This one definitely had one of the more profoundly impacting endings of any ST:TNG episode.
Very well done, I thought.
I remember when I watched it the first time, the impact of the ending actually built up in my mind slowly, as I pondered it for the next couple of hours after I finished watching. When ST:TNG was in it's first run, my local channel aired it on my pool night (pocket billiards) so I always watched it on my timer-recorded VHS tape (primitive DVR, eh?) So, I remember re-watching the ending a few times as it's impact sank in.
He was so angry that an entire race, anywhere they might be in the universe, was wiped out with a thought. An entire race of sentient beings. All of them. ...wow.......
...wow...
As to the Troi side-plot, I see where the OP is coming from. There was a part of me who wanted to slap her and yell, "Suck it up! Cut it out!" However, I tried to imagine hearing a few bars of music over and over again in my mind. And not only that, it's getting louder and louder and LOUDER until it's deafening, but all in the mind! That's kind of mind-blowing too. Like when a song gets stuck in your head, but 1,000,000 times worse, and with a certain horrifying aspect. Sirtis' acting of the effect might not have been all that bad. I'm not sure how I'd act in such a situation.
Very well done, I thought.
I remember when I watched it the first time, the impact of the ending actually built up in my mind slowly, as I pondered it for the next couple of hours after I finished watching. When ST:TNG was in it's first run, my local channel aired it on my pool night (pocket billiards) so I always watched it on my timer-recorded VHS tape (primitive DVR, eh?) So, I remember re-watching the ending a few times as it's impact sank in.
He was so angry that an entire race, anywhere they might be in the universe, was wiped out with a thought. An entire race of sentient beings. All of them. ...wow.......
...wow...
As to the Troi side-plot, I see where the OP is coming from. There was a part of me who wanted to slap her and yell, "Suck it up! Cut it out!" However, I tried to imagine hearing a few bars of music over and over again in my mind. And not only that, it's getting louder and louder and LOUDER until it's deafening, but all in the mind! That's kind of mind-blowing too. Like when a song gets stuck in your head, but 1,000,000 times worse, and with a certain horrifying aspect. Sirtis' acting of the effect might not have been all that bad. I'm not sure how I'd act in such a situation.
