Unlike the last few episodes this one I have mixed feelings about. It feels like it is just going to be a little too happy but then the thing they have been hinting at the whole time happens and nobody is shocked by Data. I liked Tasha Yar a lot better on this watching than when I watched originally, but the way they keep bringing up her death over and over is getting to be a little much. It is at least interesting to have Data be the one who falls in love with the traitor.
The episode opens with the officers Poker game and Data manages to out bluff Riker, but Riker tries to get his chips with a magic trick. A trick Data sees through instantly. They are interrupted by Riker being called to the bridge, a Federation ship has issued a distress signal. It is on an, "emergency orbit," around a rebellious human colony. Just as they arrive the ship explodes but an escape pod makes it out. But for some reason they can't beam the people out so the end up on the surface. The planet is the one Tasha grew up on with the rape gangs and vicious factions. Riker leads an away team and they are met by a raider party which takes them to their leader. The colony is now divided between two factions who for some reason all agreed to have implants that don't let them get near the enemy base without setting off an alarm and you can't take it out or it will explode.
The group they meet isn't the one with the crew but they do have Tasha's sister who offers to help get the crew back.She beams up to the Enterprise and quickly makes friends with Data. They try to get to crew back once but her implant sets off the alarm. She tells Data she wants to join Starfleet and even gives him a kiss. The only plan they can come up with is to blast a hole in the planet with the ships phasers and beaming in through the hole. And the only way it will work is if Tasha's sister goes with them. So they remove her chip and blow a hole in the planet. They get to their crew and rescue them, but the alarm goes off! Tasha's sister has gone off on her own and killed several member of the other faction. Data finds her messing with the fusion reactor and realizes she is going to destroy the reactor and disable the factions defenses. Riker shows up and distracts her long enough for Data to stun her and turn off the reactor overload. Picard decides to release her back to her people and Data is really hurt by the whole thing. Or it seems that way at least, in theory he has no feelings.
Review: Better than the last few, but still not a great episode. The betrayal seems kinda obvious, but it is interesting to see how in effects Data.
5 out of 10
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