I thought this episode was excellent, and lived up to the spirit of the original series. They have done an excellent job with sets and costumes. I enjoyed Kirk's persuasive speech near the end of the Episode. It was enjoyable to see the actor John de Lancie, who played "Q" i The Next Generation, on the set. Anne Lockhart is also in the show, one of my favorite actresses.
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The Enterprise visits a...believe it or not...colorless world.
planktonrules11 November 2019
When the usual three beam down on a world they notice something weird...it's all monochromatic! It seems that some sort of radiation in this world causes the eyes to not be able to see color! Additionally, something about this radiation also is killing the people off slowly. Can the Enterprise get to the root of the problem and solve it? And, what unusual discovery do they make about 20% of the people of this world?
The folks making this series had a few casting coups. Some well-known actors such as Erin Gray ("Buck Rogers") were guest stars...and in this one, John de Lancie ('Q' from "Star Trek: the Next Generation" and other Trek shows) and June Lockhart's daughter, Anne ("Battlestar Galactica") guest star.
Like many episodes of the original series, this one deals with contemporary issues...and I'll say no more about it, as I don't want to ruin the suspense. Regardless, it's a very fascinating episode...among the very best of the new shows. Very well written and it does make you think.
The folks making this series had a few casting coups. Some well-known actors such as Erin Gray ("Buck Rogers") were guest stars...and in this one, John de Lancie ('Q' from "Star Trek: the Next Generation" and other Trek shows) and June Lockhart's daughter, Anne ("Battlestar Galactica") guest star.
Like many episodes of the original series, this one deals with contemporary issues...and I'll say no more about it, as I don't want to ruin the suspense. Regardless, it's a very fascinating episode...among the very best of the new shows. Very well written and it does make you think.
What Scripts Are For
wirenwit24 August 2017
I feel certain that the creators of "Star Trek Continues" have found it difficult to present new and original stories yet remain true to the setting and spirit of the original series. "What Ships Are For" is an excellent solution to this conundrum. The heavy-handed moralizing is not seriously presented, but as another nostalgic prop recovered from the original scripts.
True to the original
flgrovez28 August 2019
The original Star Trek always took modern issues and made parable stories that reflected that and gave a more compassionate view. This is what this episode does very well. I saw one review that got very angry and explained in detail of how he and his conservative friends don't need lecturing and aren't bigots, but if this were true, the episode would not have caused this level of anger. I believe the episode does what it was intended to do. Make people think. Like the best of the original Star Trek episodes where we encounter racism, religious bigotry, sexism, this deals with our compassion as human beings. And it says it beautifully.
Kipleigh Brown understands Star Trek
vonnoosh23 September 2022
The reason Star Trek was so very popular was its showing of an optimistic future for the human race. A time years ahead where all of the internal conflicts are resolved and harmony exists in earth. Reaching this point, people begin exploring new worlds and in some cases encounter old problems like the kind featured in this episode. When people say "Star Trek was always woke" they are only half right. TOS explored social issues through the crews' encounter with aliens mired in the issues humans left behind. Granted today in 2022, absolutely NO ONE who thinks in terms of politics want to end the conflict of ideas choosing instead to amplify tue conflicts in the worst possible ways,. Naturally this spills over into entertainment too with usually poorly conceived results. Science fiction is the genre most affected by this and while not all scifi is future based i fail to see what good is it dragging contemporary problems of the human race centuries into the future. Why bother watching Star Trek if that's the vision it projects hundreds of years down the line? How about presenting a world after the planet is savied from climate change, racial strife, sex discrimination and on and on? Lost in what is produced today from Paramount is what is represented here in this episode. A compelling story of an alien planet blinded by their own color blind world and their ignorance. The Federation aren't judged for their own shortcomings because they don't have them anymore meaning they can be listened to and speak from experience having overcome the problems of the past.
The production values are cheap looking like the original series and making the alien planet black and white made me laugh in a good way. This was the first episode of this series I saw and on most occasions, the show was as good or better. Kudos to Kipleigh Brown for writing a story in keeping with the way TOS handled message shows. Not every show needs to be a message show and not every Continues episode is. A few are (maybe 3 out of 11) but this is the best of those. Well done.
