I actually like that explanation. It makes the most sense and really is the only way to explain why so many of the higher life forms are so compatible that they can even interbreed. This is really one of my favorite episodes for that reason. I mean, really the look of disgust on those guys faces when they found out they were related was reason enough to make it a great episode.
The problem with this episode is that it feels rushed. The setup is good, but they don’t have the time to sell the conclusion. Imagine if any of the two part stories in the series were single episodes. I also think that sometimes leaving a mystery unsolved or still with questions is better than outright answering it.
I agree that the concept that important deserved a little more setup. Really it would have been good to sprinkle buildup and clues throughout a whole season for a better payoff.
Except that it doesn’t make any sense at all because that’s not even close to how DNA or evolution work. The episode is about as scientifically grounded as the one where Barclay devolves into a spider.
In a galaxy full of aliens with the same morphology and 3 or 4 godlike species like the traveler and Q, “ancient aliens” is where the answers start to fall apart?
I’m just saying that 99% of the hybrids shown in any particular series could have still been explained as deliberate genetic manipulation. Many of them are.
But mostly I’m still mad about how lazy that episodes seemed when compared to some of the other episodes that season.
I actually like that explanation. It makes the most sense and really is the only way to explain why so many of the higher life forms are so compatible that they can even interbreed. This is really one of my favorite episodes for that reason. I mean, really the look of disgust on those guys faces when they found out they were related was reason enough to make it a great episode.
The problem with this episode is that it feels rushed. The setup is good, but they don’t have the time to sell the conclusion. Imagine if any of the two part stories in the series were single episodes. I also think that sometimes leaving a mystery unsolved or still with questions is better than outright answering it.
I agree that the concept that important deserved a little more setup. Really it would have been good to sprinkle buildup and clues throughout a whole season for a better payoff.
Unfortunately they just wouldn’t take that kind of risk with TNG or Voyager so the closest we got was the dominion war build up in DS9.
Except that it doesn’t make any sense at all because that’s not even close to how DNA or evolution work. The episode is about as scientifically grounded as the one where Barclay devolves into a spider.
especially when we know he should be evolving into a salamander baby. it’s just proven science
It makes about as much sense as Q.
Or the sound of phasers and explosions in space.
Pretending like Star Trek is a bastion of scientific accuracy instead of excellent space fantasy is just ridiculous.
It is how it works if you design it that way…
See, it’s that interbreeding that’s the issue.
Spock was originally fully Vulcan, and then he was a miracle of Vulcan and Human genetic science.
And then the eugenics war became part of canon.
But the writers still wanted hybrids, because they offer a glimpse into an alien culture.
Which leaves us with a conundrum.
I just feel that there was a better answer than “Ancient Aliens”.
In a galaxy full of aliens with the same morphology and 3 or 4 godlike species like the traveler and Q, “ancient aliens” is where the answers start to fall apart?
I’m just saying that 99% of the hybrids shown in any particular series could have still been explained as deliberate genetic manipulation. Many of them are.
But mostly I’m still mad about how lazy that episodes seemed when compared to some of the other episodes that season.