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This might change in the future, but with the lore we have now, the Gorn simply aren't compelling. Murderous space lizards, with zero depth. It makes me completely uninterested in seeing how anything resolves, since the driving factor is so incredibly boring. They're just murderous space lizard. That's it. Woohoo. So what? Where are the moral complications? Where are the political conflicts? It needs SOMETHING, but there is nothing, so it ends up feeling like an "Alien" ripoff, but without the same tension and horror that makes "Alien" work. It gets incredibly predictable with so little to work with and it just follows Writing A Script For Dummies. Predictable, unoriginal, boring and bland with an incredibly lackluster antagonist.

Yes, I can see why some does not like the lack of actual science fiction in this episode. Should we start giving bad critics to ST:TNG as well then, because the show had a ton of non-scifi episodes? No, of course not. In fact, some of the strongest episodes were exactly that. Exploring the people.

That said I won't say this is a masterpiece. But it's funny. VERY funny. It has good development of the characters. It has some heartfelt moments. It's well written, well acted.

Again, no masterpiece, but to say this is a bad episode?

Prrrrrrf, give me a break. I will in fact say it's a GREAT way to start off the season! Give me that development! It's not even rushed, just an easing in, and doing it well.

Far from a bad episode, not a fantastic episode, but I think it was great. I laughed, I smiled, enjoy every bit of it. Wonderful start to the season.