10 Worst Sequels In Star Trek

George Takei described this The Next Generation episode as 'young children putting on their parents' clothes and trying to act like grown-ups'. As this is both a direct sequel to, and quasi-remake of, The Naked Time, then one can understand why the actor felt this way. 

The episode fails as a sequel as it tries so hard to recapture that feeling of the original while using characters that no one really knew yet. This, the first episode after Encounter At Farpoint, seemed intent on showcasing the cast's comedy skills, though it ended up leaning too hard on slapstick.

The episode lifts the virus wholesale from the earlier episode, moving the polywater problem from a dying orbit to a dying star. Instead of an Enterprise spiralling towards its doom, this new ship is immobilised by a drunken engineer and an insufferable teenager. 

When audiences fall back on the trouble with Wesley, The Naked Now is often the example that offers the most weight to the argument. With all respect to the young Wil Wheaton, this was not his strongest performance, nor was the material the most polished. The result is an annoying child who almost contributes to the destruction of the ship.

Gone are those fun moments of Sulu swashbuckling his way through the ship, replaced now with ill conceived jokes about Data being ''fully functional''. 

A romp it might have been, but a poor follow-up for all concerned.