If nothing else, this episode takes the use of techno-babble to an entirely new level as the Enterprise crew attempts to regain control of the ship after it's taken over by an emerging intelligence that seems to have its own agenda. A lot of the story's action takes place on the holodeck, where disparate characters from seven different programs appear as passengers on a steam locomotive reminiscent of the Orient Express. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Lieutenant Worf (Michael Dorn) and Counselor Troi (Marina Sirtis) board the train in order to determine what might be happening, as the transporter and replicator systems of the Enterprise begin merging following an instance in which the ship engaged warp power without a verbal command. To give you an idea how far the scientific gobbledy-gook was taken, just know that the officer crew torpedoed a white dwarf star to create a beam of vertion particles that the intelligence on the ship used to create an entirely new structure that when it was completed, simply took off from the Enterprise, presumably satisfied that whatever had taken control was pleased with its completed task. It felt like the creative team that came up with this story was grasping for ideas and used whatever stuck to the wall when the session was over.
Review of Emergence
