Troi Loses the Empathic Abilities

Story: The Loss
Written By: Hilary J. Bader and Alan J. Adler & Vanessa Greene
Series: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Year: 1990

So it turns out that if Deanna Troi cannot sense “feelings” she gets real bitchy and loses all confidence in her ability to be a counselor. How shitty is that? She acts like her sensing is the only reason she can do her job. That says to me that she doesn’t really have any skill in helping people at all, she just reads their minds and does what they want. I don’t know why, but it just does not sit right with me.
This episode is just kinda dull and average beyond the Troi storyline, which is pretty crappy in itself.

NEXT TIME: O’Brien’s Wedding