Starting with the positive, I think we see Riker bust out the Captain Morgan leg stance for the first time. Nice.
As I was watching this episode the word "sanctimonious" was screaming in my ears. Sure enough, I see a 3 star review with the same in the title. Riker is annoying, Picard is annoying. The premise isn't bad. The execution is painfully high and mighty, and cringy. Worf is gifted a sex beast. Does the courtship ritual feel somehow racist? Geordi, after being gifted sight, announces to everyone the security lady is hot. It's the one thing he has to say about being able to see. Tasha throws herself at the captain because he provides minimal, awkward comfort about potentially being erased from existence. I wonder why she quit. Worst of all, the episode isn't thought provoking, despite focusing on someone being granted god powers. Saving your friends is bad, because something. Saving dead kids is bad, because something. Why? Oh, you might start calling the captain by his first name (heavens no) and pretend to be a genie who doesn't listen to his friends when they say "no gifts."
As I was watching this episode the word "sanctimonious" was screaming in my ears. Sure enough, I see a 3 star review with the same in the title. Riker is annoying, Picard is annoying. The premise isn't bad. The execution is painfully high and mighty, and cringy. Worf is gifted a sex beast. Does the courtship ritual feel somehow racist? Geordi, after being gifted sight, announces to everyone the security lady is hot. It's the one thing he has to say about being able to see. Tasha throws herself at the captain because he provides minimal, awkward comfort about potentially being erased from existence. I wonder why she quit. Worst of all, the episode isn't thought provoking, despite focusing on someone being granted god powers. Saving your friends is bad, because something. Saving dead kids is bad, because something. Why? Oh, you might start calling the captain by his first name (heavens no) and pretend to be a genie who doesn't listen to his friends when they say "no gifts."