The production values are cheap looking like the original series and making the alien planet black and white made me laugh in a good way. This was the first episode of this series I saw and on most occasions, the show was as good or better. Kudos to Kipleigh Brown for writing a story in keeping with the way TOS handled message shows. Not every show needs to be a message show and not every Continues episode is. A few are (maybe 3 out of 11) but this is the best of those. Well done.
A new take on an old problem
patxi146026 February 2019
Warning: Spoilers
This episode, when seen for the first time, gives us a brilliantly simple, but effective and shocking angle to the story... that on the asteroid nobody can see colour. I've never known of a Scifi story that does that and then we have the opening credits and time to ponder; what will the writers do with this?
As other reviews tell, it is a story of racism and immigration... but we are watching a program made by a team of dedicated fans who have done an amazing job of recreating TOS and as such they have dealt with a political issue just as TOS used to do. The only difference is that we live in the 21st Century not the 1960s with its race riots etc etc. We have moved on and see the conflict with enlightened minds, just as Kirk and his crew do. I feel that to watch and enjoy this episode, and the series, you have to take your mind back to when TOS was new and original.
It's just a new angle on an old problem. I feel that the writers in recreating the spirit of TOS don't want us to look at the situation from a 21st Century viewpoint or even a 23rd Century viewpoint, but as a story in the spirit of the 1960s. Its just an updated version of an old Star Trek episode.
In that respect it is a story, nothing more., There's no moralising to the audience, we're not meant to take anything away from it; most of us have moved on since that time, just as we don't watch an old western and still think tt we're being told that men in black hats are instinctively bad.
The ending has a similarity to the ending of a STNG episode where one race believe they have a plague and another the cure, when all it is a narcotic addiction and Picard refuses to repair their ship for the trade to continue... He doesn't break the Prime directive he leaves it for them to resolve the matter and that is done here too... if there is any moralising it is in that point... here's the help you need, but we're not going to use it... you are, in whatever way you see fit.
Just watch and enjoy and consider nothing more than a comparison with TOS.
The Best Episode Of Continues
StuOz16 April 2021
Kirk and crew go to a very black and white world.
I have seen all eleven episodes of Continues. This is the best episode. There is no playing around with classic episodes such as Mirror Mirror or City On The Edge Of Forever - this is new and fresh!
The acting is of a greater standard than previous episodes due to the quality guest stars but more importantly - this is just a great science fiction drama!
Forget Netflix Star Trek, forget Star Trek Lower Decks, forget those CGI filled movies of recent times - What Ships Are For is what Star Trek is really all about.
To reveal plot points would be a crime, to miss it would be an even bigger crime - outstanding!
I have seen all eleven episodes of Continues. This is the best episode. There is no playing around with classic episodes such as Mirror Mirror or City On The Edge Of Forever - this is new and fresh!
The acting is of a greater standard than previous episodes due to the quality guest stars but more importantly - this is just a great science fiction drama!
Forget Netflix Star Trek, forget Star Trek Lower Decks, forget those CGI filled movies of recent times - What Ships Are For is what Star Trek is really all about.
To reveal plot points would be a crime, to miss it would be an even bigger crime - outstanding!
Mirror mirror!
mrn1043 January 2023
Amazing true to the times episode. Star Trek continues to attack societal issues head on. Amazing how the one star reviewers don't recognize what Star Trek is all about. How long has it been since you watched "Let that be your last Battlefield"? One star reviewers don't want to look in the mirror because these episodes hit so close to home. Star Trek is and always has been about acceptance, inclusivity, and social justice. There are very few episodes that stand alone and don't address these issues blatantly. How can one not see that? If you can't see that, rewatch TOS one episode at a time and you'll see the color for the first time- not unlike the population in this episode.
What Star Trek Was Always Meant to Be
genetombler15 September 2020
Posting this again, two years later. For fans of the original series, it is a must watch. For later fans, it's a must watch. For those who understand our current struggle of tribalism, it is a must watch and for all others, it's a must watch. In my opinion, this not only is worthy of canon, had it been produced in the TOS era, it would be as highly reguarded as one of the finest episodes, in the league of "The City on the Edge of Forever" the screen version which was co-written by D.C. Fontana, Gene L. Coon and Gene Roddenberry himself all uncredited and to hell with Harlan Ellison who got credited for his hot mess before the rewrite and it was what was shown that won the Hugo award in 1968. It's also as good as the "Devil in the Dark". "What Ships Are For" Features John De Lancie and Anne Lockhart. Genre is in keeping with the 60s weakness of Kirk falling for the spectacular ladies but it's the one forgivable element and it's played to the right effect. The writing is wonderful and it speaks to our times. In short, "What Ships are For" provides that essential morality play that good Star Trek was always meant to facilitate by holding a mirror up to ourselves and reminding us of our mission to seek out that greater unknown in who we ought to be and in so doing, lending us hope that one day, with perseverance, we will realize that future promised frontier as our own.
