Episodes like this just make me puke. We have the moral high ground of the US wanting to enforce its ways on another civilization because it is too close-minded to see there are other ways to live. We have an obviously advanced civilization that cares for its children, but because they don't coddle their children in every way, they must be reformed and educated on their barbarian ways.
And then we have them treating kids like they are dumb and have to be protected. Kids are not dumb. Nor are 11-year-olds truly children. In fact, until we forced kids to stay in school and made child labor illegal, most of the kids in this episode would have been about to become adults. The biggest disservice we have done to young adults is create the teenage cohort and tell them they aren't adults and treat them as (and even encourage them to be) immature. Funny, for millennia teenagers were mature enough to get married, have children, have professions, etc., but now they have to be protected and sheltered because they just can't deal with the real world...
But to give some credit to the story, O'Neil does the right thing in giving Merrin a new experience that she can take back with her. It is about showing alternate ways, not dictating alternate ways. So at least we get that much from this appalling episode.
Review by wpafbo79VIP 4BlockedParent2021-05-24T06:37:57Z— updated 2021-08-01T06:55:16Z
Episodes like this just make me puke. We have the moral high ground of the US wanting to enforce its ways on another civilization because it is too close-minded to see there are other ways to live. We have an obviously advanced civilization that cares for its children, but because they don't coddle their children in every way, they must be reformed and educated on their barbarian ways.
And then we have them treating kids like they are dumb and have to be protected. Kids are not dumb. Nor are 11-year-olds truly children. In fact, until we forced kids to stay in school and made child labor illegal, most of the kids in this episode would have been about to become adults. The biggest disservice we have done to young adults is create the teenage cohort and tell them they aren't adults and treat them as (and even encourage them to be) immature. Funny, for millennia teenagers were mature enough to get married, have children, have professions, etc., but now they have to be protected and sheltered because they just can't deal with the real world...
But to give some credit to the story, O'Neil does the right thing in giving Merrin a new experience that she can take back with her. It is about showing alternate ways, not dictating alternate ways. So at least we get that much from this appalling episode.