“Sarek”
“Sarek” 202-year-old Sarek of Vulcan has prepared the conference between the Federation and the Legarans for 93 years. It turns out that he suffers from the Bendii syndrome, a disease which can disable an aged Vulcan’s emotional control - and that of other people who get under his telepathic influence. Picard agrees to a mind-meld with the Vulcan, so a part of Picard would give Sarek the strength for the negotiations, and a part of Sarek could live his emotions in Picard’s body. summary by Ex-Astris-Scientia
Beautiful. I mean - the whole idea of Picard taking the burden off of Sarek’s shoulders. My only nit would be that I couldn’t watch it without having the feeling that Picard is overdoing it. Oh I know that Patrick Steward is a great actor. I realize Vulcan emotions are much stronger than human but still… It was a little like watching Kirk in “Enemy Within”. Overdone.