Clues

Enterprise encounters a wormhole and the entire crew, aside from Lieutenant Data, are knocked out for what appears to be 30 seconds.

This is an enjoyable episode with a good story and performances.

The plot is a good mystery. In fact it's even introduced explicitly as that in the opening holodeck scene with Captain Picard and Guinan. It all unfolds compellingly until the reveal is made and then it slightly drags. However, it is worth going all the way to the final frame of cinematography just to see the expression on Data's face.

All characters have good moments to shine throughout. It is a memorable Data and Picard episode with good contributions from the likes of Dr Crusher, Councillor Troi, Commander LaForge and Worf. I always wondered if the crew ever realised at some point in the future that they are two days out by other calendars

All performances are strong, particularly Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner and Marina Sirtis.

Love it. 'What's going on ? Who are we ?' is the plot. See the brilliant actor of the imposter First Officer in my favourite episode 'The Deprogrammers' of 'The Outer Limits' also. In this STTNG episode, shouldn't we all be focussing on Deanna Troi ? Where is she, anyway ? She reads minds. In general, The Next Generation really NEGLECTED Deanna's extreme ability. It's just short of time travel. An empath can foresee the future. In general, I would have loved to see Deanna Troi plan secret mass murders in the shadows. Because, she can foresee if people try to kill her. You would expect that Deanna preempts baddies a little more often than NEVER. And then watch her hide the dead bodies. That numb non-empathic Federation doesn't need to know. And even if they find out, they couldn't judge. Federation are quite a leap behind mind readers in terms of evolution. So yeah, TNG neglected Deanna's emotion reading abilities throughout the 7 years. And now I'll add my psychology here: Because no one ever looks at Deanna to figure out what's going on. Neither in this episode. The Enterprise's entire crew has a hard reset on their memories. No one remembers who they are, and who anyone else is. Normally, you would figure out who the empaths are. 'I'm trying to kill you now ... oh, you spotted me ... well done, you're the empath here.' That doesn't happen. The real Captain Picard can play his role down, as low as he wants. But everyone instinctively looks at him. And he reads no minds. He is not an empath. But if you want to figure out what's going on, you'll look at The Picard. Very odd. And good to see it play out in this brilliant show. --- Search "Trek Greenspace" on Google Play Books and join my Star Trek Fan Project!

Pay attention to this one. Very creative plot twists. A thinking fan's episode. Reminded me of "The Sting".

"Clues" is an absolute masterpiece for all Trekkies, a classic and one of the most underestimate episode in TV History, the fact people rate this one 8.3/10 kills me, " Clues" diserved 9.2-9.3/10 at the very least and a 9.6/10 would be accurate.

This épisode got without a doubt the most fascinating plot since the start of the show. If I need to make a Friend discover Star trek, from TOS and TNG i think i would choose this one.

No need to know the characters like in " the city in the edge of forever" ( the GOAT) Clues is officially my second favorite TNG épisode as for now, " Measure of a man" still number one.

Dixon Hill, Private Detective on the holodeck. I have to admit right from the off that although I appreciate that this kind of use of the holodeck was a new direction for season one, I now find the whole film-noir angle to be totally uninteresting. Some of the stories pursued on the holodeck were very good, but some were nothing more than excuses for cast members to cosplay dress-up. Energy distortions on the other hand, now that's what we want.

A slow-burn, join-the-dots episode that plods along as a who-done-what enigma but unfortunately the pace of the show makes it dance around the edge of a payoff for far too long. This story reminds me of a Red Dwarf story 'Thanks For The Memory' which follows a similar plot.

During the lull in action I couldn't help wonder what it would be like if we really could travel the stars on such a space vehicle. There are 1,014 souls on board, so the Enterprise is similar to a small town. Despite its purpose of exploration, it spends most of its time being probed or attacked or following some other vessel. It visits worlds where strange things happen or people with strange powers live. If it wasn't for these interludes I could imagine that the entire crew would find life to be pretty boring. You are living in a tin-can which may be much bigger than an Apollo command module but it is a tin-can all the same. In the infinity of space it is really insignificant and that is before you consider the Romulan threat. I suppose all is okay if you work on the bridge, but just imagine what it must be like for a lowly cleaning attendant working on an out-of-the-way deck.