A Matter of Time
Episode 97
Friday 9 February 2024
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Series 5, Episode 9
Stardate: 45349.1
First broadcast on Monday 18 November 1991
The absence of Robin Williams and the presence of Rick Berman are both keenly felt this week, as a normal day at the office for the Enterprise-D becomes merely a mildly diverting day at the office. The cause: an elegantly named time-travelling confidence trickster, who nicks a bunch of stuff so he can put it on eBay and pretends that everything here is much more thrilling than it actually is. Let’s say three-and-a-half stars, but two of those stars are for Marina Sirtis’s performance.