It's an elegant episode when Jennifer Nash is on, who plays Meribor. She's a Smokin' Hotty and I'm not keen on blondes, generally. But when she's not onscreen, I start to lose interest. Before she was "born," though, there's this scene where Picard asks his imaginary wife Eline if he can build a nursery. And her reaction's always stayed with me. She's got her hands up to her face and she's all like, "omg! omg! omg!" because Picard's giving in to her Biological Clock's ticking, at long last. Picard, Mister "I hate kids" is about to procreate. A moment that was in no way underplayed, to be sure.
Whilst I know the fans love that kinda shite, I don't care for Picard as a Family Man, as I've mentioned, earlier. The show also had this air of self-importance to it, like they "knew" they were making an "important" STAR TREK episode. It never set well with me, at all. You know, had Picard been more like who he was before his robotic heart, I'm sure that he and Riker would've been more like brothers, in the end, than like the sort of Father & Son thing they settled into.
Oh, well ... even a bad TNG episode is still good STAR TREK and "Inner Light" is no exception. I just don't rank it as my favourite Picard episode. Due to my completest nature when it comes to TNG, I had - OK? - HAD to get The Picard Collection and was I ever disappointed! "Inner Light" was showcased, "Darmok" and "The Big Goodbye," alright? Let ME pick the Picard episodes, next time ... I know the good ones, trust me on that. But "Sarek" is in the offering, at least. Were he not my most favourite Vulcan ever, I might've felt otherwise about its inclusion ...
