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* LudicrousPrecision:
-->'''Riker:''' To travel the distance we did in two days at warp one would have taken the ''Odin'' escape pod five months.
-->'''Data:''' Five months, six days, eleven hours, two minutes...
-->'''Riker:''' Thank you, Data.
-->'''Data:''' ...And 57 seconds.
-->'''Riker:''' To travel the distance we did in two days at warp one would have taken the ''Odin'' escape pod five months.
-->'''Data:''' Five months, six days, eleven hours, two minutes...
-->'''Riker:''' Thank you, Data.
-->'''Data:''' ...And 57 seconds.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Instead of executing the freighter's survivors, or letting the ''Enterprise'' take them away, Baeta chooses to exile them to a remote portion of the planet.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Instead of executing the freighter's survivors, or letting the ''Enterprise'' take them away, Baeta Beata chooses to exile them to a remote portion of the planet.
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* LostAesop: At the time of this episode's writing and for years afterwards, it was heavily insisted that the society on Angel One was an allegory for apartheid in South Africa. Although Angel One does depict a segregated society, there is far more evidence of a [[StrawFeminist cautionary tale against certain radical feminist movements]] whose ideology is often interpreted as an intention to replace the alleged patriarchy with a matriarchy. It is worth noting that many female ''StarTrek'' fans self identify as feminists, though not neccesarily as the [[DoesNotLikeMen extreme type of feminist]]. It is possible that the writers insist on the apartheid allegory to avoid alienating part of the fanbase.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Or a minor part of the plot, at least. Originally, the RaceAgainstTheClock was supposed to be Ferengi ships threatening an outpost. Due to negative reactions to the Ferengi from fans and production personnel alike, this was changed to a Romulan threat instead.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode was meant to be a commentary on Apartheid.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The episode was meant to be a commentary on Apartheid.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Dr. Crusher dramatically tells Picard that he's no longer capable of effectively commanding the ship, even though he looks like he has a mild case of the flu.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Angel One is established to be a world in a mid-20th Century age of development, meaning the Prime Directive should have forbidden Picard from making contact with them.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Angel One is established to be a world in a mid-20th Century age of development, meaning the Prime Directive should have forbidden Picard from making contact with them. Possibly an in-universe example of the GrandfatherClause, as dialogue implies that first contact with them occurred back around the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' era, when the Prime Directive was much more loosely applied.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Angel One: planet of tall women and zero acting talent.]]
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* PatrickStewartSpeech: Riker tries his hand at one.
-->"When you spoke of the prisoners, you used the term revolutionary. Indeed, death has been known to stop revolutions. But I suspect it's not a revolution that Angel One is hoping to stop. It's evolution. Mister Ramsey and the ''Odin'' survivors did not initiate the waves of dissent that are rippling through your planet. Their presence here merely reinforced the change in attitudes between men and women that was already well under way. They became symbols around whom others who shared their views could gather. You may eliminate the symbols, but that does not mean death to the issues which those symbols represent. No power in the universe can hope to stop the force of evolution. Be warned. The execution of Mister Ramsey and his followers may elevate them to the status of martyrs. Martyrs cannot be silenced."
-->"When you spoke of the prisoners, you used the term revolutionary. Indeed, death has been known to stop revolutions. But I suspect it's not a revolution that Angel One is hoping to stop. It's evolution. Mister Ramsey and the ''Odin'' survivors did not initiate the waves of dissent that are rippling through your planet. Their presence here merely reinforced the change in attitudes between men and women that was already well under way. They became symbols around whom others who shared their views could gather. You may eliminate the symbols, but that does not mean death to the issues which those symbols represent. No power in the universe can hope to stop the force of evolution. Be warned. The execution of Mister Ramsey and his followers may elevate them to the status of martyrs. Martyrs cannot be silenced."
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: A virus that spreads by smell. Definitely one of the stranger xeno-diseases that the ''Enterprise'' encounters.
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Much as I love the SF Debris style snark, it should be pointed out that the Trek writers only manage to make things look worse retroactively.
