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Commander Una Chin-Riley faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.

Written by Dana Horgan

Directed by Valerie Weiss

  • Continuumguy@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    Thoughts as I watch the episode:

    • Previously on Star Trek: Una is an augment, and Starfleet greatly dislikes that.

    • Oh, Kid Una!

    • “How can he council me when he works for you?” Good point!

    • This was the ready room scene last week.

    • Illyrians hiding on a poisonous planet is a nice touch.

    • So, this is an allegory for Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell and similar anti-gay and discriminatory policies, isn’t it? Hiding who she is, for example. Timely.

    • Damn, Batel’s boss is an asshole.

    • Damn, that took awhile to get to credits.

    • Oh, more case law for Starfleet!

    • “I know you hate giving inspiring speeches.” Heh.

    • Ortegas imagining a Vulcan conversation is hilarious.

    • “I regret that you had to witness that outburst.”

    • Seriously, that outburst, it was so horrifying. Not sure if I can ever emotionally recover from it.

    • Oh, those dress unis! Look so much like the TOS ones while still being all modern.

    • Hahaha, she’s using all the times they ignore the Prime Directive to show the hypocrisy of rules.

    • The stuff about her being tried for stuff her parents did calls to mind the stuff with the DREAM act.

    • Hang on, wouldn’t the fact that La’an has Khan blood flowing through her veins kind of give a possible method of pointing out how much hypocrisy there is to the law?

    • “An affinity for Gilbert and Sullivan Musicals”

    • Good point about how family isn’t destiny and also how the discriminated against can be led to self-loathing.

    • I just noticed that the mural/engraving behind witness stand seems to show a bunch of humans, tellarites, andorians, and so on… wonder if it’s meant to show the founding of the Federation or great legal scholars of the Fed species.

    • Oh shit, she turned herself in.

    • “Starfleet is not a perfect organization, but it strives to be.” We all should try to live up to that.

    • My Badmiral Sense is tingling.

    • Ah, so an asylum loophole! Clever way of allowing her to stay in while still keeping the anti-genetics stuff still in place come Bashir and Dal’s time.

    • Pike Hugs must be the best hugs.