Star Trek: The Next Generation - 4x08 - Future Imperfect

    On an away mission, Riker passes out.  When he wakes up, he finds it's sixteen years later.  He's now captain of the Enterprise.  A lot of promotions surround him.  Picard is an Admiral.  Riker has a son.  His lack of memory of the past is explained as a side effect of a virus he picked up during the away mission.  The rest of the episode would probably qualify as a spoiler.
    I like this episode - I like episodes that have alternate visions of the crew we know.  And I like how the first deception is uncovered.  The second deception isn't as satisfying.
    What stood out for me this time through was that the writing wasn't as good as I would like.  It seems a little overly dramatic.  Riker has a way of delivering lines in an aggressive, sarcastically disbelieving way, and there's so much of that.  The Romulan characters are also pretty hammy.  Also, the cheapness of some of the sets during the second story stood out.
    Still, it's a fun episode.  There aren't too many Riker-centric episodes, and the premise is a lot of fun, even if the execution held it back a little.