"If Wishes Were Horses" (season one, episode sixteen; 17 May 1993): Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: "If Wishes Were Horses" is a very typical Star Trek episode, involving an encounter of our heroes with non-corporeal aliens with essentially magical powers. These aliens are of a piece with the Organians ("Errand of Mercy," T.O.S.), Trelane ("The Squire of Gothos," T.O.S.), Q ("Encounter at Farpoint, T.N.G., et al.), & the Douwd ("The Survivors," T.N.G.), etc. Encounters with such beings tend not to be very interesting to me, but your milage may vary. "If Wishes Were Horses" is a charming episode, but it doesn't accomplish any particular character development or universe building.
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