TNG: Violations

            What a bland episode. I know, I know, it was full of characters being traumatized with their worst memories forced onto them. But here the thing, it is set up as a mystery, but we know who is doing it the entire time. Not only do we know who is doing it, we know why he is doing it, or at least as much of a reason as we are ever given. The entire episode is just waiting for the characters to figure out what happened, and it isn't like they find some fascinating answer, they just figure out who was present when similar events happened. 
            The episode opens with three aliens, a husband and wife and their son, helping Keiko remember time she spent with her grandmother. All of them leave except the son is looks grimly at the camera as the music switches to the bad guy music ruining any chance of this being an actual mystery. They have the aliens to a state dinner but the son and father don't really get along. The son storms out and Troi follows. They talk about parents in the turbolift and the son obviously hates his dad. When Troi returns to her quarters she experiences a memory of being assaulted by Riker but part way through it switches to being the alien and then she is in a coma. The same thing happens to Riker and then Beverley. Geordi and Data work to figure it out and find similar comas on other planets the aliens have visited. Troi wakes up and agrees to let the son probe her memories and she recalls the incident only this time it is the father. He is arrested by the son has to attack Troi one more time only she fights back. Meanwhile Data and Geordi figure out that it was the son because only he was present when the other comas happened so they show up with Worf and save Deanna. 

            Review: Yeah, I hated this one. It isn't as bad as the very worst episodes, but it is pretty bad. The only part I liked was Deanna holding her own in the fight, but not gaining ground, and then Worf opening the door and knocking the dude out on one hit. If this episode had three or for more kicks to the ball by Troi it would have been a lot better.

2 out of 10