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We open with the ''Enterprise'' having investigated a seven-year overdue ship, the ''Odin'', showing just how much the Federation cares for its citizens.citizens [[note]]Although this is a substantial improvement over the early United Earth Starfleet as shown in ENT: "Terra Nova", where it had taken more than ''seventy'' years for Earth to finally check up on their ''first'' extrasolar colony, which had mysteriously gone silent.[[/note]]. The wreck contained no life signs, but had several missing escape pods, suggesting there are survivors. The nearest planet is Angel One, a pre-warp society which is a matriarchy. Women are the dominant gender, while men are subservient. Naturally, Picard gives the responsibility of contacting them to Troi, the only person on the bridge who isn't wearing a uniform and has no diplomatic training whatsoever. The women of Angel One agree to help them, with Picard noting that Starfleet is hoping this world will become part of the Federation (again, they are a ''pre-warp'' society).
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' [[SarcasmMode I'm sure you're on great terms considering you haven't spoken with them in 62 years!]] That's not long at all! I mean, that was 1950 compared to today! Sure, back then, a black guy could get arrested for drinking from the wrong water fountain, whereas today, we've elected a [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black guy president]]. [[SocietyMarchesOn Twice]]. But that's basically the same thing! I remember hearing about it on the radio after I rung up Mildred and asked her to connect me to someone with one of them fancy new television sets!
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' [[SarcasmMode I'm sure you're on great terms considering you haven't spoken with them in 62 years!]] That's not long at all! I mean, that was 1950 compared to today! Sure, back then, a black guy could get arrested for drinking from the wrong water fountain, whereas today, we've elected a [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black guy president]]. [[SocietyMarchesOn Twice]]. But that's basically the same thing! I remember hearing about it on the radio after I rung up Mildred the operator and asked her to connect me to someone with one of them fancy new television sets!
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' [[SarcasmMode I'm sure you're on great terms considering you haven't spoken with them in 62 years!]] That's not long at all! I mean, that was 1950 compared to today! Sure, back then, a black guy could get arrested for drinking from the wrong water fountain, whereas today, we've elected a [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black guy president]]. [[SocietyMarchesOn Twice]]. But that's basically the same thing! I remember speaking about it with Mildred the operator after hearing it on the radio and asking her to connect me to someone with one of them fancy new television sets!
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-->'''Website/SFDebris:''' [[SarcasmMode I'm sure you're on great terms considering you haven't spoken with them in 62 years!]] That's not long at all! I mean, that was 1950 compared to today! Sure, back then, a black guy could get arrested for drinking from the wrong water fountain, whereas today, we've elected a [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama black guy president]]. [[SocietyMarchesOn Twice]]. But that's basically the same thing! I remember speaking about it with Mildred the operator after hearing about it on the radio after I rung up Mildred and asking asked her to connect me to someone with one of them fancy new television sets!
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The Enterprise visits a world in which the otherwise very humanlike (they aren't even RubberForeheadAliens) inhabitants have reversed some human patterns of sex-based physical differences. The females are generally taller, stronger, and more physically imposing than the (to us) effeminate and waifish males. In addition, all the leadership roles in this society are filled by women and the men are subservient. The Enterprise's purpose is to rescue survivors of a downed freighter but everyone on the Enterprise gets sick.
We open with the ''Enterprise'' investigating a seven-year overdue ship, showing just how much the Federation cares for its citizens. They find the wreck, but with no escape pods, suggesting there are survivors. The nearest planet is Angel One, a pre-warp society which is a matriarchy. Women are the dominant gender, while men are subservient. Naturally, Picard gives the responsibility of contacting them to Troi, the only person on the bridge who isn't wearing a uniform and has no diplomatic training whatsoever. The women of Angel One agree to help them, with Picard noting that Starfleet is hoping this world will become part of the Federation (again, they are a ''pre-warp'' society).
We open with the ''Enterprise'' investigating a seven-year overdue ship, showing just how much the Federation cares for its citizens. They find the wreck, but with no escape pods, suggesting there are survivors. The nearest planet is Angel One, a pre-warp society which is a matriarchy. Women are the dominant gender, while men are subservient. Naturally, Picard gives the responsibility of contacting them to Troi, the only person on the bridge who isn't wearing a uniform and has no diplomatic training whatsoever. The women of Angel One agree to help them, with Picard noting that Starfleet is hoping this world will become part of the Federation (again, they are a ''pre-warp'' society).
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The Enterprise ''Enterprise'' visits a world in which the otherwise very humanlike human-like (they aren't even RubberForeheadAliens) inhabitants have reversed some human patterns of sex-based physical differences. The females are generally taller, stronger, and more physically imposing than the (to us) effeminate and waifish males. In addition, all the leadership roles in this society are filled by women and the men are subservient. The Enterprise's ''Enterprise'''s purpose is to rescue survivors of a downed freighter freighter, but everyone on the Enterprise ''Enterprise'' gets sick.
