Ah, but some people prefer the experience when the storytelling's storyline is consistent and conforms to internal logic and universe it's set up in. Is it not unfair to ask otherwise, especially as one of the few genres that makes consistency not a requirement is comedy or intentional self-parody? It CAN work where a story overcomes inconsistencies, I've said that about other episodes in the past. But for "The Inner Light", it never did. Still doesn't. Too much that's too brazen and it's not the 1960s anymore, there should be more depth and TNG had that level of nuance and depth in previous episodes. The audience still isn't a monolith or cult (even the TOS hippie episode showed that the hippie cult had nuances within, but I like that episode more than TIL, even with its nitpicks), and what individuals within enjoy out of a story is invariably going to differ. Glad for the folks who love it without question. Glad for the folks who find something to question but still will point out aspects they liked. Or even the potential. IMHO, there still is a good story in TIL but the execution is just too rough around the edges for some to buy into.
