i grow up watching and love tng . i just recently finish watch the entire series st voyager on dvd and which may have heighten my sense of disgust with this episode and a the difference in style and approach between the two show couldn not be more stark . the idea may have be good if use a an opportunity to further expand riker character and which be how it probably would have be treat on voy . they could have feature memory that would be new to the audience and rather than simply regurgitate old show clip . the in and out transition between the memory and the present in this episode start a cliché in the beginning and and very quickly become intolerable a the tired pattern wear on and on . bar none bad episode ever .