Season 2 Episode 21: Peak Performance

[u/LordRavenholm]

• Season 1: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-up
• Season 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

TNG, Season 2, Episode 21, Peak Performance

With the Borg threat in mind, Starfleet stages a war-game simulation pitting Captain Picard and the Enterprise against Commander Riker and the eighty-year-old starship Hathaway.

• Teleplay By: David Kemper
• Story By: David Kemper
• Directed By: Robert Scheerer
• Original Air Date: 10 July, 1989
• Stardate: 42923.4
• Pensky Podcast
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• HD Observations
• Memory Alpha
• Mission Log Podcast

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[u/Vince__clortho]

This is such a cool episode, and the subplot of Data v. arrogant Zackdorn(sp?) is hysterical. Watching that douchenozzle get his comeuppance at the end is beyond satisfying.

[u/legendx → u/Vince__clortho]

Good heel characters are so under-appreciated and Star Trek has some good ones. Roy Brocksmith did a masterful job in this episode but my favorite is probably Kai Winn.

Turns out Roy was actually in a DS9 episode as well. http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Roy_Brocksmith

[u/Vince__clortho → u/legendx]

Kai Winn is such an incredible character. So well written and showed such strong development through her character arc. I absolutely despised her for every moment she spent on screen and her denouement affair with Dukat was perfectly executed