After the bad 7th episode this was a great one. Loved most of it. The tension was good, the way Data defeated Lore was great, I enjoyed Trois return more then I thought I would. Still not a fan of the mystery box format and of Jack - not his character, not his supernatural nature, although I have to say the execution is good in this episode and I am really curious now. Character and acting wise this was the best episode until now for me, I loved the old gang back together and Vadic was less annoying. Luckily not too much of Rafi, but my biggest issue is represented by her: sword fighting and fist fights while the changelings have phasers and the the ability to .... well, change. I am still not convinced the guys with the bird masks are really shape shifters though. Besides not shape shifting they seem to be to stupid. Last episode they ran after starfleet personel that had no weapons, but did not fire besides having clear chances to do so. But here it is even worse: just because Rafi seems it fit running around with swords, they do as well. I get it that Klingons use swords, but why anybody else would do it in this setting is beyond me. I know everybody loves Matalas, but in scenes like this it all just feels like the same stupidity we got served in the previous seasons.
But besides that it was a great episode that almost made me forget that Picard & Crusher wanted to kill a prisoner last week.
But besides that it was a great episode that almost made me forget that Picard & Crusher wanted to kill a prisoner last week.
