Violations

[startrekwatcher]

I was just wondering what the concensus was on this episode. Personally I enjoyed even though the attacker was known upfront.

 

[startrekwatcher]

I voted good.

 

[tomalak301]

I would say it was good, but you don't want the results yet.

 

[Mallory]

I think I'll wait to vote as well.

 

[kitsune]

I find that the episodes that focus on telepathy tend to be rather boring. The mental rape episodes are particularly bothersome to watch.

 

[Good Will Riker]

This episode is down there with "Spock's Brain" for me.

I really have nothing positive to say about an episode that deals with a deranged alien who abuses his powers to mindrape women and conjures up excessive guilt and grief over horrifying events in the minds of good-hearted individuals.

I honestly do not know what was going through that man John Logan's mind when he decided to revisit Deanna Troi's mindrape in "Violations" as a major plot point in Star Trek: Nemesis. Seeing it on the small screen was uncomfortable, but having to revisit that scene up on the big screen was deeply disturbing to a lot of viewers.

 

[WillsBabe]

^ Good points, well made. Still, I really like this episode. It's one of my favourites. Why can't we vote yet?

 

[gcmcdowell]

I think one redeeming moment of the show was getting to see a younger Picard (with hair) and Crusher (with very long hair) dealing with the Jack Crusher's death. Of course that moment was then twisted and distorted by that psycho, but it semi-documents a significant moment in Picard/Crusher's story.

Good Will Riker said:
I honestly do not know what was going through that man John Logan's mind when he decided to revisit Deanna Troi's mindrape in "Violations" as a major plot point in Star Trek: Nemesis. Seeing it on the small screen was uncomfortable, but having to revisit that scene up on the big screen was deeply disturbing to a lot of viewers.

I've never been able to figure out what the point of that was in Nemesis. Early on it was implied that Shinzon had a longing for human females, and therefore was interested in Troi. But then it was really the Reman whose face she ends up seeing and it's the Reman she claims revenge on later in the movie. So who motivated the attack? Shinzon or the Reman. It's just sloppy. Not to mention it would have been a stronger parallel to Picard if Shinzon had focused his lust on Dr. Crusher. This could have been done in more subtle ways without resorting to some kind of telepathic rape.

It just seemed like a forced plot element so Troi could use her empathic powers like some kind of divining rod during the battle at the end.

 

[Niemz]

I voted good.