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This uses every strength of the show perfectly. Picard and the Counselor give acting masterclasses, as do the guest actors. The story relies on being sci fi, and yet weaves a great mystery with a touching human core. Picard is tasked with solving the mystery, while the Counselor's suffering provides tension and urgency to the affairs.

I'm not a massive trekkie, watched about a season in total, including several rated higher. But this is my favourite, indeed one of my favourite episodes of any show. The way the couple's relationship dynamic is handled in 45 minutes outdoes what many shows can achieve over a season.

Interesting and challenging compared to the usual religious "cult" type documentaries. Instead of protesting funerals, these believers are doing an unusually powerful statement beyond what most are willing to.

The leader is bonkers, because of course he is, but his faith has taken him in a direction that is very noble. He wants attention, and schemes to get it, with the aim of finding more followers who are willing to donate everything.

The question becomes about how much a personal dislike of someone should colour your judgement of their actions. If followers are going to be exploited, isn't it better to be in pursuit of saving lives?

Watching cars tackle precision challenges is fun. Really fun.

Why is the editing cutting out so much of the runs? People watching this like cars. We don't care about sob stories! I want to see the entire runs of the best drivers, not just 90 seconds of them.

The commentators are horrendous. No expert knowledge, just dumb hype men.

The structure is nonsense. Why do people in the first qualifier get to keep coming back, while the ones in the last qualifier entries only get one shot? It should have a round-robin structure so each car does 2-3 courses and has a fair go.

While we're here, penalties need to be bigger. It's currently a huge advantage to have a quicker car even if you drive poorly. It needs tweaking to reward someone who drifts perfectly in a car with 250hp.

It is such a good concept. I hope that it can be given to a director who understands the elements makes the show better and worse.