An episode that has no sci-fi elements and is sorely about people. There are so many things that I like about this episode. It was great seeing a mission from the point of view of the lower ranks who often don't get the picture of what is going on around them. There are hundreds of people serving on board the Enterprise and most of them are not in the loop. Much like, say, on an aircraft carrier today. But we also see how much the high ranking officers, like Crusher and Worf, care for their subordinates. How they are taking part in their lifes and helping them with problems. Something we don't see that often but something that is essential for the ship to function. And that starts and stops with Picard who, after beeing witness to the trial of Ensign Sito, took her aboard the Enterprise so she could get a fair chance. All those characters, caring for each other and not always looking for personal gains first, is something I am terribly missing from those new Star Trek incarnations. This all is packaged into a well written script that makes you care for characters you didn't even know before the episode started. Well we knew Sito an Okagawa but you get my point. And so the emotional impact at the end is felt deeply. Because of all that I will overlook the one thing in the script that I think I concieve as a bit of an issue. Wouldn't a Cardassian returning in an Enterprise Shuttle raise some questions ? Whether he claims to be a bounty hunter, returning with a Bajoran prisoner I'd say he'd had a hard time explaining how he got hold of that shuttle.
Review by FinFanBlockedParentSpoilers2020-03-04T13:24:32Z
An episode that has no sci-fi elements and is sorely about people. There are so many things that I like about this episode. It was great seeing a mission from the point of view of the lower ranks who often don't get the picture of what is going on around them. There are hundreds of people serving on board the Enterprise and most of them are not in the loop. Much like, say, on an aircraft carrier today.
But we also see how much the high ranking officers, like Crusher and Worf, care for their subordinates. How they are taking part in their lifes and helping them with problems. Something we don't see that often but something that is essential for the ship to function. And that starts and stops with Picard who, after beeing witness to the trial of Ensign Sito, took her aboard the Enterprise so she could get a fair chance.
All those characters, caring for each other and not always looking for personal gains first, is something I am terribly missing from those new Star Trek incarnations.
This all is packaged into a well written script that makes you care for characters you didn't even know before the episode started. Well we knew Sito an Okagawa but you get my point. And so the emotional impact at the end is felt deeply.
Because of all that I will overlook the one thing in the script that I think I concieve as a bit of an issue. Wouldn't a Cardassian returning in an Enterprise Shuttle raise some questions ? Whether he claims to be a bounty hunter, returning with a Bajoran prisoner I'd say he'd had a hard time explaining how he got hold of that shuttle.