“Let He Who Is Without Sin…” has a reputation as one of the worst episodes of Star Trek ever, but is it really? Later, in “Things Past”, the show repeats “Necessary Evil”, to mixed results.
Trekabout Episode 201: Let He Who Is Without Sin…/Things Past
Alan
-In “Things Past”, how did you guys miss that Thrax was actually Odo as he was when the events occurred?
The clues were there when Sisko said that Thrax didn’t seem like a Cardassian and the clues continued through the episode. It was completely obvious when Thrax became a Changeling? Did they have to make it on the nose by having the chief of security actually be Odo?
The scene of Odo going through how poor the evidence is against the falsely accused Bajorans is him desperately trying to convince his old self to do things differently this time and it was emotionally painful to watch because you knew it wouldn’t change anything.
Eric Brasure
-We dropped the ball. We do that sometimes. In my defense I watched and recorded this episode while sick with strep. 😀
Alan
-That’s OK. Despite proofreading my comments, it often seems like I don’t.. We all make mistakes.
I had a lot of comments about “Let He Who …”, but I forgot them when the Odo/Thrax thing came up. I thought it was pretty bad, but not ‘Sub Rosa’/’Descent’/’Code of Honor’ bad. Let’s see what I can remember.
– I think that you guys mischaracterized Fullerton (the leader of the New Essentialists) as being ‘anti-technology’. He didn’t have a problem with technology; his problem was with the ‘soft’ lifestyle and how they lead to a society of people who could not live without that technology.
– Unrelated to anything that you guys said, Fullerton’s plan was not thought and uninformed. a) Risa is a pleasure where people unwind, not how life is lead across the Federation. b) Starfleet seems to have plenty of Jack Nicholson from ‘A Few Good Men’ types to be vigilant about the Dominion threat. c) Once the ‘clients’ on Risa because uncomfortable because of the disruption he was causing, they could just leave and think negatively about the New Essentialists’ cause.
– I don’t get why Starfleet didn’t take action against Worf. Since he is Klingon, I cut him a lot of slack when dealing with other Klingons and Klingon society/politics/etc. But, in this episode, he helps an outside group take over a vital control facility and does it while wearing a Starfleet uniform! Whether he is on duty or not, he is representing Starfleet while doing this.
I’ll stop here because I was starting to go on and on.