Ethics

The Crusher family is annoying. The visiting doctor is a gross jerk. Ok so a lot of stuff here.

Worf is hurt, can't walk. Wants to die with honor. Abandon his kid for honor? Then his dumb kid is there saying "yes sir" all the time. Blah blah. But here is my big problem, they go ahead with a life threatening and risky surgery. The doctors and the nurse is all wrapped up and sterilized. Yet Worf is laying on the table with his hair just flopped out right where they are making an incision. Hmm... that's just sloppy and unacceptable.

Why did this happen? They can warp across the galaxy, transporters can phase people up and down to and from planets. But there are no nanites or cloned organs?

Meh ok I'm gonna shut up. I just found this Crusher heavy episode to be annoying.

I won't rehash the synopsis since that's been well handled already.

But did Starfleet cancel the industrial safety training course at the Academy? How could those barrels be stacked on the second level of the storage rack, and not even be secured? That ship is always bouncing all over the place. Someone needs to get fired.

What could have been a great episode was ruined by one thing....Dr. Beverly Crusher. She was right for not allowing Worfs suicide but her actions regarding an experimental medical procedure were just way over the top. Considering that Worf was not going to ever give in and accept his paralysis, how could she take the position she did? Even Picard was on board. And while her lashing of the visiting doctors actions at the end were likely warranted, her arrogant holier than thou attitude throughout the episode were ridiculous. How many times has she tried crazy ideas to save someone in other episodes? I'd say very many.

This episode feels long, it's boring and preachy. This is a good one to skip.

Maybe one of the worst episodes. The writers couldn't decide whether the story should be about the right to choose one's death or experimental medicine and taking risks to preserve life. In typical poorly conceived fashion, the writers chose to push both agendas, then punish the researcher who made life possible. Another bad episode straight of the the worst Hollywood hack's Powerbook.