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(More customer reviews)The Enterprise is en route to the last known coordinates of the USS Brattain, 29 days after they sent out a distress call followed only by silence.
The away team finds a disturbing scene onboard the Brattain. All crew members, except one Betazoid, are dead - results of phaser fire and hand-to-hand combat with their crew-mates. The Betazoid is the only living witness, but he is in a disturbed, catatonic state and Troi has trouble reaching him.
Crusher performs autopsies to see if there is any reason for the crew going bonkers and killing each other, and seemingly crippling many of the ship's vital functions. Tension begins to ripple throughout the crew. While finding a ship full of dead Federation crewmembers is disturbing, the behavior of the Enterprise crew is becoming less than ordinary. Their feathers are ruffled and many of them begin to behave in aggressive, paranoid ways.
Troi is plagued with nightmares, where she is flying through space as dark voices attempt to communicate with her, "one moon circles, eyes in the dark...," all with cryptic words she can't make sense of.
Crusher tells Picard that whatever happened on the Brattain is happening on the Enterprise and they need to get away as soon as possible. Picard informs the doctor that they will be leaving within the hour as they prepare to take the Brattain in tow.
As they begin to embark, it's obvious they're not going anywhere. Engines won't respond. Other systems are failing and power is seemingly leaking from the ship. After detailed analysis by Data, it's determined that they are stuck in a Tyken's rift. So named after Captain Tyken, whose ship was in a similar rip in space, bleeding power to the rift. Tyken's experience makes no mention of sleep disturbances or paranoid, aggressive behavior among his crew. Crusher discovers that the only person on board that is able to dream is Troi - everyone else is being deprived of REM sleep and the deprivation is slowly driving them insane... all without explanation.
How are they going to get out of this one? They can't move. They are bleeding power and the crew is starting to lose their wits, with eruptions of violence occurring in Ten Forward and Worf attempting ritualistic suicide due to his plaguing feeling of fear.
Many memorable scenes - probably the most creepy scene is Dr. Crusher in the morgue, as the dead crew-members of the Brattain appear to come to life. This is truly an episode that has the viewer on the edge of their seat.
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