Ugh, a psychic vampire episode. Also, WTF, when Troi's neurotransmitter levels dropped her hair turned young again too? This episode is the opposite of Where Silence has Lease in that the negotiator depends on others, but this time in very evil way. Also, would lacking emotions really make you a better negotiator? I guess you might be more patient, but I am not sure what else he would get from it. Side note: when googling this episode it is the first one to ever not autocomplete, I guess google doesn't like it much either.
The episode opens with the Enterprise rushing to assist a transport ship that has been attacked. The ship is fine but the captain requests that the Enterprise take on board a negotiator and his mother they were transporting. Picard agrees and meets them in the transporter room with Troi. The negotiators mother screams at Troi when she arrives and is taken to quarters while Deanna gives Alkar a tour of the ship. Troi starts falling for him immediately, she finds his serene mind very attractive and soon they are doing Klingon yoga together. When Alkar returns to his quarters his mother again verbally assaults Troi. Back in her quarters Deanna is doing staff evaluations with Riker when he is called to Alkar's quarters, his mother is dead.
Alkar asks Deanna to perform a funeral meditation with him and she agrees. It involves touching glowing rocks together and when it is done something seems wrong with Troi. Dr. Crusher is annoyed that Alkar won't let her perform an autopsy on his mother but Picard agrees to follow Alkar's customs. Troi starts losing it, telling her counselling patients to shut up, picking up random ensigns in the hallway, and dressing in very revealing outfits. They arrive at the planet Alkar is supposed to negotiate with and he prepares to beam down, but Troi shows up looking older than normal and screams that he has to take her with him. She then pulls a knife and stabs Picard in the shoulder when he tries to stop her.
Troi gets taken to sick bay and Picard finally agrees to the mother autopsy. But as is kinda obvious she isn't his mother, she is another of his victims. Picard tries to get Alkar to beam to the ship but he has guards pull guns on Worf and the captain so they leave. They fake Troi's death and he finally comes aboard. In his quarters he tries to do the glowing rock thing with his aide but for some reason freaks out and dies.
Reviews: Not a great episode. I mentioned some of the problems with the sciency stuff at the top, but the whole tone of the episode seems kinda off.
3 out of 10
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