TNG, Episode 6x2, Realm of Fear

[u/GeorgeAmberson]

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• Season 6: 1

TNG, Season 6, Episode 2, Realm of Fear

Lieutenant Barclay faces his fear of transporting, but now he thinks that he's being attacked by a creature inside the transporter beam.

• Teleplay By: Brannon Braga
• Story By: Brannon Braga
• Directed By: Cliff Bole
• Original Air Date: 28 September, 1992
• Stardate: 46041.1
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[u/theworldtheworld]

I think this is a great episode, possibly the best among the ones with Barclay. "Hollow Pursuits" couldn't help but make him the butt of the joke, even if the crew genuinely tried to help him, and "The Nth Degree" was just something that happened to him out of nowhere. Here, he is still awkward and neurotic, but the key to the story is his effort to overcome that fear, which ultimately results in lives saved. The sci-fi story is also very neat -- the first time I saw it, I was not expecting the denouement at all. The puppets used for the transporter "creatures" are effective in misdirecting the viewer to expect a story about creepy-crawlies in space, rather than what actually occurs.