I thought this was a fairly good episode, and then I read the review posted here by 'skinnybert'. It makes some salient points about the abandonment of science and logic in the execution of the story that I would have to agree with. Nevertheless, this is still an interesting story and deserves credit as one of the better ones so far in the first season of Next Generation.
My main quibble to the episode would be how easy it was for Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to initiate the Enterprise's destruct sequence after it was commandeered by the Bynars and sent hurtling off to the planet Bynaus in the Beta Magellan System. I thought it should have been more complicated than simply having Picard and Riker agree to it with the ship's main computer. Something along the lines of Captain Kirk's clever destruct sequence in 'The Corbomite Maneuver', even if he was just making it all up at the time.
It seems like ST:TNG made a lot of use out of those holodeck simulations, and this was no exception. The sexy Carolyn McCormick as jazz enthusiast (except for Dixieland) Minuet almost had Picard and Riker distracted long enough for the Bynars to complete the mission on their own, although it turned out they might have died trying without success. Fortunately for them, the Enterprise commanders saw that their scheme was all intended for the better good of their planet, and not an incursion on the Enterprise.
My main quibble to the episode would be how easy it was for Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Commander Riker (Jonathan Frakes) to initiate the Enterprise's destruct sequence after it was commandeered by the Bynars and sent hurtling off to the planet Bynaus in the Beta Magellan System. I thought it should have been more complicated than simply having Picard and Riker agree to it with the ship's main computer. Something along the lines of Captain Kirk's clever destruct sequence in 'The Corbomite Maneuver', even if he was just making it all up at the time.
It seems like ST:TNG made a lot of use out of those holodeck simulations, and this was no exception. The sexy Carolyn McCormick as jazz enthusiast (except for Dixieland) Minuet almost had Picard and Riker distracted long enough for the Bynars to complete the mission on their own, although it turned out they might have died trying without success. Fortunately for them, the Enterprise commanders saw that their scheme was all intended for the better good of their planet, and not an incursion on the Enterprise.