Not about the US, it's about Europe
bgaiv7 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Clever story and another great one from Continues.
De Lancie's character Galisti brings up the Prime Directive ... Galisti uses it as a way of challenging Kirk's morals and makes some very solid points. And it's good stuff and definitely reminds me of 20th century Trek where they often presented complex ethical issues as.... complex! Instead of most of NuTrek which preaches like a boring church program.
And here's the thing: I think Galisti was absolutely right, although he had no clue why. When Kirk realized what was really going on here and what it could do to this society if the Enterprise took action, he SHOULD have refused aid. The consequences of giving aid could have been extremely horrific.
Now, that's not a critique against the episode itself because it's emulating the style of TOS and Kirk acts just like Kirk in TOS.
Anyway, this isn't about DACA or the United States, it's about the European migrant crisis of the mid 2010s.
De Lancie's character Galisti brings up the Prime Directive ... Galisti uses it as a way of challenging Kirk's morals and makes some very solid points. And it's good stuff and definitely reminds me of 20th century Trek where they often presented complex ethical issues as.... complex! Instead of most of NuTrek which preaches like a boring church program.
And here's the thing: I think Galisti was absolutely right, although he had no clue why. When Kirk realized what was really going on here and what it could do to this society if the Enterprise took action, he SHOULD have refused aid. The consequences of giving aid could have been extremely horrific.
Now, that's not a critique against the episode itself because it's emulating the style of TOS and Kirk acts just like Kirk in TOS.
Anyway, this isn't about DACA or the United States, it's about the European migrant crisis of the mid 2010s.
Not the strongest episode from this team, but definitely canon
jojoleb27 September 2017
Without giving away any spoilers, this one may not be the at top of the Star Trek Continues pack, but it is a solid episode in the spirit of the original series and well worth watching. It was great to see John DeLancie and Anne Lockhart as guest stars--even if they could have been given stronger characters.
On the positive side, this was very much in the spirit of old star trek. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were very much in their element and the performances of the top three rang true. The plot was also very classic Trek, with the inhabitants of the asteroid facing imminent starvation and death and some of the inhabitants plagued by a disease. The Enterprise crew is there to help, but there is a plot twist. The production values are better than late '60s standard, the sets are impeccable, and the acting in this one was actually better than many previous episodes. (Don't forget that these guys are producing this show on a shoe-string budget and it's truly a home grown, effort.)
On the down side, the maiden in distress and Kirk's love interest who is one of the inhabitants stricken by the fatal disease, is a little too simple minded/innocent to believe. The idea that radiation from the sun prevents the asteroid inhabitants from seeing in color-- something the landing party observes early on in the episode--is really too contrived. And the resolution is 100% TOS but not necessarily TOS at it's best....
True to classic Trek, the writers have given us a parable for a modern problem: illegal immigration and the controversy surrounding DACA. Unlike some of the critiques on IMDb of this episode, 'What Ships Are For' brings up the issues at the heart of the matter without pointing fingers to current political figures.
The fact that just bringing up the issue has pushed some buttons is more a function of the strong feelings about it, and is EXACTLY why it SHOULD be brought up in this kind of context. (Think 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield' from TOS that dealt with race relations.) That said, if the writing had been a little more clever, the authors might have brought in the issue more subtly. Even if they smacked you in the face with it by the end of the adventure, the best written TOS episodes did a better job of sneaking hot-button issues into the plot before doing so. Then again, not all episodes (even TOS), will have City-On-The-Edge-of-Forever writing quality.
The authors simply ask the question as to what might happen if seemingly upstanding citizens could be immediately unmasked as illegal aliens (pun intended, but not in a humorous way) and how we might handle this. There is clearly a moral imperative they are foisting on the audience but no blame was laid at the feet of the Trump administration or the Republican party. As our present political system is not going to be able to benefit from Captain Kirk's unique solution to the problem, we will have to leave this up to our present political process.
