"Reunification" was a perfect microcosm of
#TheNextGeneration : slow, careful plotting; characters and plots that have developed over years; real (potential) consequences for the world of the show; a guest appearance from a historical figure that could have been fan service but was, in fact, so much more; a campy villain with a confused back-story; a contrived resolution in which the main characters outmaneuvered their enemies through technobabble.