. Unfortunately, for him, the scene of the crime has been obliterated, so all the evidence is hearsay. Sadly, the planet which has charged Riker allows this suspect evidence to take someone to trial. The whole thing centers around a surprise visit to a scientist who has been working on some pretty impressive stuff. He is a crotchety guy who has a wife who is obviously unhappy. In Riker's version, she comes on to him after showing him his bedroom and as he pushes her away, the husband comes in. It is certainly embarrassing for all parties. Riker realizes there is no easy solution but agrees the next morning to return to the Enterprise with a report on his findings. The scientist has promised a complaint to Star Fleet. As Will is about to beam up, the space station explodes and kills the researcher. All must be waded through and sorted out. A pretrial investigation convenes on the holodeck. I have to tell you the whole thing seemed far fetched and difficult to follow. it also concluded rather abruptly.

Watery soup. Let me start out by saying that I do have fond memories of watching TNG when it first aired but this is the first time I have ever watched each and every episode in the chronological order they were first broadcast. I have to say that so far, I have found most of the stories relating to season three to be somewhat tedious. Sure, there have been highlights here and there, but again and again I find the stories tend to tread old familiar ground. And so it is with this episode. A member of the crew on trial episode with so many twists and turns that I honestly lost interest about 10 minutes in though I forced myself to stay to the end. There are definitely much better episodes of TNG out there. Even in season three there are better episodes, and I can imagine that when I finally complete my survey that this one may feature within the 'Worst Episodes' category.