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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302424263
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302424267
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: May 31, 1995
Running Time: 46 minutes
Sales Rank: 52048
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1987
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It seems pretty cute now to think about those first dozen or so episodes of The Next Generation. Laboring to establish its own identity and figure out who its characters were, the young series occasionally stumbled into various retro-cliches from hokey, sci-fi B movies. The hardbody paradise of the planet Rubicun III in "Justice" is one example: the peaceful sensualists (known as the Edo) living there are interested only in, uh, pleasure. But when Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) violates an arcane law and is sentenced to death, Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) is faced with a conflict over following the Prime Directive or saving the boy.
The evolution of this story is almost bizarre. Beginning with a script by John D.F. Black set on a colony called Llarof, the drama concerned Enterprise personnel caught up in the colonists' antiquated and unjust infliction of instant punishment. The Prime Directive became Picard's barrier to helping the planet's progressives change things. In any case, Gene Roddenberry and writer Worley Thorne did a radical rewrite, perhaps pulling a convenient element or two out of the classic Trek playbook by inventing the sex-obsessed Edo. Still, Stewart and his co-stars leave their imprint on the episode, and the ethical struggle to balance Federation duties with higher obligations--a struggle that helped define TNG--has its roots here. --Tom Keogh
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Rating:  -
Star Trek the Next Generation was and still is one of my favorite TV shows and I'm a fan who actually likes Wesley Crusher though I do admit that they sometimes went a little overboard with the whole boy genius thing but anyway This is not my favorite Wesley Crusher episode, and I agree that this episode is like watching a really bad B movie and I can just see Mystery Science Theater making fun of this episode and the goofy characters from the planet of the bimbos and their cheap flimsy costumes! ... Read More
Rating:  -
After depositing human colonists on an unhabited M-class planet, the Enterprise discovers yet another M-Class planet in a nearby system and goes to investigate. They find a race of people called the Edo, who are remarkably human in appearance. They are childlike, but as Geordi says, "they make love at the drop of a hat," and Tasha Yar chimes in, "ANY hat." Supposedly, Yar, the security chief has reviewed all the laws on the planet and they plan to send an away team to make first contact and to see ... Read More
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Star Trek: The Next Generation crosses over into camp and B-movie territory with its depiction of the Edo civilization in "Justice." Yet if somehow you are able to look past the scantily-clad surfer boys and beach bunnies, this episode still manages to come across as ridiculous as Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) interprets the Federation's sacred Prime Directive in so liberal a manner as to invite guffaws. How this episode made it past the initial brainstorming stage has to be one of the ... Read More
Rating:  -
I think this was the episode that I realized how loveable Beverly Crusher is. Beverly's heart is being tugged when the ignorant people of Edos are planning to put her dear son Wesley to death for the "crime" of falling into a garden. The Edos people APPEAR happy and peaceful, but appearances are deceiving since underneath, they are suspicious, ignorant, and superstitious and show no remorse for the pain and suffering they cause Wesley and his mother. I saw the wonderful mother-son bond that Beverly ... Read More
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A somewhat clunky episode exploring the issue of cultural relativism. What is justice? Should you apply it to all, even the ignorant? Is there a place for flexibility or mercy?
This episode tries more than it succeeds. A conclusion involving decisions by the crew rather than a literal deus ex machina solution would have made it a stronger story. It is interesting, though, to watch the Edo change from cheerful and simple to stern and proud once their customs are under threat and they realise that ... Read More
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