Star Trek: The Next Generation - 3x24 - Ménage à Tro

    At a conference, Troi's mother catches the eye of a Ferengi.  That Ferengi decides to kidnap Troi's mother, whose name I hate to write - Lwaxana.  This means that the Ferengi kidnaps Troi, Lwaxana, and Riker.  The Enterprise investigates, Wesley helps them figure out where to find them.  Then Lwaxana needs to get Picard to fake being her lover in order to be freed from serving her captor.
    This episode has a bad reputation, but that's because it's simple.  It's not an especially clever story, the Ferengi are usually annoying, and easy to deceive.  But to be honest, it's a lot of fun.  It's fun to hear Lwaxana and Troi having their arguments.  Riker has a limited role, but he gets to have some fun in tricking the Ferengi.  And then at the end, Picard gets a nice run of dialogue.  A good time is had by all.  For a sci-fi show, it's not too interesting though.  Not enough technobabble.