Fair take. Trying to include a moral lesson is like walking a tightrope: it’s cool when it feels like a natural part of the story or world-building, but it’s sooo cringy when it feels like a direct lecture from the writers to you.
TNG does get more subtle, but it also does have occasional moments that practically feel like He-Man turning to camera at the end of the show to tell you why drugs are bad or crime doesn’t pay.
The “drugs are bad” speech from Symbiosis is cringey-funny. But then you get the terrorism conversation from The High Ground that makes you expect another cringe speech, but then it gets really good and controversial, all of a sudden. TNG S3 is the season with the best writing!
Fair take. Trying to include a moral lesson is like walking a tightrope: it’s cool when it feels like a natural part of the story or world-building, but it’s sooo cringy when it feels like a direct lecture from the writers to you.
TNG does get more subtle, but it also does have occasional moments that practically feel like He-Man turning to camera at the end of the show to tell you why drugs are bad or crime doesn’t pay.
The “drugs are bad” speech from Symbiosis is cringey-funny. But then you get the terrorism conversation from The High Ground that makes you expect another cringe speech, but then it gets really good and controversial, all of a sudden. TNG S3 is the season with the best writing!
Yeah, I’ll take a handful of eye rolls for seasons and seasons of some of the best TV ever. (I may be a tad biased)