#and thru the horror of that a real and miserably truth that is. still true
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truly cant stop thinking about thinking about star trek tng season 5 episode 17 the outcast when you open my mind it is only tng season 5 episode 17 the outcast.
#i am insanely compelled by all trek eps with tragic endings because of how they explode the show’s structure so crazily#but this in particular like. man.#the fact that it wasnt just her planet it was starfleet it was literally picard saying dont save her dont lose your career for her…#i wonder if riker couldve saved her if he hadnt had to argue with picard first like its so fucked#his rescue is framed as totally the right thing to do and then it’s just still not enough#and thru the horror of that a real and miserably truth that is. still true#riker having this genuine real charged fury and anger with nowhere to go#how do you square this with the structure of a show that requires everything to go back to how it was and never mention it again.#the show gets filled with these ghosts and it’s soooo#womanizer riker silly swinger riker flirty sexy riker snapping out and being like no this one’s real this is real love#like more love even than for troi.#and it’s for this unsaveable trans woman stuck on a world he cant fix and then he has to become Normal again by the next episode too.#What does it mean what does it all fucking mean.#thinking its an episode that is really beautiful and radical and sincere ESPECIALLY for its tragedy but also hating its tragedy because it#was mandated by a world we still cant fix. i am wallowing in that#star trek
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