Thoughts on: Star Trek TNG Season Three

• I'd seen clips of Lal on Tumblr but I wasn't quite prepared for how sad that episode ended up being ("The Offspring").
• The use of the holodeck as like a giant 'nutshell study' (a crime scene recreated as a dollhouse for further examination after the original scene is cleaned) is a genius idea ("A Matter of Perspective").
• I'm beginning to think that a season without Q is an incomplete one, as so far he's been in at least one per season; this one was spectacular and rather redeeming ("Deja Q"). He's still annoying though!
• "Sarek" hit particularly close to home, with the whole 'mental degeneration with old age / losing your self to incurable illness' thing being one of the things I especially fear.
• I have a feeling I would probably end up in the same situation as Lt. Barclay and spend too much time in a holodeck simulation where everything goes my way and end up late for real life things ("Hollow Pursuits").
• It was fun seeing Tasha Yar again, even if for one episode ("Yesterday's Enterprise").
• From everything I've read on various sites, "The Hunter" isn't too far from how  war veterans (American at least) are treated IRL - expected to be able to just turn off their training and PTSD and become normal, 'productive' citizens without needing support upon discharge.
• Despite knowing that everything turns out ok - because I have the rest of the series on my computer - the cliff hanger at the end of "The Best of Both Worlds pt1" is still tense!