What ifs never considered yet
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The Federation wasn't even responsible for that happening. They crossed of their own accord to size up a potential investment and ignored Federation warnings to leave.
And frankly, given the intelligence the denizens on this planet possess, before the Ferengi I'm not sure they could tie their own shoes.
And I'm not sure leaving a culture with visual proof burning people at the stake is expected by the Gods is an improvement over leaving it a capitalist monarchy.
Yeah, worst episode ever.
And frankly, given the intelligence the denizens on this planet possess, before the Ferengi I'm not sure they could tie their own shoes.
And I'm not sure leaving a culture with visual proof burning people at the stake is expected by the Gods is an improvement over leaving it a capitalist monarchy.
Yeah, worst episode ever.
I suspect that a number of Trekkies out there are fighting addiction, whether it be to alcohol, drugs ... or even The Internet. And a good deal more probably know of someone, personally, who's going through stuff like that. So, I wouldn't discount the Trekkie audience being there for an episode along those lines. I can just see Bones, now, 12-stepping his way through recovery and telling Jim: "... that attitude of gratitude, it ain't just a platitude."
STAR TREK's done addiction episodes, before - rather ham-handedly, I'll grant you. TNG, for example, came out with the episode "Symbiosis," where one planet's population was addicted to the product of another planet's economy and the Enterprise was put in a position where it had to choose whether or not to intervene.
That's kinda what I meant about making the McCoy idea more "Trekkie." Adding an element to it that you could only do in Star Trek. Symbiosis dealt with the Prime Directive in relation to addiction and social power.
It would've made a great Bones episode!
You've all heard that originally TCOTEOF was going to have a drug-related incident, right, with a crewman dealing drugs? But then they changed it to McCoy accidentally ODing on cordrazine because they thought deliberate drug abuse wouldn't be an issue by then for Starfleet. Yeah, right.
Instead of substance abuse, they did have Barclay addicted to the holodeck, and that game the E-D crew couldn't stop playing. As though the usual suspects wouldn't bog people down, so to have an addiction episode, it had to be something not seen before.
Instead of substance abuse, they did have Barclay addicted to the holodeck, and that game the E-D crew couldn't stop playing. As though the usual suspects wouldn't bog people down, so to have an addiction episode, it had to be something not seen before.
I think that aspect of McCoy's penchant for a stiff mint julep is speculative for the purposes of this thread.
Actually, it was because they didn't think a Starfleet officer would be involved in something as shady as drug-dealing. Which is odd, given all the evil captains and admirals we've met, a drug-dealing lieutenant is crossing the line?
I guess they thought people would be more interested in seizing/abusing power, not merely being a low-life.
They could've made it a Montgomery Scott episode, just as easily. Now, there's a big, stinking drunk.
so because someone enjoys a drink, they're a drunk in your eyes?
Today is a good day to practice mindfulness.
Whether or not the Federation was "directly" responsible isn't the dilemma, but they were in fact responsible. The Federation hosted the negotiation, and they allowed the Ferengi to enter the wormhole.
Even if Voyager didn't make it to the wormhole in time, they still saved a society from cringeworthy exploitation. Not only were they exploiting them, they were teaching them to exploit each other, their children, their brothers, etc. Would you want to be ruled over by a Ferengi? Watching them on TV is bad enough...
+1 for Jane'sWay
What if the odd numbered films were good and the even numbered films were bad?
What if Spock hadn't died in TWOK? It still would have been a good movie and the film franchise might have gone down a much different route.
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