Episode #47: Peak Performance
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Episode #47: Peak Performance
PEAK PERFORMANCE - episode #21 of 2nd season / Air Date: 7/10/89
written by David Kemper; Directed by Robert Scheerer
TIME to PLAY... STRATEGEMA!
The Enterprise is assigned to war games by Starfleet; Picard resisted this because he considers his ship as primarily an exploratory vessel (and he's a pacifist), but he mentions the Borg threat - better to keep some battle skills fine-tuned. The games are a bit odd - part of the crew, commanded by Riker, beams aboard the old, nearly-derelict Hathaway ship; from there, they will challenge the Enterprise - seems like a real mismatch.
This was all a cookie-cutter depiction of Starfleet and Kolrami even seems like an unnecessary character, while some of the regulars behave atypically. Pulaski, for some reason, wants to knock the arrogant Kolrami down a peg, tricking Data into a game of Strategema. Data does better than Riker but still loses, causing him to re-evaluate his specs in his cabin. There's much talk of challenging oneself as part of being human, and blah-blah-blah. Riker asks Worf & Wesley to join him on the old ship and they both come up with devious methods to counter the bigger Enterprise.
BoG's Score: 5 out of 10
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