Star Trek: The Next Generation episode review — 7.22 — Bloodlines
Published in
Oct 8, 2022
Original air date: May 2, 1994
Director: Les Landau
Writer: Nick Sagan
Rating: 4/10
Some alien shows up and wants revenge on Picard because he killed his son or something, so he says that he’ll kill his son. Picard obviously doesn’t know he has a son, so that’s more than a little weird.
This season’s definitely been obsessed with the idea of family, and while it may work sporadically for certain characters, Picard definitely seems like the wrong character to explore this concept.
Patrick Stewart gives a good performance as always, of course, but it turns out it’s not even his kid, so who cares? This is a dull episode, and definitely one of the worst of the season.