We open with the ''Enterprise''investigating having investigated a seven-year overdue ship, the ''Odin'', showing just how much the Federation cares for its citizens. They find the wreck, The wreck contained no life signs, but with no had several missing escape pods, suggesting there are survivors. The nearest planet is Angel One, a pre-warp society which is a matriarchy. Women are the dominant gender, while men are subservient. Naturally, Picard gives the responsibility of contacting them to Troi, the only person on the bridge who isn't wearing a uniform and has no diplomatic training whatsoever. The women of Angel One agree to help them, with Picard noting that Starfleet is hoping this world will become part of the Federation (again, they are a ''pre-warp'' society).
We open with the ''Enterprise''
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Meanwhile, the away team decides to find the missing crew by isolating something unique to them that doesn't exist on Angel One. Rather than looking for human biosigns, they look for platinum. Riker is invited to a private audience with the Baeta, complete with the tight-fitting attire of the native men, while the others look for the survivors. Sure enough, they find Ramsey, the captain of the freighter. Unfortunately, he has no intention of leaving. The crew has settled in, taken wives, and even have children. However, due to how men are treated on this planet, they're in hiding. Nevertheless, they refuse to leave.
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Meanwhile, the away team decides to find the missing crew by isolating something unique to them that doesn't exist on Angel One. Rather than looking for human biosigns, they look for platinum. Riker is invited to a private audience with Beata, the Baeta, elected leader of Angel One, complete with the tight-fitting attire of the native men, while the others look for the survivors. Sure enough, they find Ramsey, the captain leader of the freighter.surviving freighter crew. Unfortunately, he has no intention of leaving. The crew has settled in, taken wives, and even have children. However, due to how men are treated on this planet, they're in hiding. Nevertheless, they refuse to leave.
leave.
As Ramsey and his men are not members of Starfleet bound by the Prime Directive, the away team has no power to force them to comply. After the team foolishly reports back to Riker in front of Beata, she sentences Ramsey and his followers to death for their subversive views, and easily captures them. Riker offers to take them and their families off-planet to avoid execution, but they still choose to stay even in the face of death. Meanwhile, the virus has spread to so many crew members that Dr. Crusher declares the ship quarantined, meaning Riker can't beam them away even by force.
As the scheduled execution approaches, Riker makes a last-ditch appeal to Beata, pointing out that Ramsey's men are not the cause of the revolutionary views spreading across Angel One, but merely a symbol, and executing them would make them into martyrs and worsen the situation. After some thought, Beata agrees, and sentences the ''Odin'' survivors and their families to exile instead.
As Ramsey and his men are not members of Starfleet bound by the Prime Directive, the away team has no power to force them to comply. After the team foolishly reports back to Riker in front of Beata, she sentences Ramsey and his followers to death for their subversive views, and easily captures them. Riker offers to take them and their families off-planet to avoid execution, but they still choose to stay even in the face of death. Meanwhile, the virus has spread to so many crew members that Dr. Crusher declares the ship quarantined, meaning Riker can't beam them away even by force.
As the scheduled execution approaches, Riker makes a last-ditch appeal to Beata, pointing out that Ramsey's men are not the cause of the revolutionary views spreading across Angel One, but merely a symbol, and executing them would make them into martyrs and worsen the situation. After some thought, Beata agrees, and sentences the ''Odin'' survivors and their families to exile instead.
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* BoldlyComing: One of the more notable cases in the series. Riker not only rationalizes going off to score with Baeta as being part of the diplomatic nature of their mission, but he even dresses up in native male attire, which bares his chest, specifically to appeal to her. Deanna and Tasha [[FreeLoveFuture find it hilarious]].
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!!Tropes in this episode include:
* BoldlyComing: One of the more notable cases in the series. Riker not only rationalizes going off to score withBaeta Beata as being part of the diplomatic nature of their mission, but he even dresses up in native male attire, which bares his chest, specifically to appeal to her. Deanna and Tasha [[FreeLoveFuture find it hilarious]].
* BoldlyComing: One of the more notable cases in the series. Riker not only rationalizes going off to score with
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* MoralDissonance: Despite the above-mentioned low-tech nature of the civilization on Angel One, not only is the Prime Directive being ignored with regards to them, but the opening exposition outright states that this mission is diplomatically sensitive because the Federation hopes to bring Angel One into the Federation as a member! Apparently this is due to their strategic proximity to the Romulan Neutral Zone.
