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Episode 22: Suspicions

Got what I wanted, but not the way I wanted it.

Picard's quite civil towards Reyga, considering they're not exactly his favourite species. I find his attempt at comforting Crusher slightly patronising. Got the right if it over the autopsy issue. True, it would be useful and I do find most rituals of this nature daft and unhelpful, but I don't think that this scenario quite justifies violating medical ethics. Especially since nothing of value was learned.

Riker's concern starts off decent enough, but he gets a bit too aggressive. He's right, mind, but I don't like his tone.

Crusher's quite fed up. Nice to see her friendly Reyga. Taking lessons from Picard in diplomacy. Right call to stop testing. It is nice to see McFadden get to sink her teeth a bit more into a role, particularly with her mounting stress over these unsolved mysteries. I don't reckon much to her investigative abilities and, to be perfectly fucking frank, she deserved to be slammed into a wall. Doing the autopsy is a grossly unethical move. I don't blame her for getting annoyed at Guinan. Her attitude towards Riker stinks. Appreciate her gratitude towards Ogawa. Getting in the shuttle seems like a stupid move. At least she gets in a good fight. I wouldn't laugh if I got Guinan a present and she said that to me.

Troi is concerned about Crusher and, judging from how she acts in this episode, i dont blame her.

The rest of the crew do their jobs, with Data getting extra credit.

I don't believe a word Guinan says anymore. She'll find any excuse to get in somebody's business. Must admit, i didnt expect them to outright confirm shes lying, though. We've returned to her usual shtick being annoying and, I have to be honest, I haven't missed her much. Bringing up tennis again, even though it's obviously part of some wise ploy, isn't her finest hour, especially since this is apparently her last appearance.

Ogawa has been a reliable sight in a fair few episodes, but ive never had much to say about her until now. Her loyalty is commendable, i did find her nervousness over a date in a previous episode quite cute and i appreciate her lightly sassing her former boss. Felt she deserved a paragraph of her own for once, especially as shes smelling of roses compared to some other characters in this episode.

Reyga is actually quite friendly and a little self deprecating. Got a mild, but understandable temper on him. I suppose with Quark now existing at this point, it wouldn't do to keep the species as just a capitalist caricature. The other scientists aren't too much interesting, not even Jo'Bril.

We're in flashback city and there's plenty of narration, too. They make sure to give everyone, even Picard an accusatory stare. Nice shot to follow La Forge and then look inside the shuttle. Jo'Bril is a bit too obvious. I didn't notice much more and i think i stopped caring before too long, but the narration idea did quickly overstate its welcome.

I feel a bit hypocritical here. I'm sure I've justified similar actions in similar situations before, but something about this episode (quite possibly the low quality) makes Crusher seem like the bad guy for mucking about with Reyga's corpse. Apart from that, it's a pretty dreadful murder mystery that's only kept just about tolerable by McFadden's acting. Crusher should've definitely lost her job after this.

I want more Crusher episodes. I don't want them to be shit like this.

Rightful Heir comes next.