This was a great episode. It showed how Starfleet handles their first contact with other life forms. They monitor space for worlds that are on the verge of warp technology, then they send down a recon team that watches them for several years ... when the time is right, they introduce themselves. In this case, Riker is injured and while at the hospital, they realize that he is not one of them. Why was Riker even on this mission?? They have nobody else that is capable of observing? The best scene is when an alien chick offers to help Riker escape if he has sex with her. That's one lucky ... woman. What??
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this was a cool story. It was a pretty clever turn around on the "alien conspiracy theory" trope. This time the good guys ARE part of the conspiracy and wants to cover it up. Usually the Heroes are trying to stop an alien conspiracy (like x-files) and the viewer is left wondering whats happening. This time the viewer is in on it.
Though really...why send riker?? i havent seen this one in years but surely the federation would have a special branch that all they do is this "under cover work"
That's what I figured, they should have a special unit or something. But, yeah it was interesting to be in on the conspiracy for once.
Riker probably read in some earlier reports on this planet that all the chicks are huge sluts so he forced his way into the operation.
I could see him doing that
Riker later retired and taught a class at Starfleet Academy about how to pull out in time so you don't impregnate chicks from pre-warp societies.
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