Hero Worship

"we sometimes like to taste things"

Bzzzt. He's already coming out of it. True sociopathy means he's never not in character. 

Brent Spiner was doing a pretty good job of combing that kid's hair. They should've stuck with it. 

Act III
The kid's a pretty good actor.  You can see him being in the moment, thinking.  Better than those kids in "Warp 8" or whatever that episode was called ... they were a mess.