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* MoralDissonance: Despite the above-mentioned low-tech nature of the civilization on Angel One, not only is the Prime Directive being ignored with regards to them, but the opening exposition outright states that this mission is diplomatically sensitive because the Federation hopes to bring induct Angel One into the Federation as a member! Apparently this is due to their strategic proximity to the Romulan Neutral Zone.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is caught.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher. When Geordi is incapacitated, Riker orders Data back to the ship to take command.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher. When Geordi is incapacitated, Riker orders Data back to the ship to take command.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ariel Ariel, a member of the ruling council, had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is caught.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher. When Geordi is incapacitated, Riker orders Data back to the ship to takecommand.command, as he is immune to the virus.
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Riker, Troi, Data, and Tasha beam down to Angel One, where we see just how desperate casting was to find women over six feet tall with acting ability. In addition, the men are wearing tight-fitting clothes exposing a great deal of chest, an attempt to provide commentary, and yet Troi is doing the exact same thing (another reason why Troi wearing a uniform would be better). The women of Angel One are distrustful of the ''Enterprise'' crew, but permit them to stay for the meantime. Aboard the ''Enterprise'', Wesley Crusher has contracted a virus, continuing the Season 1 trend of Wesley helping destroy the ship.
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Riker, Troi, Data, and Tasha beam down to Angel One, where we see just how desperate casting was to find women over six feet tall with acting ability. In addition, the men are wearing tight-fitting clothes exposing a great deal of chest, an attempt to provide commentary, and yet Troi is doing the exact same thing (another reason why Troi wearing a uniform would be better). The women of Angel One are distrustful of the ''Enterprise'' crew, but permit them to stay for the meantime. Aboard the ''Enterprise'', Wesley Crusher has contracted a virus, continuing the Season 1 trend of Wesley helping destroy the ship.
ship. Picard is relieved of duty by Dr. Crusher, even though he seems no worse off than getting the flu, and leaves Geordi in command.
Meanwhile, the away team decides to find the missing crew by isolating something unique to them that doesn't exist on Angel One. Rather than looking for human biosigns, they look for platinum. Riker is invited to a private audience with the Baeta, complete with the tight-fitting attire of the native men, while the others look for the survivors. Sure enough, they find Ramsey, the captain of the freighter. Unfortunately, he has no intention of leaving. The crew has settled in, taken wives, and even have children. However, due to how men are treated on this planet, they're in hiding. Nevertheless, they refuse to leave.
Meanwhile, the away team decides to find the missing crew by isolating something unique to them that doesn't exist on Angel One. Rather than looking for human biosigns, they look for platinum. Riker is invited to a private audience with the Baeta, complete with the tight-fitting attire of the native men, while the others look for the survivors. Sure enough, they find Ramsey, the captain of the freighter. Unfortunately, he has no intention of leaving. The crew has settled in, taken wives, and even have children. However, due to how men are treated on this planet, they're in hiding. Nevertheless, they refuse to leave.
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* CampStraight: The native males of Angel One are distinctly effeminate as compared to men from the Federation.
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The fanservice is pretty obvious with Riker\'s obvious willingness to get down on his knees to appeal to Baeta (so to speak). Also, the diplomatic delicacy of the mission is emphasized by the opening exposition about the Federation wanting Angel One as a member, even though they do not appear to have spaceflight capability, and are certainly not even close to having warp drive.
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* BoldlyComing: One of the more notable cases in the series. Riker not only rationalizes going off to score with Baeta as being part of the diplomatic nature of their mission, but he even dresses up in native male attire, which bares his chest, specifically to appeal to her. Deanna and Tasha [[FreeLoveFuture find it hilarious]].
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* MoralDissonance: Despite the above-mentioned low-tech nature of the civilization on Angel One, not only is the Prime Directive being ignored with regards to them, but the opening exposition outright states that this mission is diplomatically sensitive because the Federation hopes to bring Angel One into the Federation as a member! Apparently this is due to their strategic proximity to the Romulan Neutral Zone.
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unfortunate implications need citations.
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* UnfortunateImplications: Naturally in an episode that tries valiantly but usually unsuccessfully to make a point about sexism by showing a world that is in reverse of both human biological secondary sexual characteristics and also most societal gender roles.
