History Recap / StarTrekTheNextGenerationS7E18Genesis

* BrickJoke: Isn't Barclay [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E2RealmOfFear afraid of spiders]]? And that's what he turns into?

* NothingIsScarier: An in-universe example with Picard, who starts to become abnormally anxious due to the intron virus ramping up his fight-or-flight instinct. Despite this, in true badass fashion, he manages to control his fear enough to not only come up with a solution, but provoke Worf into chasing him to buy time for Data.

* DoomItYourself: While certainly a competent tactical officer, Worf is not quite equal to Starfleet's weapons development division. If he hadn't tinkered with the guidance system, Picard and Data most likely would not have needed to chase after that rogue torpedo.

* TooDumbToLive: Despite Worf acting extremely unusual, and Crusher noting that he's growing an acidic toxin sac on his neck, she stares him right in the face and tries to examine his mouth and gets a faceful of acid as a result. Real smart doc.

* JumpScare: Spider!Barclay jumps up and scares the hell out of Picard.

* NothingIsScarier: An in-universe example with Picard, who starts to become abnormally anxious due to the intron virus ramping up his fight-or-flight instinct. Despite this, in true {{Badass}} fashion, he manages to control his fear enough to not only come up with a solution, but provoke Worf into chasing him to buy time for Data.

** Nurse Alyssa Owaga: An unknown proto-human

With Crusher incapacitated, much of the crew sick, and a crazed, venomous Worf on the loose, the remaining senior staff hold a meeting to discuss how to handle the situation. Unfortunately, most of them are too far gone by now, particularly Riker, whose cognitive problems have rendered him unable to command.

* SuperSpit: Worf shoots out a spray of venom that takes Crusher out of the episode early on and injures Picard during the climax.

The situation comes to a head when Worf enters Troi's quarters while she is bathing (in her uniform, no less) and bites her in a fit of primal lust. By the time the two of them are taken to Sickbay, Worf is no longer responding to questions. Crusher notices that he has developed some kind of toxin sac on his neck, and when she tries to examine it, Worf sprays venom directly in her face. The results are unpleasant to say the least.

* TooDumbToLive: Despite Worf acting extremely unusual, and Crusher noting that he's growing an acidic venom sac on his neck, she stares him right in the face and tries to examine his mouth and gets a faceful of acid as a result. Real smart doc.

* SpecialEffectsFailure: When Riker gets up from the sickbay bed he was lying on during the prologue, it wobbles far more than a real medical bed should.

** Picard(though he doesn't transform): A lemur

* TooDumbToLive: Despite Worf acting extremely unusual, and Crusher noting that he's growing an acidic venom sac on his neck, she stares him right in the face and tries to examine his mouth and gets a faceful of acid as a result. Real smart doc.

* DirectedByCastMember: Gates [=McFadden=], which is why Dr. Crusher is taken out of action so quickly. Hard to focus on directing when you're dealing with that kind of heavy makeup.

There is one other problem: Worf's transformation has taken the form of a highly aggressive proto-Klingon predator. As he is trying to break into sickbay, Picard realizes that he is being driven towards Troi by his mating instincts. To give Data time to work on the antivirus, Picard lures Worf away using a hypospray containing Troi's pheromones.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Worf leers inappropriately at the female server in 10-Forward as his baser instincts start to take over. She's not even wearing anything particularly sexy, but that doesn't seem to matter to him.