Justice

That's what happens if you make contact to species which haven't mastered warp engine technology or any kind of modern technology as it seems...

Its was awkward to watch. In beginning when they meet was sou uncomfortable. And the actors were bad too.

It's a better and more insightful episode than reviews suggest. It's more than a story about Wesley touching the grass. It's how society views very crucial aspects of their existence.

I will be the first to say that some science fiction has a penchant of being kind of sexy. Flash Gordon has scantily clad ladies, as had the original Trek which was devised during the era of sexual liberation. Also, Barbarella anyone? There is of course more of this to be found in the comic book realm of science fiction. And since TNG builds upon TOS, having some of that tongue-in-cheek sexyness is certainly warranted.

However in this episode of TNG it is just completely over the top. The away team (including a minor) transports to what I can only describe as a planetary swingers club. The dubbed-in moaning background noises in some scenes is just plain ridiculous. The rerefences to sexual encounters that have happened or are about to happen are so overt they lose all charm.

The other (or main?) message of the episode is about the prime directive, but is is pretty much botched. It could have been good, Picard being in a predicament needing to choose between the life of the one versus the life of the many, weighed against the importance of the directive. But since it was all storied in such a stupid way, I find it an opportunity missed. Bad and lazy writing, really.

This is one of the worst TNG episodes.

While I liked the character of Wesley Crusher more later on, he was extremely annoying early on and here he's probably at his most irritating. Combine that with ridiculous "aliens" that are nearly naked and just run around all the time and a story that amounts to nothing, this is an easy one to skip.

You're not missing anything.