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* ModernStasis: Angel One is described as having roughly a 20th Century level of technology. Yet this is ''not'' their first contact with the Federation. They had been contacted more than 60 years prior, raising the question of whether they had either been very primitive at the time of first contact or else made very little technological progress.
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* ModernStasis: Angel One is described as having roughly a 20th Century level of technology. Yet this is ''not'' their first contact with the Federation. They had been contacted more than 60 years prior, raising the question of whether they had either been very primitive at the time of first contact or else made very little technological progress.progress.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The ''Enterprise'' can't linger too long, as there is increased Romulan activity at an outpost near the Neutral Zone.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The ''Enterprise'' can't linger too long, as there is increased Romulan activity at an outpost near the Neutral Zone.
* TakeAThirdOption: Instead of executing the freighter's survivors, or letting the ''Enterprise'' take them away, Baeta chooses to exile them to a remote portion of the planet.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher.
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* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher. When Geordi is incapacitated, Riker orders Data back to the ship to take command.
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Riker, Troi, Data, and Tasha beam down to Angel One, where we see just how desperate casting was to find women over six feet tall with acting ability. In addition, the men are wearing tight-fitting clothes exposing a great deal of chest, an attempt to provide commentary, and yet Troi is doing the exact same thing (another reason why Troi wearing a uniform would be better).
better). The women of Angel One are distrustful of the ''Enterprise'' crew, but permit them to stay for the meantime. Aboard the ''Enterprise'', Wesley Crusher has contracted a virus, continuing the Season 1 trend of Wesley helping destroy the ship.
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We open with the ''Enterprise'' investigating a seven-year overdue ship, showing just how much the Federation cares for its citizens. They find the wreck, but with no escape pods, suggesting there are survivors. The nearest planet is Angel One, a pre-warp society which is a matriarchy. Women are the dominant gender, while men are subservient. Naturally, Picard gives the responsibility of contacting them to Troi, the only person on the bridge who isn't wearing a uniform and has no diplomatic training whatsoever. The women of Angel One agree to help them, with Picard noting that Starfleet is hoping this world will become part of the Federation (again, they are a ''pre-warp'' society).
Riker, Troi, Data, and Tasha beam down to Angel One, where we see just how desperate casting was to find women over six feet tall with acting ability. In addition, the men are wearing tight-fitting clothes exposing a great deal of chest, an attempt to provide commentary, and yet Troi is doing the exact same thing (another reason why Troi wearing a uniform would be better).
Riker, Troi, Data, and Tasha beam down to Angel One, where we see just how desperate casting was to find women over six feet tall with acting ability. In addition, the men are wearing tight-fitting clothes exposing a great deal of chest, an attempt to provide commentary, and yet Troi is doing the exact same thing (another reason why Troi wearing a uniform would be better).
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plenty of male-dominated societies are shown to be even less developed
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* UnfortunateImplications: In addition to their the issue of gender prejudice, Starfleet apparently made first contact with Angel One at least 60 years earlier, yet they are stated as having only 20th Century level technology. This implies that a female-dominated society would have very slow technological progress, whereas male-dominated ones (including Earth) make much more rapid progress.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Angel One is established to be a world in a mid-20th Century age of development, meaning the Prime Directive should have forbidden Picard from making contact with them.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is caught.
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* StrawFeminist: The defining trait of Angel One.
* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she iscaught.caught.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher.
* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is
* YouAreInCommandNow: Picard puts Geordi in command upon being relieved by Dr. Crusher.
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* DullSurprise: When casting is tasked with finding a bunch of women over six feet tall, they're naturally not going to be too picky about acting ability.
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* DullSurprise: When casting is tasked with finding a bunch of women over six feet tall, they're naturally not going to be too picky about acting ability.ability.
* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is caught.
* TooDumbToLive: Ariel had married one of the survivors, presumably for quite some time, and somehow it is only now that she is caught.
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* DullSurprise: When casting is tasked with finding a bunch of women over six feet tall, they're naturally not going to be too picky about acting ability.
* DullSurprise: When casting is tasked with finding a bunch of women over six feet tall, they're naturally not going to be too picky about acting ability.
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The Enterprise visits a world dominated by women to rescue survivors of a downed freighter.
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The Enterprise visits a world dominated by women to rescue survivors of a downed freighter.freighter and everyone on the Enterprise gets sick...
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The Enterprise visits a world dominated by women to rescue survivors of a downed freighter.
