Short # 77 - ST Next Gen 2.10: Contagion

Wherein Andy and Justice debride the tenth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation season two. The initial introduction to the Iconian race, the episode captures some of the same ominous energy of season one's "Conspiracy." This one continues in the tradition of "A Matter of Honor" and "The Child" as episodes where the character development seems out of place. Why does Picard leave the ship in a time of peril? Why is diplomacy immediately thrown out of the airlock? Why can't Riker manage his temper on the bridge? Why does the consummate archaeologist Picard decide to destroy the Iconion remnants rather than find a way to preserve and study them? Because we're still in season two!