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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Larry Shaw, David Carson, Gabrielle Beaumont, Timothy Bond, Kim Manners, LeVar Burton, Richard Compton, Jonathan West, Marvin V. Rush, Michael Vejar |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 26 September, 1987 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Studio |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360018431 |
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Customer Reviews of Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 84: The Loss
Deanna Troi the former empatheic counselor to the rescue Whenever a character has special abilities, as does Counselor Troi with her empathic abilities, sooner or later you get around to an episode where they are stripped of their powers and have to see if they can function as a "normal" person. After a counseling session Troi's head explodes and she passes out. When she regains consciousness, she can no longer read emotions. Meanwhile the Enterprise encounters some unknown spacial anomlies that start dragging the ship through space. Could these two events somehow be related? (Rhetorical question, people, put your hands down.) Troi resigns as Ship's Counselor and starts lashing out at her friends as she grieves for her loss. As for the anomalies, they turn out to be a colony of two-dimensional beings who have trapped the Enterprise in their wake and are dragging it towards a cosmic string that will destroy the ship. When all the scientific solutions fail, Picard turns to Troi: if only she can help them understand the psychology of the creatures, maybe that will help save the day. After all, she lost her empathic powers; it is not like her brain was taken away by aliens or something.
The lesson her for Deanna and all those of you at home is a gentle reminder that you are more than your "special" powers. Troi has other gifts besides the ability to sense emotions and if this crisis helps her to remember this basic lesson, then that is the way it has to be. This is one of the few episodes that gives Marina Sirtis a chance to emote (without Lwaxana being around). There is also a nice scene between Troi and Riker, who, as her oldest friend aboard the Enterprise, has the privilege of telling her the truth. Certainly a much better Troi episode than "The Child," but there are much better ones to come.
One of the Weaker NG Episodes
I would recommend this episode only if you are a BIG fan of Troi or this is one of the only episodes you have yet to collect and you want the complete collection.
It attempts to show how Troi reacts when she loses her biggest assest, her emphathic powers. To me, she reacts more like a spoiled brat than a Starfleet Officer. She soon turns in her resignation as she feels she can no longer do her job effectively. In the end, of course, she regains her powers.
Besides making a marginal character look about as shallow as possible, the storyline that accompanies it is weak too. This makes my list of one of the five worst episodes of the best TV series in history
For fans of the Counselor Troi
This episode is about when Counselor Troi loses her emphatic powers that is a part of her Betazoid heritage. This causes her great anguish and pain and makes her question whether she is capable of being a counselor still. Meanwhile, the ship encounters a strange new life form and must cope with the problems that it brings. If you are a fan of Troi, then this is definitely for you!