This is the first episode of the show where I was genuinely captivated—not just for nostalgic or aesthetic reasons (although I’m pretty sure this was shot on the same set as Nude on the Moon by Wishman.) This is how I remember TNG and it really is glorious.
The writers finally started fleshing Picard out properly here, he’s cool, level-headed, and concerned. I love how the story here progresses and how it brings up its ideas of justice, the panopticon, surety, and the prime directive.
Another reviewer here has pointed out how this isn’t the best depiction of the prime directive in practice, I wholeheartedly agree (they should never have landed on a pre-warp planet.) However, I do love this situation a lot. It’s complex in its detail, but simple in its premise. A great hostage situation drama overall.
Plus, this just shows the logical conclusion of fascism is an ethnostate panopticon. Goofy, fun, smart, this is The Next Generation.
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This is the first episode of the show where I was genuinely captivated—not just for nostalgic or aesthetic reasons (although I’m pretty sure this was shot on the same set as Nude on the Moon by Wishman.) This is how I remember TNG and it really is glorious.
The writers finally started fleshing Picard out properly here, he’s cool, level-headed, and concerned. I love how the story here progresses and how it brings up its ideas of justice, the panopticon, surety, and the prime directive.
Another reviewer here has pointed out how this isn’t the best depiction of the prime directive in practice, I wholeheartedly agree (they should never have landed on a pre-warp planet.) However, I do love this situation a lot. It’s complex in its detail, but simple in its premise. A great hostage situation drama overall.
Plus, this just shows the logical conclusion of fascism is an ethnostate panopticon. Goofy, fun, smart, this is The Next Generation.