Spoilers for TNG S04E14 Clues
!The Enterprise encounters a planet inhabited by an isolationist species who uses a fake wormhole to knock people out so they can somehow mask their presence. OK, I’m with it so far.
This trap fails on Data who revives the crew and the aliens say they need to destroy the Enterprise to stop people finding out about them. Picard points out that if the Enterprise is destroyed Starfleet will come looking for them. Again, so far so good.
The aliens agree to let the crew live if they can wipe everyone’s memory and order Data to never say what happened. This memory wipe takes 24 hours so they modify the computer records to make everyone think a day hasn’t passed and they were actually out for 30 seconds. Then they do it again when the crew realises after finding some unforseen clues, so now at least 48 hours has passed. This is where it lost me.
I can understand them not realising straight away if they’re in deep space and not communicating with Starfleet, but surely they’re going to figure out their chronometer is 2 days off eventually and go back to try and figure out what went on?!<
Enterprise. S2E22 Cogenitor.
I understand that they’re trying to tell a story here about morality and culture and blah blah blah but even if this didn’t fly in the face of what Starfleet is supposed to be, the way they callously employed suicide at the end? And the way Archer informed Trip of it, then blamed him, then turned it into a “lesson” for him?
I have no words for how much I hated this episode. What the fuck.
E: I’m also watching it for the first time and just saw this episode so I’m not looking forward to… is this next episode beginning with Borg? What the ever-loving fuck, Enterprise?
Yeah, so, Star Trek First Contact made a small problem having a Borg Sphere explode in orbit. The episode you’re referring to involves people of the past discovering the debris of the future Borg Sphere.
I watched it. I just didn’t enjoy it.