the least subtle "message" based episode since The Original Series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". He criticised the electricity-based powers of the two alien species, saying that they did not add anything to the plot. He gave the episode a score of four out of ten. James Hunt of the website Den of Geek said that "This is one of those episodes which exemplify all that is awful about Star Trek in general. I'm not talking about season one's dubious production values (which, to be fair, are considerably more even than they were when the series began) but about the episode's very fabric." Michelle Erica Green for TrekNation thought that the episode could have been better if the guest cast had been better. She felt that the episode fell foul of several TNG season one writing errors, such as Deanna Troi's statements breaking mounting tension, the crew failing to do quite simple tasks like separating feuding aliens and William Riker being held hostage for the second time in successive episodes. Home media release The first home media release of "Symbiosis" was on VHS cassette, appearing on May 26, 1993 in the United States and Canada. The episode was later included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season one DVD box set, released in March 2002, and then released as part of the season one Blu-ray set on July 24, 2012. Notes References External links 1988 American television episodes Star Trek: The Next Generation (season 1) episodes Television episodes about drugs