Voyager responds to a distress call from a prison transport ship, but when the crew realise that the inmates will be executed they begin to question the validity of their legal system.
That’s right folks, we’ve got just enough time to squeeze in a lesson about the death penalty, bigotry and racism. Although this episode handled the complex issues with some ingenuity and all isn’t as we’d assumed it was – the so called innocent victim just because he’s Benkaran is actually just as guilty as the rest of the prisoners… and this time around the defense of ‘not guilty by reason of mental insanity’ didn’t work and the callous killer who grew a conscious was executed.
It’s not often Star Trek’s alien of the week follows through with their ‘barbaric ways’ once our crew have meddled in their affairs, so it was a refreshing change of pace (as morbid as that is with a character dead…)
We’re focusing on China todayâĶ. so lets get the headlines in thisâĶthe twenty fourth week of 2021.. China launches 3 astronauts to spend three months
We’re continuing our dive through the Talkin’ Trek mini series here on That Time When, in a special edition Larry Nemecek – Doctor Trek himself
It’s a bumper news cycle, as we gear up for all the Star Trek to come back. We’ve got a breakdown of the latest Picard
Lets flash back to That Time When we filmed a broader overview of Supanova on the Gold Coast. Catch our trip to Goldnova in full
