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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Through a convenient mind-wipe, the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals}} Pen Pals]]" side-stepped the issue of the ''Enterprise'''s responsibility to a primitive civilization after making its presence known. This episode actually delves into the messy business.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The episode appeared to be suggesting that a mere belief in a higher power amounted to superstition, ignorance and fear. This was probably a case of MisBlamed, because he was specifically talking about the cast-off religion of the Mintakans, whose belief in the "Overseer" did in fact lead to those very things. Some fans take issue with the episode since aspects of Picard's speech still sound as if they're applicable to religion in general.
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The episode appeared to be suggesting that a mere belief in a higher power amounted to superstition, ignorance and fear. This was probably a case of MisBlamed, because he was specifically talking about the cast-off religion of the Mintakans, whose belief in the "Overseer" did in fact lead to those very things. Some things, and Dr. Barron was explicitly asking Picard to actively manipulate the Mintakans into following a blatantly artificial religion with a fake god. Regardless, some fans take issue with the episode since aspects of Picard's speech still sound as if they're applicable to religion in general.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The mind-wipe from "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals}} Pen Pals]]" was, and remains, pretty controversial, and this episode functions as a deconstruction of that plot device. Of course, this episode became pretty controversial in its own right.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The mind-wipe from Through a convenient mind-wipe, the episode "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals}} Pen Pals]]" was, and remains, pretty controversial, and this side-stepped the issue of the ''Enterprise'''s responsibility to a primitive civilization after making its presence known. This episode functions as a deconstruction of that plot device. Of course, this episode became pretty controversial in its own right.actually delves into the messy business.
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* HilariousInHindsight: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy This won't be the last time Troi masquerades as a Vulcan-like alien]].
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The mind-wipe from "Pen Pals" was, and remains, pretty controversial, and this episode functions as a deconstruction of that plot device. Of course, this episode became pretty controversial in its own right.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy This won't be the last time Troi masquerades as a Vulcan-like alien]].
* HilariousInHindsight: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy This won't be the last time Troi masquerades as a Vulcan-like alien]].
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* {{Anvilicious}}: The episode appeared to be suggesting that a mere belief in a higher power amounted to superstition, ignorance and fear. This was probably a case of MisBlamed, because he was specifically talking about the cast-off religion of the Mintakans, whose belief in the "Overseer" did in fact lead to those very things. Some fans take issue with the episode since aspects of Picard's speech still sound as if they're applicable to religion in general.
-->''"Horrifying... Dr. Barron, your report describes how rational these people are. Millennia ago, they abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!"''
* AuthorsSavingThrow: The mind-wipe from"Pen Pals" "[[{{Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS2E15PenPals}} Pen Pals]]" was, and remains, pretty controversial, and this episode functions as a deconstruction of that plot device. Of course, this episode became pretty controversial in its own right.
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-->''"Horrifying... Dr. Barron, your report describes how rational these people are. Millennia ago, they abandoned their belief in the supernatural. Now you are asking me to sabotage that achievement, to send them back into the dark ages of superstition and ignorance and fear? No!"''
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* BrokenBase: The Prime Directive unto itself has sparked some debate over the years, so naturally an episode surrounding the Prime Directive [[GoneHorriblyWrong going wrong]] would inspire a lot of strong reactions. Further dividing fans is Picard's tirade about religion halfway through the episode.
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* BrokenBase: The Prime Directive unto itself has sparked some debate over the years, so naturally an episode surrounding the Prime Directive [[GoneHorriblyWrong going wrong]] would inspire a lot of strong reactions. Further dividing fans is Picard's tirade about religion halfway through the episode.episode.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy This won't be the last time Troi masquerades as a Vulcan-like alien]].
* HilariousInHindsight: [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E13FaceOfTheEnemy This won't be the last time Troi masquerades as a Vulcan-like alien]].
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: The mind-wipe from "Pen Pals" was, and remains, pretty controversial, and this episode functions as a deconstruction of that plot device. Of course, this episode became pretty controversial in its own right.
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* BrokenBase: The Prime Directive unto itself has sparked some debate over the years, so naturally an episode surrounding the Prime Directive [[GoneHorriblyWrong going wrong]] would inspire a lot of strong reactions. Further dividing fans is Picard's tirade about religion halfway through the episode.
