Star Trek TNG: Where No One Has Gone Before (OAD: 10/26/1987)

I remember thinking that this episode was lame when I first saw it. I've seen some positive comments about it. Overall, though, I think it still kinda sucked. The whole idea of the Traveler bugs me. I'm OK with him perhaps having the ability to phase in and out of various realities. But when he's working on a console in engineering, it's about hard physics. You can't type touchy feely mumbo jumbo into a console.

As for some non real time comments...

Our current chief engineer is kindof a tubby sort, isn't he?
Wesley still seems to be dressing for an Arctic expedition.
While I'm glad to see Engineering starting to take the shape we are most familiar with, the number of chairs that seem to come and go annoy me.
So Wesley has shared a grand total of about 30 seconds of conversation with the Traveler, and he's willing to call him his "friend"? Sounds like how my 4 year old latches onto people when we go play at the mall play area.
What was up with the dude and the fire? Once he "put it out", he seemed to be hitting on Picard.
Picard's little speech to the crew was cringe worthy.
Man skirt!

I will say this episode does have one of my favorite lines of the series, though. After Wesley is made Acting Ensign (is that even a legitimate rank?), and Riker asks if they should contact Dr. Crusher, Picard tells him "Why, is someone ill?" It was a nice little bit of respect for Mr. Crusher.