Enterprise visits a planet with a matriarchal society.
This is a pretty bland and uninspired episode with a decent concept done quite poorly.
The plot contains attempted satire of gender politics, but it is presented by characters delivering badly written dialogue and scenes that resemble the plot of a dodgy porn film. The fact that a resolution comes from a male character talking round a supposedly strong female leader he previously bedded is not even unintentionally funny. It's just bad.
As with many episodes of this series of TNG, the dialogue is quite comical such as Tasha Yar explaining what she's doing with her tricorder and lines such as "Make your point so we can proceed with this unpleasant business".
The virus sub-plot is not particularly good either with even Patrick Stewart overdoing the symptoms and the entire situation being conveniently resolved in time for it to merge with the main plot. Dr Crusher has some decent moments but aside from that it feels like it's to stretch out the overall narrative.
Most performances are average, particularly the guest characters. Karen Montgomery has a striking screen presence but brings little charisma to the role and the other are practically lifeless. Jonathan Frakes carries it well, but it's nothing memorable for his character. Gates McFadden though convinces me she is a doctor in a tough situation.
This is a pretty bland and uninspired episode with a decent concept done quite poorly.
The plot contains attempted satire of gender politics, but it is presented by characters delivering badly written dialogue and scenes that resemble the plot of a dodgy porn film. The fact that a resolution comes from a male character talking round a supposedly strong female leader he previously bedded is not even unintentionally funny. It's just bad.
As with many episodes of this series of TNG, the dialogue is quite comical such as Tasha Yar explaining what she's doing with her tricorder and lines such as "Make your point so we can proceed with this unpleasant business".
The virus sub-plot is not particularly good either with even Patrick Stewart overdoing the symptoms and the entire situation being conveniently resolved in time for it to merge with the main plot. Dr Crusher has some decent moments but aside from that it feels like it's to stretch out the overall narrative.
Most performances are average, particularly the guest characters. Karen Montgomery has a striking screen presence but brings little charisma to the role and the other are practically lifeless. Jonathan Frakes carries it well, but it's nothing memorable for his character. Gates McFadden though convinces me she is a doctor in a tough situation.