This was a pretty good episode from the Next Generation series, but the ending was a big plot hole (as mentioned in the goof section for this episode). I absolutely agree with that comment. Why wasn't she beamed abroad the Enterprise and held in the brig? Why was Riker allowed to carry a phaser into a conference and then proceed to slowly dial up the power while Picard sat silent? Everyone in the conference just stood by watching the entire sequence of events as Riker kept firing at her again and again. This bad ending was just a ploy to show remorse on Riker's part at the end of the episode for having killed her as if he had no other choice. Well, in fact, he did, but the plot hole ignored the other choices.
Review of The Vengeance Factor
