We'll Always Have have Parrots
This is definitely TNG finally on the path to finding itself after the first half of the season being so wildly and grossly inconsistent.
Ron Jones's music really has an ethereal and mystic quality that holds up well.
It's a decent Dr Crusher episode.
The use of the repeating time loop anomaly and expanding outward to eventually threaten the universe is a little tepid, but engaging enough and it is definitely an unknown to explore instead of generic drama.
It's nice to see Picard having a hobby in fencing 🤺.
Data can talk about hiccups any time. His later discussion with Picard about temporal perception is one of the best of all 7 seasons, now that I've seen this one again.
But I'd swear Picard's turbo lift direction light is moving in the wrong direction when it starts (not through the tube but the walkway he entered the turbo lift from.)
Great effects to show the three Data's.
But his contraction toward the end sticks our royally, as do very human facial expressions. But this is when Data was more like Pinnochio and not just a robot.
A solid B, this episode is a great reminder that TNG did begin to find itself long before season 3, even if 3 is the platinum standard.