drgarnett

In this episode, Jarod gets into a real-time rescue situation as opposed to an after the facts resolution. Along the way, Jarod partners with a woman with similar emotional scars and finds a true bond. Meanwhile, Miss Parker reminisces about past interactions with Jarod, though she never learns anything from them. As always, the primary storyline serves only to inform the secondary narratives, which are more interesting.

Jack Kehler gives a star turn here in a secondary role as Big Bob, referencing classic comedy routines.

Stratos is the ultimate gated community, so far removed from ordinary citizens that it can only be reached by transporter. Little wonder that they view the surface dwellers as an "agglomeration of inferior species".

Yet, the 'Cloud Minders' do not seem very advanced scientifically, given that they dispute the existence of an invisible gas that (like oxygen, carbon monoxide, and nerve gas), can affect life functions. Even further, the actions of the Stratos leadership are not much different from the lowly "trogs".

This is heavy handed scripting, but, unfortunately, the perpetators of environment-scale poison contamination and segregation don't respond to hints.

Unlike some reviewers, I think having Brent Spiner in the three main roles was a weakness.

The true weak premise of this story is that Soong implanted a compulsion into his creations that made them an unconcious threat to those around them -- the inventor's monomania.