The fact that this is a season 1 episodes and it manages to competently establish suspense and ultimately pay it off with a climax that makes actual sense elevates this to a top tier S1 episode.
The Bynars are an interesting truly alien race and there ultimate motivation for stealing the enterprise makes sense. Even our favorite son, Wesley Crusher could not stop the Bynar plan from happenings.
Riker was also suspicious of the Bynars but everyone knows how you control William T Riker --- it's practically in the Enterprise D orientation manual.
This one had a brisk plot with the majority of the plot elements making sense and each scene had an actual purpose that built towards the finale ---- This is mighty high praise for an episode of S1 of TNG.
The Bynars are an interesting truly alien race and there ultimate motivation for stealing the enterprise makes sense. Even our favorite son, Wesley Crusher could not stop the Bynar plan from happenings.
Riker was also suspicious of the Bynars but everyone knows how you control William T Riker --- it's practically in the Enterprise D orientation manual.
This one had a brisk plot with the majority of the plot elements making sense and each scene had an actual purpose that built towards the finale ---- This is mighty high praise for an episode of S1 of TNG.