STTNGeez! 21: Symbiosis

The Enterprise shows up in a solar system where the star is going all wacky so they can observe some never before observed solar activity. Very BURSTY! If an episode of space action in which the Enterprise gets disabled by a solar flare and has to figure out how to escape a star is what you’re after, you will be sadly disappointed. Instead of sci-fi space action, we get a hold-over episode from the “War on Drugs” campaign from the earlier half of the 1980’s, invoking the powerful message of Nancy Reagan: “Just say no”. The Enterprise gets a distress call and tries to rescue the freighter Sanction, which has been caught by the star’s magnetic field. After a dopey exchange with the crew of the Sanction, the Enterprise rescues the crew members they can grab via transporter before the ship explodes. They beam in two races of people: the Brekkans and the Ornans who have a complicated relationship based on drugs, exploitation, and Nancy Reagan! Will Picard and Beverly endeavor to solve the drug war between Brekka and Orna? Will Deana Troi intuit a single sinister thing being hidden from her Captain? Will Will get his ass shocked by an electro-powered Brekkan? Episode number twenty-one has answers to most of these questions.  Even more available at: https://tngeez.com