Sarek
The Enterprise takes Ambassador Sarek to a peace conference. He is over 200 year old and his age is starting to get to him. He can no longer control his emotions, although he seems to be unaware or in denial of this fact. His assistant tries to unknowingly keep his emotions in check but there is some spill over and people aboard the Enterprise find themselves getting into heated arguments and fist fights with little to no provocation.
Captain Picard tries to talk Ambassador Sarek out of taking part in the peace conference. Sarek insists on going forward with his plans. Captain Picard proposes a solution, a mind meld between himself and Sarek. The ambassador accepts the captain's suggestion although he warns him that it will be a painful experience for Picard, and it is.
This is one of two episodes of The Next Generation in which Sarek appeared. The other one was Unification (Part 1).
I'm pretty sure I've seen this episode before, but I don't remember exactly when it was. It might have been when it first aired or soon thereafter. It also might have been much later but I don't think it was during the past 20-25 years.
I was not fully satisfied with this episode. I'm not unfamiliar with the mind meld but it seemed to be rushed into place at the last minute in this episode. Based on this episode and others I'm starting to think that I like it better when this show doesn't try too hard to bring things in from the original show.
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