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* MoralEventHorizon: While Dr. Quinn comes across as a genial ReasonableAuthorityFigure at first, and even his subsequent actions in dealing with the Silurians make him seem no worse than a WellIntentionedExtremist, the moment when his actions cross the threshold into being truly irredeemable is when he threatens to let his captive, wounded Silurian die unless it gives up all its scientific knowledge, even after Dawson points out that he has no idea whether the Silurian even knows anything that would be of any use to him. Quinn subsequently gets a (presumably very literal) dose of LaserGuidedKarma and dies at the hands of that Silurian prior to the end of the episode.
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* HarsherInHindsight: The subplot involving the Silurian plague hit much harder after the COVID-19 outbreak, particuarly Dr. Lawrence insistently refusing a vaccine due to his insistence that he's fine, that the vaccine is useless and that the plague is not real, only to die later, which rings harder with the anti-vax movement becoming a major problem in the UK and even more in the US. The plague spreading due to Masters deciding to take the train to London does bear resemblance to various high-profile figures in Britain breaking Lockdown restrictions, such as the Prime Minister's Chief Advisor Dominic Cummings rather notoriously driving to Barnard Castle at the height of the pandemic and the Health Secretary Matt Hancock being forced to resign when it turned out he had broken social distancing rules (in the process of cheating on his wife with an aide). Additionally, Lawrence is angry at having to quarantine due to it halting his business, an argument used by many anti-lockdown advocates during the pandemic.

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* HarsherInHindsight: The subplot involving the Silurian plague hit much harder after the COVID-19 outbreak, particuarly Dr. Lawrence insistently refusing a vaccine due to his insistence that he's fine, that the vaccine is useless and that the plague is not real, only to die later, which rings harder with the anti-vax movement becoming a major problem in the UK and even more in the US. The plague spreading due to Masters deciding to take the train to London does bear resemblance to various high-profile figures in Britain breaking Lockdown restrictions, such as the Prime Minister's Chief Advisor Dominic Cummings rather notoriously driving to Barnard Castle at the height of the pandemic and the Health Secretary Matt Hancock being forced to resign when it turned out he had broken social distancing rules (in the process of cheating on his wife with an aide).aide), not to mention Margaret Ferrier, a lesser-known MP, who decided to take a train to Scotland the day after testing positive. Additionally, Lawrence is angry at having to quarantine due to it halting his business, an argument used by many anti-lockdown advocates during the pandemic.

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