TNG - "The Battle"

Picard is given back his old ship, the Stargazer, which he had lost in battle years ago. Unbeknownst to Picard, however, a Ferengi captain is using mind-control technology to influence Picard's mind, making him mentally relive the old battle and pilot the Stargazer against the Enterprise.

Getting more information about Picard's backstory is nice. It's particularly cool to see a new (old?) class of starship. And it's also great to see some reference to battle strategy in TNG, something that's been pretty absent thus far.

Wesley is still treated badly, both by the writers and by the rest of the Enterprise crew. The bridge crew's tendency to completely ignore everything Wesley says simply because he's a child—forgetting the fact that he's both an acting Ensign and an apparent prodigy—is stereotypical TV writing at its worst, as is the fact that Wesley—being the prodigy he is—is able to discern and solve the problem simply by glancing at it. It all just feels forced.

Having the Ferengi crew turn against their captain once they realize what he's doing was a nice touch. It helps to humanize the Ferengi, who were previously little more than evil little gerbils.

It's a decent episode. Not super-well-handled, but decent.