Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) Ethics (1992) User Reviews

Classic Star Trek Morality Play

[chris-cerar · 7/10 · 17 August 2018]

I won't rehash the synopsis since that's been well handled already.

But did Starfleet cancel the industrial safety training course at the Academy? How could those barrels be stacked on the second level of the storage rack, and not even be secured? That ship is always bouncing all over the place. Someone needs to get fired.

People Should Have the Ultimate Say in Their Lives

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 2 September 2014]

Sometimes Beverly Crusher drives me crazy. I am a firm believer in allowing people who are of sound mind to make decisions concerning their lives. There should have been no question what should be done. It is Worf's life. It's Worf's decision. That doesn't mean you can't make an effort to convince them otherwise, but in the end, it's his life. There is a possible cure for his condition and he is willing to take the risk. Beverly Crusher is the one playing God, not the other doctor. She is the one providing hope, not Crusher. There was that episode where David Ogden Stiers comes from a society where a person must end their life when they reach 60. It was understood that this was an acceptable part of the life of the culture. Worf is Klingon and this is part of the Klingon being. The thought of someone allowing me to die because of "their" personal beliefs is abhorrent. I'm with Jean-Luc here who makes a real case for Worf and his needs Riker is also a bit prissy and sickening.

I am with Picard by all means

[Filmreader · 8/10 · 10 April 2022]

I am with Picard and Dr. Toby Russell by all means in this episode.

Stupid Dr. Beverly Crusher, Worf would not be alive without the help of Russel. You said Worf without the surgery would be for sure alive although disabled. Picard told you again and again that Worf would commit suicide if he will be disabled but your stupid brain does not listen ! You say again would be for sure alive although disabled.

You said that if necessary you will keep Worf in a force field to protect him from suicide action. And how long? You can't keep him for ever. One day he WOULD commit suicide if he would remain disabled.

Thankfully Picard convince Crusher to allow the surgery and Worf is and alive and fully functional.

Some times we need to take a risk in cases like Worf because Dr. Crusher Worf is NOT like all common humans. Is a Kingon with all the special capabilities for auto-treatment have their bodies.

A moral dilemma

[Tweekums · 6/10 · 8 July 2015]

After an accident aboard ship Worf is severely injured; his back is broken and Dr Crusher informs him it can't be fixed. Being a Klingon he sees such a disability as a disgrace and unacceptable so asks Riker to assist him in committing ritual suicide. Meanwhile a visiting neurogeneticist, Dr Toby Russell, tells Dr Crusher about a revolutionary new procedure that she wants to try on Worf; if it works he should regain full health but if it fails he will die… and she gives the odds of success at thirty percent. Crusher is horrified at the idea of using such a risky experimental procedure and instead tells Worf about an alternative that should return him to sixty percent mobility; which isn't enough for him. Riker also has a dilemma; he finds the idea of suicide repellent as Worf could live a productive life but at the same he doesn't want to fail his friend… luckily for him there is a way out within Klingon custom that could pressure Worf into trying the dangerous treatment.

This is very much an 'issue of the week' episode and it is quite clear who we are meant to see as right and who we are meant to see as wrong. Worf's desire to follow Klingon custom and kill himself is clearly meant to be wrong as it is constantly stressed that he could still live a productive life and if that weren't enough we get to see his son's reaction. Equally Dr Russell's desire to use risky procedures is shown as wrong despite the fact that it is the only way to save Worf from himself; nobody seems to point out that many routine procedures started off as risky experiments. There is also little sense of drama as we know full well that Worf will survive… although that may be down to knowing he features in future episodes; it is possible that original viewers may have thought this was a way to write him out of the series. On the plus side we do learn more about Klingon anatomy. Overall a somewhat disappointing episode with a heavy handed moral message.

Ethical questions arise.

[russem31 · 27 April 2006]

ST:TNG:116 - "Ethics" (Stardate: 45587.3) - this is the 16th episode of the 5th season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

This is a very interesting episode because it has to do with an ethical dilemma. When Worf is investigating a problem in a cargo bay on the Enterprise, he is severely injured which leaves him paralyzed from the waist down, which Dr. Crusher believes will be permanent. Subsequetnly, he is removed from active duty.

To do this, Worf asks Riker to assist him in ceremonial suicide because no Klingon should live like this, it is UN-honorable.

However, a neurogeneticist comes onboard the Enterprise, a Dr. Toby Russell, who wants to look at Worf's condition. When she explains to Worf that there is a dangerous experimental surgery that could fully restore his mobility, even though there is a strong chance it would kill him, Dr. Crusher strongly objects because it is experimental and Worf can still live a long and healthy life, albeit with paralysis.

Can Worf come to terms with his paralysis? Will he choose the experimental surgery? How is Klingon honor hurting his son Alexander? Watch this unique episode, in the true spirit of Star Trek, to see the outcome.

Trivia note: Nurse Ogawa makes another appearance. Also, it is noted that Klingons have redundant organs (including 23 ribs). Riker's also recalls Tasha Yar.

Also, Worf at one point asks Deanna to care for Alexander if he dies, because he has come to care deeply for her (this is I think the beginning of the Worf/Troi romance in the latter seasons).

This is an excellent episode covering topics that even nowadays are still a matter of debate.

[lucianobelviso · 10/10 · 4 October 2022]

You have the topic of cultural respect and friendship, when Riker has to evaluate how far he would go respecting Klingon traditions that he doesn't agree with, such in the case of him being asked to assist Worf in his ritual suicide.

Where is the line between helping a friend in need to perform what he considers the best for himself and betraying his own convictions in the matter?