Kirk's long speech in this one is no better/worse than the moralizing in similar, drawn out speeches in Star Trek TOS. If you don't believe me, look back at just a few of some vintage, Kirk speeches: his diatribe at the end of 'A Taste of Armegeddon' (the 'we're not going to kill today), or his 'risk is our business' speech from 'Return to Tomorrow,' or--probably the mother of all Kirk speeches--the one at the end of Omega Glory ('ee plebneesta...' oh, my)...
And as to Vic Mignogna's handling of his prolonged speech in this episode, it was utterly over the top, but was the most pitch perfect, Shatner-channeling that he has done in the series. Go ahead and quibble with the performance, but it was absolutely a homage to the classic--and yes, at times, cringe-worthy--Kirk speech.
In my estimation, Star Trek Continues' best episode has been 'Fairest of Them All,' their take on the aftermath of the TOS episode 'Mirror Mirror.' That episode was brilliant. This one, not so much. Remember, though, as Trek fans, we often conveniently forget TOS episodes like 'Spock's Brain' and 'The Way to Eden.' ("You've got a hard lip, Herbert." Ugh.)
But in terms of staying true to Trek, I would take this STC episode over (at least) the first episode of the brand new, official Star Trek Discovery. And there are no streaming fees with this one. This was a trip down memory lane for me again and I can't thank Vic Mignogna and his team enough.
On the positive side, this was very much in the spirit of old star trek. Kirk, Spock, and McCoy were very much in their element and the performances of the top three rang true. The plot was also very classic Trek, with the inhabitants of the asteroid facing imminent starvation and death and some of the inhabitants plagued by a disease. The Enterprise crew is there to help, but there is a plot twist. The production values are better than late '60s standard, the sets are impeccable, and the acting in this one was actually better than many previous episodes. (Don't forget that these guys are producing this show on a shoe-string budget and it's truly a home grown, effort.)
On the down side, the maiden in distress and Kirk's love interest who is one of the inhabitants stricken by the fatal disease, is a little too simple minded/innocent to believe. The idea that radiation from the sun prevents the asteroid inhabitants from seeing in color-- something the landing party observes early on in the episode--is really too contrived. And the resolution is 100% TOS but not necessarily TOS at it's best....
True to classic Trek, the writers have given us a parable for a modern problem: illegal immigration and the controversy surrounding DACA. Unlike some of the critiques on IMDb of this episode, 'What Ships Are For' brings up the issues at the heart of the matter without pointing fingers to current political figures.
The fact that just bringing up the issue has pushed some buttons is more a function of the strong feelings about it, and is EXACTLY why it SHOULD be brought up in this kind of context. (Think 'Let That Be Your Last Battlefield' from TOS that dealt with race relations.) That said, if the writing had been a little more clever, the authors might have brought in the issue more subtly. Even if they smacked you in the face with it by the end of the adventure, the best written TOS episodes did a better job of sneaking hot-button issues into the plot before doing so. Then again, not all episodes (even TOS), will have City-On-The-Edge-of-Forever writing quality.
The authors simply ask the question as to what might happen if seemingly upstanding citizens could be immediately unmasked as illegal aliens (pun intended, but not in a humorous way) and how we might handle this. There is clearly a moral imperative they are foisting on the audience but no blame was laid at the feet of the Trump administration or the Republican party. As our present political system is not going to be able to benefit from Captain Kirk's unique solution to the problem, we will have to leave this up to our present political process.
Kirk's long speech in this one is no better/worse than the moralizing in similar, drawn out speeches in Star Trek TOS. If you don't believe me, look back at just a few of some vintage, Kirk speeches: his diatribe at the end of 'A Taste of Armegeddon' (the 'we're not going to kill today), or his 'risk is our business' speech from 'Return to Tomorrow,' or--probably the mother of all Kirk speeches--the one at the end of Omega Glory ('ee plebneesta...' oh, my)...
And as to Vic Mignogna's handling of his prolonged speech in this episode, it was utterly over the top, but was the most pitch perfect, Shatner-channeling that he has done in the series. Go ahead and quibble with the performance, but it was absolutely a homage to the classic--and yes, at times, cringe-worthy--Kirk speech.
