You do realize I was being sarcastic?Yep, I'm starting to see it too...Trip's death was essential to Riker solving his dilema, and therefore the story. If Phlox had saved him at the last moment, it wouldn't have worked. Personal sacrifice was the lesson Riker had to learn.![]()
Riker, if he was any kind of decent officer, didn't need to play on the holodeck to know that...