Episode #62: A Matter of Perspective
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Episode #62: A Matter of Perspective
A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE episode #14 of 3rd Season / Air Date: 2/25/90
written by Ed Zuckerman; Directed by Cliff Bole
Star Trek's take on Rashomen: an incident occurs - a death, due to an explosion - the destruction of an orbiting science station. The people involved, including Riker, look back on the events preceding this explosion in different ways, from their personal perspectives. Riker was at the station to meet with a scientist who had developed a new energy source - Starfleet was interested, of course. The scientist has a wife; she either showed interest in Riker or Riker made advances towards her, depending on who tells the tale. As Riker was beaming away from the station, it's suggested that he caused the explosion - this may be murder!
In the end, the solution to the mystery turns out to be the holodeck itself - it's kind of clever and unexpected, though saddled with the usual over-abundance of techno-babble (thank you, once again, Geordi La Forge). In a way, these types of episodes are dazzling in comparison to the common TV series of the time - the use of futuristic technology and sleight-of-hand FX to tell a story. It's suspenseful as Riker worries for his future - there's one great shot of him peeking into the captain's office as Picard meets with a prosecutor (Craig Richard Nelson). Some fans were disappointed by the casting - the duplicitous wife could have been more of a femme fatale than was realized, but overall there's some fun. BoG's Score: 7 out of 10
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