Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season Three Summary

Some argue that Season 3 is the best season of Next Generation.  I am withholding such judgments until I finish reviewing the whole series, but it is certainly miles ahead of what went on before.  Where Season 2 definitely displayed an overall upswing of quality, it’s with Season 3 that the show truly hits its stride, producing more than just a handful of truly “great” episodes.

Star Trek: The Next Generation – Hollow Pursuits [3.21]

Diagnostic engineer Reg Barclay is too nervous and insecure to perform his duties on board the Enterprise effectively, but finds solace and catharsis in a series of elaborate fantasies lived out on the holodeck, with false and often unflattering re-creations of the senior staff as characters.