Q; Isn't this entire show in contradiction of the Prime Directive?
A; Looks that way to me. Mind you, I'm no big fan of the P. D. myself. What's the use of having power if you don't use it? Refusing to do so, walking away from a bad situation which you could have eased, is playing God just as much as interfering is. We ourselves are a part of the universe, and as such our doings themselves are the mechanisms of fate. To pretend otherwise is to shirk our responsibility. If you've got it, flaunt it, I say.
Q; If you were a proper ensign and a graduate of the Starfleet Academy, not merely an acting one (in both senses of the word), wouldn't you be just a shade aggrieved that young Wesley is put in charge of the mineral surveys? With a full ship's compliment to choose from, they pick Wesley?
A; I'd be on the first shuttle out of there.
Incidentally, examination of Wesley's trousers (that's pants to any Americans out there) from the rear appears to show that they don't do up properly.
Q; How come Sarjenka's house could have a high-tech door when the rest of the place was so retro?
A; We don't know that it was high-tech. It may simply have been a natural phenomenon that they built the house around, just as in Iceland they build towns around hot geysers and use them for heating. Here in the U of K if we want hot water we have to heat it, i.e., we use technology, but in Iceland it occurs naturally. Same difference, I'd say.
Q; Why did Data leave Sarjenka the "singing stone" when she wasn't supposed to remember anything and it wasn't his to give anyway (it was Pulaski's)?
A; Weeeeeeell, I suppose . . . Pulaski said it was okay and Data got sentimental. No, I didn't think you'd agree with that, and neither do I. This episode, in my frank and honest opinion, simply shouldn't have been made.
The Child Where Silence Has Lease Elementary, My Dear Data The Outrageous Okona
Loud As a Whisper The Schizoid Man Unnatural Selection A Matter of Honour
The Measure of a Man The Dauphin Contagion The Royale Times Squared The
Icarus Factor Pen Pals Q Who Samaritan Snare Up The Long
Ladder Manhunt The Emissary
Peak Performance Shades of Grey