This episode shows off how incompetently designed the Starship Enterprise is, but not much else. Basically having an operational understanding of how it runs means any attempt to control the ships functions, or even a secure a sub-section, from the bridge is doomed to failure. I get that they had the idea for the episode and then just needed to make it happen, but man, hard to believe a room full of professional writers given weeks to work out the details couldn't come up with anything more clever.
Then when the crew comes up with a good solution their bizarre penchant for waiting and talking interminably before ever doing anything cost them the chance. Which if this wasn't a TV show where no one ever actually gets hurt (if they matter) could have resulted in the deaths of a dozen innocent crew members and civilians. Which makes them seem as incompetent as their ship's designer.
It was a fine idea for an episode, but it just felt like the tension was drained away by the over-obvious hand of the creators.
Then when the crew comes up with a good solution their bizarre penchant for waiting and talking interminably before ever doing anything cost them the chance. Which if this wasn't a TV show where no one ever actually gets hurt (if they matter) could have resulted in the deaths of a dozen innocent crew members and civilians. Which makes them seem as incompetent as their ship's designer.
It was a fine idea for an episode, but it just felt like the tension was drained away by the over-obvious hand of the creators.