Star Trek The Next Generation: Conspiracy (First Watch: S1E24)

Death/injury count: Riker’s getting beat up.  LaForge got thrown through a door.  Doctor knocked out.  Riker got nerve pinched but not taken over.

They said the same about replicated food.

Shore leave after shore leave.

But the people on your own ships that you don’t trust know about it.

“friendship must dare to risk or it’s not friendship”

She was off ship for a bit.

Data Holmes is on the case.

Data’s weirded out because even the computer’s cutting him off.

Unusual for a starship to return to Earth.  Hmm, perhaps someone should tell Abrams.

You know, whatever side that is.

That looks like one of the Drakh’s Keepers.

Assim—are you a borg?

I mean, you’ll need an appetite for what we have next.

Well, at least Worf is getting a few shots in.

That’s a killing phaser.  Had to use it a couple times.

It’s a Keeper.  Or one of DIO’s flesh buds.

…are you an idiot and not checking Riker’s neck???

Yes.  Answer is yes.  You moron.

Some earth cultures eat that.

They’re just taunting him now.  I mean, they were doing that before, but.

Watch out for the security by the door.

Toldja.

The doctor got knocked out?

Poor lady captain.

THAT IS THE BEST DOUBLE BLUFF

Nerve pinch.

That is some indestructible painting.

It was him, all along?  I did not see that coming.

And by coexistence you mean control.

….That’s Alien man.

Man, that’s nasty, and terrifying.  This is a truly horror episode, which it’s good to happen now and then.

The ending goes better with just horror music (Alien main theme, in this case) as the credits.  G*d that’s creepy.