More hallucinogen inspired nature of reality babble going on here. Despite some flaws, this is really a pretty nice episode, especially given some of the constraints. The opening scene is sort of bizarre, and feels like they spent all their money on it. It is Riker joining Worf on his "workout" sessions on the holodeck, fucking dudes up with his power glove.
This scene sort of rules. It set is light years ahead of anything they had in the first season, and the dudes they are fighting are genuinely creepy as hell. There is even some Riker sexiness going on.
This part really makes Worf seem like an out of control animal. After he ices his dude he almost kills Riker in the heeeaaaaaat of the moooooment. The also-sexy Jean Luc is concerned.
Patrick Stewart is one of those guys who makes acting look easy as hell. He recites all these cheesy lines with such conviction you can't help but get into it. Watching the rest of these schlubs figure their shit out while he is just dancing circles around them is...well, you feel embarrassed for the other actors. They're getting better but god damn he is a pro and was from day one.
Besides the holodeck scene, Where Silence Has Lease takes place entirely on the Enterprise sets. The plot is fuckin dumb, the Enterprise flies into a giant space blob which is actually the home of some sentient weirdo face and has to figure its way out.
different colored space jizz!!!!
Despite the silliness of it all, there are a lot of cool shots, a lot of cool music, and some decent acting by the whole cast to make some parts genuinely creepy. Riker and Worf are over on some ghost ship and I'll be danged if I wasn't really a little freaked out. My main nigga Ron Jones holding it down with the music again.
Anyways stupid space face wants to kill half the crew for funsies so Picard says fuck it I'll blow up the whole ship instead (what a badass). There is a scene where Picard is ready to go down with the ship and he is listening to Trois Gymnopédies by Erik Satie and yea sure its maybe a little over the top but dang if that ain't some poignant music.
TNG brings back the tradition of the red shirt here with some ensign who is unfortunately not Wesley. Space face decides to kill him and it is sorta funny looking.
<insert racist joke here>
The face decides to let them go, the end. I'm giving this episode the rating of mad decent.
Edit: lol
Edit: lol
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