Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode 52 - Who Watches The Watchers? VHS Tape | Classic Sci-Fi TV Show Collectible | Perfect for Trekkie Fans & 90s Nostalgia Viewing

While I've never watched Die Hard, I was intrigued by the parallel (one guy vs. a bunch of nasty terrorists). Plot: The Enterprise needs to be decontaminated, so everyone has to abandon ship temporarily until the decontamination process (baryon sweep) is complete. Well, Capt. Picard isn't too thrilled about this in the first place (I mean, no captain probably likes to leave a Galaxy-class dreadnought sitting unmanned for very long) as well as the problem of surviving the commander of the base. The commander is really, really good at small talk, much to exhaushtion of the crew. Except Data. Only Data could match wits (or pointless discussions) with someone who is notorious at small talk. It's hilarious to watch, as well as the reactions from the other crew members as they watch Data and the commander. Meanwhile, Capt. Picard has ingeniously managed to excuse himself back to the Enterprise to get his saddle and go horseback riding (and thus avoid being killed by an overdose of pointless discussions). But, something goes wrong of course. Someone has been tampering with the ship. But, since captain is there, we don't have to worry. While we know that the captain will win in the end, as stated in other reviews, it's really neat to see Capt. Picard make traps, weapons, and the like to hamper and stop the terrorists. The only negative is the killing of the base commander. On the whole, an excellent episode with plenty of action and humor.