The Next Generation continues its rediscovery of social issue television with “The Outcast”, in which Riker falls in love with a transgender alien. But it’s about gay rights? Later, in “Cause and Effect”, Data falls in love with Riker, which destroys the Enterprise. Also! Richard doesn’t know what Kelsey Grammer looks like.
Mike
-I wasn’t a fan of Outcast, only watched it once and that was during it’s original broadcast but even then I took the alien to be too female leaning, I guess the US markets and probably a good portion of the Riker fan base would not have approved if the alien was aiming to enhance their male traits. As for Cause And Effect well that’s one of my favourite episodes of TNG even with Kelsey and his all too brief appearance, it’s still not a perfect episode but I just like core idea so much I’ll embrace the episode regardless.