This overly simplistic effort could have easily brought back James T. Kirk and the original gang. It is an insult to both male and female viewers. The story involves a planetary culture where women have become the dominant sex. The premise is fine. They are tall and powerful. The men are portrayed as glittery puppies who yield to the women. At its basest, it is just plain silly. Just because a single entity gains power doesn't mean they lose all their complexity. Also, they act and look just like earth creatures. They dominate men by using their feminine wiles, even though they reject these. I'm not sure if the men are victims or have evolved into idiots. The point is that there is nothing of any depth in this episode. Riker succumbs to the advances of the supreme leader. Apparently, he has qualities that the indigenous males don't have. The plot centers around a group of earth dwellers who have been marooned on this planet. Because they threaten the status quo they have gone underground (literally) to save their lives. In the process, they have created a subculture. The Enterprise crew is there to save them. But while they negotiate with the women, a virus begins to affect the rest of the crew, complicating everything. What could have been an imaginative episode is dull as the planetary males.
