If the two parter Identity was a homage to Best of Both Worlds. This new episide definitely has to be a homage to The Inner Light episode from Season 5 of The Next Generation.
It was the episode where Picard gets taken over by a time capsule of a long extinct planet and seemingly lives his entire life inside of it as a member of that planet.
This was a fantastic episode. I went from a mixture of teary eyed at the Gordon scenes to literally laughing out loud at adiction to smoking scenes.
Both were handled brilliantly. This really is a must see episode. I feel I am not over-rating it giving it 10/10
The girl who played Laura was also very cute and I hope she gets cast in other things too.