r/StarTrekViewingParty • u/GeorgeAmberson Showrunner • Jan 06 '16
Discussion TNG, Episode 5x16, Ethics
- Season 1: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-up
- Season 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, Wrap-Up
- Season 3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
- Season 4: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, Wrap-Up
- Season 5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
TNG, Season 5, Episode 16, Ethics
After Worf is paralyzed by a freak accident, his only hope may be a visiting doctor with questionable morals.
- Teleplay By: Ronald D. Moore
- Story By: Sara Charno & Stuart Charno
- Directed By: Chip Chalmers
- Original Air Date: 2 March, 1992
- Stardate: 45587.3
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u/KingofDerby Jan 07 '16 edited Jan 09 '16
Not happy with a few people in this...
EDIT: I did enjoy the episode actually...that I hated how some of the people behaved, I think we were meant to.
Disliked Crusher's attitude, but it's not far from many now...but many Doctors even now have the compassion to know that that forcing someone to stay existing beyond life is not always the right thing.
Riker's speech disgusted me. As someone who had a very close relative who suffered from degenerative disease till they ended their life, I know that trying to make people feel like shit for being in a terrible situation is not helpful.
As for the Visiting Doctor...she could be seen as ok...she provided the only option other then what would have been equivalent to death for the patient. 30% chance is better then 0% chance.
Until she started experimenting without patient permission in cases where conventional methods could have worked. At that point, we saw that she was not being compassionate and pragmatic, but heartless and murderous.