Cost of Living

There are few things in Trek more annoying than a Lwaxana Troi episode. But one of those few things is the child oriented episode. Another one is the parenting textbook episode. This episode seems to be all these dull and infuriating things rolled into one episode. Do yourself a favour and skip it. It has few redeeming qualities, other than the last few minutes which are quite amusing and the reason it got four stars rather than one.

...however, over the years I realized if an actor is irritating or angering you? They're achieving their goal. I can't stand the Lwaxana episodes. But upon my recent viewing, I was blown away at the "Noises Off!" Trek-style hilarity of the episode. That film was a great nod to the Broadway play, released the same year as this episode. I know what I'm getting with Lwaxana...but Majel just KILLS in this one! Lol.

Give this another chance once you're much older. It's so much Marx Brothers' "A Night At The Opera", especially when Troi responds with "Ha!" to her mothers' comment and Alexander echoes "Ha!" Not to mention the silly end.

It's a good time and the writers took a chance.

Lwaxana Troi episode at its worst. Cross it with another episode of Worf and his son at loggerheads, mix in some hippy scenes on the holodeck and you have this one.

The primary plot of Lwaxana Troi's upcoming nuptials and her interference in Worf and Alexander's relationship is irritating. Even more so when you think of one of the DS9 episodes LT appears in. She does not learn her own lessons.

The secondary plot of the Enterprise suffering mysterious malfunctions due to another infection from space dust is quite repetitive

Only thing that has it going for it is a couple of scenes with Micheal Dorn as Worf

Perhaps the worst episode of the 5th season.

Troi's Mother is absolutely insufferable. Is she supposed to be funny? I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would write a character like her; and the stories containing her character are ridiculously stupid. I honestly dislike the Troi character too, but she's nowhere near as repulsive as her Mother. Mama Troi just bulldozes over everyone, pushing her agenda and never listens to anything anyone says. She appears to be dumber than a bag of hammers, completely narcissistic and has no regard for anyone else's feelings or needs. What is even more incomprehensible is the way everyone just lets her have her way all the time with no accountability or repercussions. This episode also contains the unfortunate child of Worf. I like the idea of Worf having a son, but Alexander's character is poorly written and poorly acted. Unless you are masochistic, skip this episode.

We couldn't get through this one. We usually skip Lwaxana episodes but the Netflix preview didn't let us know she was in it. So we watched awhile and she didn't disappoint; painfully annoying as usual. And the scenes on the weirdo Parallax colony on the holodeck? Yikes, even more annoying. Add in a child actor and you have a real stinker of an episode.