In my estimation, Star Trek Continues' best episode has been 'Fairest of Them All,' their take on the aftermath of the TOS episode 'Mirror Mirror.' That episode was brilliant. This one, not so much. Remember, though, as Trek fans, we often conveniently forget TOS episodes like 'Spock's Brain' and 'The Way to Eden.' ("You've got a hard lip, Herbert." Ugh.)
But in terms of staying true to Trek, I would take this STC episode over (at least) the first episode of the brand new, official Star Trek Discovery. And there are no streaming fees with this one. This was a trip down memory lane for me again and I can't thank Vic Mignogna and his team enough.
You went political and lost half your audience
sitindc6 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
With this episode of Star Trek Continues, you went way too political. Most people I know who are on the left and the right both are not racist, misogynist or homophobic. In fact, most people on the right are just as nice as people on the left. All the people I know who are true conservatives hate white supremacy and they hate "hate groups" like the KKK. My point being that this episode of "What Ships are for" preaches to us without needing to. Most people in our country, to include most people on the right, aren't racist and don't hate immigrants. Let me explain. We have laws in the U.S. and most conservatives have absolutely no issues with immigrants, in fact they want them to come to our country but they must come to our country legally and through our legal channels. Unless the law is changed, follow the law as it is written. Yes, Trump wants to build a wall, but he's said it has a door in it for legal immigration. Also conservatives don't hate the children of DACA. In fact, if our President didn't have any compassion, he would have ended DACA outright, but instead he extended it 6 months so Congress has time "to come up with a law so that the children of DACA can stay here." In fact, that was the President's goal, he wants Congress to do what it should have done under President Obama and that is to make a law so the DACA kids can stay here. That's all. People on the left have been lying saying that the President doesn't like the DACA kids, which is a fallacy. The President said on TV, "I love these kids." He just wants them to have a law made by Congress that will protect the DACA kids. So the point of this is that you have ruined Star Trek Continues with the last few episodes that have been extremely preachy when they really didn't need to be. People on the right are not unfeeling monsters or the evil things that the left has made them out to be. I'm worried that your writers suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome--irrational perceived fears of a Trump Administration. Look, I love your show but please don't ruin it any more with these overly political messages that are not very well disguised. People like Star Trek Continues because it captured the soul of early Star Trek in the beginning. Now, it feels like I am watching propaganda. I understand that many people on your staff were upset by a Trump win, but please don't take this out on your audience. We, the viewers, the American people want to come together, but all you are doing is continuing to remind us of the election with your preaching. We can't turn on the news without hearing the left falsely saying "racist, racist, racist" and the right falsely yelling out "fake news, fake news, fake news." Both sides are wrong in their own ways and have falsely accused each other of horrendous things, can't we all just get along? Go back to making entertainment. This episode wasn't as bad as one entitled "embrace the wind." That episode was inane in how it handled the whole issue of sexism. Most conservatives definitely believe in equality for women as well, so it makes no sense to me why you even made that episode, but whatever. You know President Trump, as a businessman, hired more women at executive level positions than just about any other CEO in the country and they were paid much higher or comparable salaries to males in his firm. This isn't something that I just made up, but it's something that his daughter recently pointed out, taking a reporter by surprise. This is a fact and you could, I guess call it an inconvenient truth. But it goes to that whole point that I just made which is that most people in the U.S. aren't racists, aren't misogynists and aren't homophobic. Please, please don't preach to us anymore. Star Trek Continues was once a great show, don't destroy it.
Nothing lasts forever.
josh-8802917 August 2017
While Star Trek Continues has been by far the best thing to come out of the Trek universe in decades, the show has fallen into decline. While sfx and production quality has remained impressively high, the writing has taken a hard dive. This episode marks the show shifting from good, compelling SF to didactic , SJW fanfic. The acting is bad, the dialog is painful, and the "social justice" message could not be more blatantly if a problem glasses blue hair was screaming it directly at us through the screen. These issues have been tackled before by Star Trek in ways that still manage to tell a brilliant story (and never fell back on preachy Captain Planet-style dialog).
It's sad to see this show go.
It's sad to see this show go.
Part very good and part very bad.
robertsig17 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I understand what the writers were trying to do, but fell into a few traps. The race relations between the two worlds, and the absurdity of judging someone by color is spot on (pun intended), but the second part about allowing illegal immigration to go unfettered is very much a dangerous leftist trope.
