Remember Me

Bev-centric but it undoubtedly HER character's best episode

It's one of those Twilight Zoney type episodes that is best first viewing, but I think it holds up well in multiple viewings.

McFadden does a great job. I think a few bits of the script were excessive, particularly Beverly's outburst to Picard on the bridge, but she played it very well.

Also, excellent callback to the first season episode.

After greeting her old friend Dr Dalen Quaice who is travelling on board the Enterprise, Dr Crusher begins discovering that a small number of the crew have apparently disappeared including Dr Quaice. Even more alarming is that nobody has any recollection of the missing crew at all, forcing Beverly into an existential crisis.

Easily the best episode focused on Dr Crusher to date, this is a welcome return to form for the show after the debacle of the previous episode. There's a growing sense of dread throughout the episode as the mystery gradually reveals itself before an underwhelming climax involving Wesley (because, of course!) and the Traveller, a character most viewers might not even remember. It's a good episode and one of the more memorable ones but it doesn't quite stick the landing.

Here we have the proof that the Force exists in Star Trek. All the mumbo-jumbo spouted by the traveler could have been said by Yoda or Obi-Wan. Once again we see that Wesley is the Chosen One.

One of the extremely few good episodes I saw from this show. Very plot driven interweaving character story with a plot worthy of old school classic Star Trek.

The episode starts off with a mystery vibe. A missing person that has simply vanished with no trace of them whatsoever. The story escalates from there as it evolves into something more than just a missing person's report.

The only unfortunate aspect is that the series here uses the phenomena to give the ship's doctor a kind of alleged mental disorder. That is the episode appears to examine what's happening with someone whose experiences are different from everyone else's. So, even though there's a very strong plot here the episode falls into the character-examination trope.

The action is again kept to a minimum, but the story energy is very high, and it kept this old school fan riveted to the screen.

As Siskel and Ebert might say; two thumbs up.