Star Trek: The Next Generation 1.7 (Justice)
Cast:
Brenda Bakke (Rivan)
Jay Louden (Liator)
Josh Clark (Conn Officer)
David Graves (Edo Boy #2)
Eric Matthew (Edo Boy #1)
Brad Zerbst (Nurse)
Richard Lavin (Second Mediator)
David Q. Combs (First Mediator)
Judith Jones (Edo Girl)
Writer: Ralph Wills, Worley Thorne
An away team beam down to the planet Edo to assess the place for shore leave. Since it has already been determined as safe by another team, Wesley beams down as well. Although there are very few laws, and very little law enforcement (bascially a random zone is monitored daily) Wesley unfortunately breaks a greenhouse in an active zone and is sentenced to death. They are out of contact with the Enterprise, which has made contact with a being that sees itself as the protector of the planet below.
Eventually contact is restored and Picard talks his way out of Wesley’s execution. They are allowed to leave by the creature in space.
This episode is naff. The people of the planet are all scantily clad and the suggestion is that they spend most of their time shagging. There are a couple of nice moments amonst the silliness (Worf’s assertion that he cannot make love to a human woman as they are too fragile is funny) and I also really like the way that Picard sends Geordi to a window to “have a real look” at the vessel thing outside. Also, we see a character on the bridge played by Josh Clark who may very well be Carey, a character we see from time to time on Voyager. He is not named, so there is nothing here to say that it isn’t him.
Unfortunately, this episode is just an excuse to show flesh, and perhaps to reinforce the existence of the Prime Directive – it takes so long to rescue Wesley because Picard won’t just take him, he has to do it in a way that is within the law of the Edo (and that doesn’tm piss off their God, the thing in orbit). We also see the first site to site transport, when God gets upset when they bring an Edo onto the Enterprise.
Not great, but a nice performance from Patrick Stewart save it a bit.
Crew Deaths: 0
Total Crew Deaths So Far: 1
Score: 5
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