If a world (country) is damaged by its people and their policies, there is every reason to believe they would bring the same tendencies to any new world. This is why immigration should only be allowed for those who can bring a substantial benefit to the host country. It is perfectly valid for world A to limit world B immigration, especially illegal. After all, wouldn't it be better if world B fixed their own problems first? Not everyone in the galaxy can live on a single planet.
This also fails the prime directive. If the Federation believes that they should not interfere in a world's development, they should clearly understand this world's desire to limit an alien population.
If a world (country) is damaged by its people and their policies, there is every reason to believe they would bring the same tendencies to any new world. This is why immigration should only be allowed for those who can bring a substantial benefit to the host country. It is perfectly valid for world A to limit world B immigration, especially illegal. After all, wouldn't it be better if world B fixed their own problems first? Not everyone in the galaxy can live on a single planet.
This also fails the prime directive. If the Federation believes that they should not interfere in a world's development, they should clearly understand this world's desire to limit an alien population.
A Senior Trekker writes.................
celineduchain11 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
What Ships are For is an absolutely classic Star Trek episode which could have been lifted straight out of the Original Series: the Enterprise swooping in to solve a decades long conflict between warring neighbours, Captain Kirk's lightning-speed seduction technique, the costumes made from old curtains and a box of trimmings. It's up there with Elaan of Troyius and Let That be Your Last Battlefield but, on the other hand, if those names mean nothing to you, it might be better to give this one a miss..
Especially clever, and for all I know a completely original idea, was the introduction of colour into world previously only seen in black and white, revealing that people of different races had actually been living alongside each other for years. John DeLancie, the actor more usually seen as Q, favourite of the Next Generation, gave it his stamp of approval and guest actors Ann Lockheart and Elizabeth Maxwell enter into the spirit of the occasion.
During the opening scenes, Mark Rolston appears on the viewscreen as an Admiral wearing one of the white, Motion Picture uniforms. This actor is a well known face on Star Trek and other Science Fiction shows such as Babylon 5 where he often plays creepy or villainous roles. It is a pleasure to see him here in a lighter moment.
Following a legal case by the studio, effectively shutting down all fan-made productions, these full-length episodes were hastily concluded in 2017. The creator, Vic Mignogna, subsequently became embroiled in a series of personal law-suits concerning his behaviour towards female cast-mates. Claims and counter claims abounded and, as of 2022, no effective conclusion has yet been reached.
WHATEVER THE REAL NARRATIVE BEHIND THEIR FALL FROM GRACE, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF STORIES REPRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST STAR TREK FICTION EVER BROUGHT TO LIFE.
In true Roddenberry fashion, the "message" episodes covered such subjects as: inter-cultural marriage, child abuse, human (or alien) trafficking and the promotion of women to positions of high office. Actually Senior Trekker thinks that last one was a dud but does this really seem like the oeuvre of a man who disrespects women?
Best watch for yourself.
Especially clever, and for all I know a completely original idea, was the introduction of colour into world previously only seen in black and white, revealing that people of different races had actually been living alongside each other for years. John DeLancie, the actor more usually seen as Q, favourite of the Next Generation, gave it his stamp of approval and guest actors Ann Lockheart and Elizabeth Maxwell enter into the spirit of the occasion.
During the opening scenes, Mark Rolston appears on the viewscreen as an Admiral wearing one of the white, Motion Picture uniforms. This actor is a well known face on Star Trek and other Science Fiction shows such as Babylon 5 where he often plays creepy or villainous roles. It is a pleasure to see him here in a lighter moment.
Following a legal case by the studio, effectively shutting down all fan-made productions, these full-length episodes were hastily concluded in 2017. The creator, Vic Mignogna, subsequently became embroiled in a series of personal law-suits concerning his behaviour towards female cast-mates. Claims and counter claims abounded and, as of 2022, no effective conclusion has yet been reached.
WHATEVER THE REAL NARRATIVE BEHIND THEIR FALL FROM GRACE, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF STORIES REPRESENTS SOME OF THE BEST STAR TREK FICTION EVER BROUGHT TO LIFE.
In true Roddenberry fashion, the "message" episodes covered such subjects as: inter-cultural marriage, child abuse, human (or alien) trafficking and the promotion of women to positions of high office. Actually Senior Trekker thinks that last one was a dud but does this really seem like the oeuvre of a man who disrespects women?
Best watch for yourself.
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