lonely among u definitely be one of the best first season episode . the storyline and although somewhat confusing and create a lot of suspense and support by the creepy synthesizer drive soundtrack . this be a typically alien body invasion scenario but finally turn out to no evil purpose ( the death of assistant chief engineer singh to me be an accident ) . the two delegate specie deliver an entertaining frame ( best make up so far ) finally add a little black humor to the series ( the final scene ) . patrick stewart obviously enjoy step out a bit of his picard character and explore some new terrain a do data by pose a sherlock holmes ( another all time classic ) . the special effect be also convince and director cliff bole do his job well . he be the first one try to compensate trois lack in act ability by improve her look . she do look beautiful in some scene and the neck of her dress improve her appearance a lot . picard lightning scene on the bridge give him a slight air of the emperor of star war return of the jedi ( which be a personal impression but make me smile ) . there also some playing with the lighting of the corridor ( simulate night aboard ) and the first move camera and pull back from picard when he enter the transporter room to beam into the cloud . nice work . the clever cutting and create continue dialog through different scene ( troi hypnosis report ) round up the impression of a really well craft tng episode . the first one and where even wesley crusher seem almost tolerable . the end however be a bit confusing and just a if the producer be run out of time . p for picard be a little far fetch and his return far too easy but that can be leave aside regard the many strong moment this episode have to offer .