S3E18
The Lights of Zetar
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
A mysterious storm has inflicted heavy – perhaps irreparable – damage on the library planetoid Memory Alpha. And it seems to have a curious affiliation with new crewmember Myra Romaine. As the Enterprise pursues the hazard, Romaine falls more under its influence, and the crew learns is is not a storm at all, but a form of life that means to survive at ANY cost.
Our Take
A middling hour carried mostly by the creepy possession effects and Memory Alpha’s eerie aftermath scenes. The lights themselves are a decent villain idea, but the resolution comes too fast and feels too easy for a threat that wiped out an entire archive. Jan Shutan does solid work as Romaine, though, and Scotty’s uncharacteristic romance is sweet even if it comes out of nowhere.