“A Matter of Perspective”
“A Matter of Perspective” Just as Riker returns from a routine visit to the scientist Dr. Nel Apgar who is working on generating Krieger waves, the space station with the laboratory explodes, killing Apgar. Because Apgar’s wife, Manua, claims that Will tried to seduce her and apparently a phaser beam was fired at the reactor core from Will’s position during his beam-out, he is now accused of having murdered Apgar. While the testimonies are reconstructed on the holodeck, including the whole science lab, unknown periodic energy bursts hit the ship. Eventually this is the proof that Riker is not guilty and that Apgar actually fired himself. In fact, the energy bursts are Krieger waves, generated by the holographic reconstruction of Apgar’s reactor. The first burst showed a short delay, exactly the time Apgar’s phaser beam needed to reach Riker’s ACB, from where it was deflected to the reactor core - boom! summary byEx-Astris-Scientia
WOOOW! Another one of my favourites here! In fact, probably the most favourite of all TNG and maybe the whole Star Trek. I’ve watched it to death so I’m not going to see it again any time soon but it was just delicious!
All the deja vu phenomenons, time loops, mirror universes etc. have always fascinated me. But this is something one can find in everyday life. How there are always more than one story. How come that taking part in the same events, people can see and remember entirely different things? Okay, I know it was done here with a purpose but if you strip the episode of all Star Trek and all of sci-fi, what you get is some deep truth. No one thing ever happens identically for everyone.