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Justice |
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Series: The Next Generation |
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Season: One |
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Rating: 5 |
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Rank: 275 |
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Synopsis: While exploring a peaceful and pleasure oriented planet, Wesly breaks a minor law. And the only punishment for breaking any law is death. Picard must decide to let Wesly be excuted or to break the prime directive and anger a group of powerful aliens that look after the primitive people. |
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An interesting episode that's good for the first season. |
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- This is one of best episodes concerning the prime directive. |
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As at the end Picard decides to break it, and they make some outstanding statements to explain why, Picard says "There can be no justice as long as laws are absolute." and Riker says "When as justice ever been as simple as a rulebook." Which is also true today, which people have to realize. The morale of this story being that there are exceptions to every rule.
-The plot with the "Edo God" protecting it's "children" on the surface was also very interesting. This is the kind of exploration Star Trek is all about.
- This episode aslo has an odvisous message about the death penalty, as Picards says that humans have evolved beyond the need to ever excute anyone. |
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Cons: |
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- Isn't the crew violating the prime directive just by visiting this |
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primitive planet. This civilaztion is odviously pre-warp, and I doubt that they would even be aware that aliens exsisted. Which would cause great ramification and after effects in their society. The "Edo God" had every right to be upset ar the Enterprise presence. Picard told them they would no interfere which their "children" below, but their mere presence is a great interference.
- At the begining of the episode Yar tells the captain that she reviewed their laws and customs, yet she had no idea about the punishment zones, and that anyone that commits a crime no matter how minor in a punishment zone is excuted. I don't other laws would be more important than this one. Especailly since the "Edo children" say that they are a people of law, you think they would mention the must important law to their visitors. |
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If you'd like to sumbit your own review of Justice |
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