Justice
- Episode aired Nov 7, 1987
- TV-PG
- 46m
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6.0/10
4.6K
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On an alien planet, young Wesley Crusher commits a transgression - small by our standards but mandatorily punishable by death in theirs.On an alien planet, young Wesley Crusher commits a transgression - small by our standards but mandatorily punishable by death in theirs.On an alien planet, young Wesley Crusher commits a transgression - small by our standards but mandatorily punishable by death in theirs.
David M. Graves
- 2nd Edo Boy
- (as David Micahael Graves)
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The Enterprise arrives at the seemingly perfect world of Edo, a world where its resident wear as little as possible and run everywhere for some reason. While the away team try to contain Riker's frothing loins, Wesley falls foul of their stringent laws which places him under plenty of death.
Another episode that feels needlessly sexualised thanks to Roddenberry, the episode is little more than people wearing costumes so ridiculous that I felt sorry for them while trying to say something about the relationship between the law and justice. But it's impossible to take seriously and undermines its own story-telling by being simply ludicrous.
Another episode that feels needlessly sexualised thanks to Roddenberry, the episode is little more than people wearing costumes so ridiculous that I felt sorry for them while trying to say something about the relationship between the law and justice. But it's impossible to take seriously and undermines its own story-telling by being simply ludicrous.
If you didn't know this already, Gene Roddenberry was kinda sleazy. TOS is filled with scantily clad women and dodgy scenarios. Justice isn't even the first "sexy" TNG episode but it's probably the most explicit one. Thankfully, seeing a planet full of fit, blonde haired people making out is absolutely hilarious. The outdoor scenes were already cracking me up but i lost it when they entered the one building they have.
Aside from being funny, this episode also offers a solid moral dilemma - with a twist! This is Star Trek at its, well, maybe not finest but it's pretty good. The concepts of justice and civilisation, the Prime Directive, the needs of the many - it's got it all. Justice serves as a template for later, more respectable episodes dealing with these things.
This also has Wesley's infamous line: "I'm with Starfleet and we don't lie". Unintentionally hilarious is the best kind of hilarious.
Aside from being funny, this episode also offers a solid moral dilemma - with a twist! This is Star Trek at its, well, maybe not finest but it's pretty good. The concepts of justice and civilisation, the Prime Directive, the needs of the many - it's got it all. Justice serves as a template for later, more respectable episodes dealing with these things.
This also has Wesley's infamous line: "I'm with Starfleet and we don't lie". Unintentionally hilarious is the best kind of hilarious.
Dear God I hate the character of Wesley. Nearly every episode he is in stops the flow of the story.
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.
Did you know
- TriviaThe filming location was right under the flight path of Van Nuys municipal airport, which meant that airplanes were constantly flying over the heads of the actors, and the entire scenes filmed there had to be re-dubbed in post production.
- GoofsMuch of the drama revolves around the Prime Directive, a rule against interfering in the natural development of other cultures. In Trek, the PD mainly applies to making any sort of contact with a society at a low level of technological development. (The threshold is generally accepted to be faster-than-light space travel.) Since the Edo have not yet reached FTL, the Enterprise crew should never have interacted with them at all.
- Quotes
Counselor Troi: Sharing an orbit with God is no small experience.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Shades of Gray (1989)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
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- 46m
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- 1.33 : 1
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