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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: | 097360019834 |
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Customer Reviews of Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 98: The Mind's Eye
Trek Meets "The Manchurian Candidate" Like the 1960's classic film, "Mind's Eye" has one of the main characters programmed to assassinate a visiting Klingon governor. This is one of the rare occasions where the story line rests squarely on the shoulders of Geordi la Forge (Levar Burton). While it doesn't allow him much of a stretch, Burton does get such much-needed screen time in a show with seven principals. Veteran actor Larry Dobkin provides an air of respectability as a Klingon ambassador that may not be as he appears.
This installment of the series has the distinction of being one where the ominous, shadow-laden Romulan commander appears. Her identity when revealed will prove to be one the show's most memorable and surprising revelations.
Geordi La Forge, brainwashed Romulan assassin?
The Enterprise is taking a Klingon ambassador to investigate charges that the Federation is supporting a rebellion on one of the Klingon colony worlds. Meanwhile, in another part of space, La Forge is tooling around in a shuttle on when a Romulan ship uncloaks and takes him prisoner. The Romulans use La Forge's neural interface to brainwash him, feeding him the images they want and then sending him back to the Enterprise as a secret assassin. At the Klingon colony La Forge and Data discover that the "Federation" phaser rifles used by the rebels have been manufactured by the Romulans, a very impressive display of 23rd century investigative skills. The tension continues to escalate and as a host of Klingon warships surround the Enterprise, the true traitor orders La Forge to kill the commander of the Klingon colony.
"The Mind's Eye" is an average STNG episode, although certainly the idea of the bad guys using La Forge's visor is intriguing, as we see when the Duras sisters take advantage of it after capturing him in the Star Trek "Generations" movie. The character of Geordi La Forge was supposed to show how physical handicaps would not prevent someone from trekking around the Universe (Gene Roddenberry used the name of a real Star Trek fan who was, I believe, confined to a wheelchair) so usually his unique abilities are glossed over. This is one episode that actually takes some pains to deal with the implications of his visor. If they had done this more often they probably could have come up with a better episode along these lines.
Another Romulan story!
En route to the planet Risa, Geordi is kidnapped by Romulans who want to make the Klingons and the Federation bitter enemies. Rigging his visor to send his brain instructions to murder a prominent klingon, LaForge returns to the Enterprise unaware of the incident. Data senses E-band emissions aboard the ship, but will he stop Geordi in time?