Star Trek's Trial Episodes, Ranked
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Sometimes boldly going involves sitting at benches, banging gavels, and giving a good speech or three—but we’re entering our own tribunal to sort the best from the rest.

Personally I would probably put “Devil’s Due” at number one, but I realized not everyone can have such a refined taste in Trek.

  • NaN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I cried watching Measure of a Man. It’s a gift to humanity. But Ad Astra Per Aspera clearly overtakes it imo. It doesn’t ask just about the implications of the law, but about what it - and society, and its constituents - should aspire to be. It’s less about military codes and an individual’s selfishness (Maddox), telling a more universally applicable story still firmly entrenched in Trek lore.

    • magnetosphere@kbin.socialEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I wonder if they balked at ranking Ad Astra Per Aspra higher because of that “recency bias” they mentioned. I agree - it’s an excellent, thoughtful episode.