Should a physical disability be the reason to end a life and leave a Worf's son an orphan?

Crusher's view on Worf's quality of life as a disabled person is also a similar situation to the one between Riker and Worf. Crusher opposing Worf's suicide and at the same time firmly opposing applying experimental medicine on him due to the ethical repecursions and its risks.

Meanwhile Russel completely disregarding medical and research ethics using the opportunities she comes across to test experimental medicine, although with the intentions of a greater good, but without regard to live itself and the consecuences of failed attempts on the patients and their loved ones.

Definitely an episode worth watching that will give the viewers one of the many perspectives on these topics that are effectivelly still current.

Dr. Crusher has poor ethics in this case

[robert3750 · 6/10 · 1 October 2020]

This episode makes me question the ethics regarding medical matters in the TNG universe. It's fundamental that someone owns his or her own life, NOT the doctor conducting the treatment! If Worf wishes to take his own life, Dr. Crusher has no business saying no. If Worf chooses to RISK his life on an experimental procedure, that is not her call. If she had decided no, Worf should be within his rights to tell her to stick it and have the procedure done by someone else. How dare she talk of restraining him. I also didn't like the way she behaved when the procedure succeeded. Not gracious at all.

Just watched this

[GoldenGooner04 · 8/10 · 26 February 2022]

It's interesting with the Covid Vaccine, a lot of people say it was rushed and its dangerous, but millions of people have gained from it. Including me At the end of the day, should your life be up to you?

Klingon values

[bkoganbing · 7/10 · 19 September 2017]

In the original Star Trek series the Klingons were presented as a just a simple race who just liked to fight. But with TNG and the addition of Michael Dorn as Worf, a crewman on the Enterprise we got a far fuller picture of Klingon values.

Dorn is injured and he is looking at a possible life of paralysis. Dr. Crusher says in time he can regain 60% of his mobility. But that's not good enough, a Klingon is whole or he's nothing in his culture.

Time for a consultant and a futuristic neurologist in Caroline Kava is called in. Gates McFadden and her have some professional and personal differences that are part of the story.

The rest is Worf trying to decide what to do and not having other Klingons around he's not given much support.

These are the moments that counselor Troi is called in. Every time I watch Marina Sirtis I wish our school guidance counselors were like her.

A very good episode EXCEPT for Dr. Crusher's character...what's with that?!

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 24 November 2014]

"Ethics" is a right to die episode, as "Star Trek: The Next Generation" often took on social issues of today in their stories. When the show begins, Worf is injured--so badly that he damages his spinal cord. Now you'd think that in the 24th century this would be no problem, but it is and Dr. Crusher thinks there is nothing they can do to make Worf regain his ability to walk. Not surprisingly for his character, Worf decides the best thing is to die and he asks Riker to help him end his life. However, Riker isn't about to just kill his friend. At the same time, Dr. Crusher seems amazingly content with just leaving Worf this way and keeping guards about him so he doesn't kill himself--which seems terribly unrealistic. However, another doctor thinks she MIGHT be able to heal Worf--and throughout this entire plot, Dr. Crusher inexplicably battles the other doctor. And, after this doctor IS able to heal Worf, Dr. Crusher then tells this doctor that she sucks!!

I don't understand any of Dr. Crusher's behaviors in this show...NONE. On one hand she wants to force Worf to accept his paralysis and on the other she fights the doctor who is offering Worf an option. And, when all ends well, Crusher seems...crushed! This is all a HUGE and confusing part of the show and it's a darn shame as otherwise this is a VERY important episode about a topic that needs to be discussed. I have no idea why they didn't just address the right to die without all this confusing and illogical writing. Good...very good--aside from the Crusher portions of the show.

Almost a great episode

[timbrown-43758 · 6/10 · 21 February 2021]

What could have been a great episode was ruined by one thing....Dr. Beverly Crusher. She was right for not allowing Worfs suicide but her actions regarding an experimental medical procedure were just way over the top. Considering that Worf was not going to ever give in and accept his paralysis, how could she take the position she did? Even Picard was on board. And while her lashing of the visiting doctors actions at the end were likely warranted, her arrogant holier than thou attitude throughout the episode were ridiculous. How many times has she tried crazy ideas to save someone in other episodes? I'd say very many.

Grotesque

[Glitterykittywitch · 1/10 · 9 December 2022]

Skip it.

It could have been an interesting episode but it massively misses the mark for me personally.

The episode falls into the classic TV trap of trying to talk about disability but not really knowing what it is trying to say.

Worf becomes disabled and wants to die, I can not believe in a society as supposedly advanced as the federation that the use euthanasia for life limiting or terminal cases of illness had not been decided, sanctioned and regulated already.

The visiting doctor (only interested in advancing her study rather than the best interest of the patient), and doc Crusher (only interested in her definition of medicine rather than the best interest and wishes of her patient) clash.

Troi basically telling Worf to suck it up for the good of his son.

Worf, not swallowing his own "Klingon pride" for the good of his son, who has already lost a mother lets not forget.

The whole episode falls flat without really answering the questions because of course with the magic of TV plot armour Worf gets better anyway, a reality that few in real life will achieve .

Worf's Accident

[Samuel-Shovel · 6/10 · 24 April 2020]

In "Ethics" an accident leads to Worf's paralysis. Worf asks for Riker's help in assisting his suicide. A specialist comes aboard proposing an experimental surgery to cure Worf... but it could also kill him.

This is a very talkative episode with no real action in site beyond a barrel falling on Word in the cold open. It's definitely an episode focusing more on ideas than anything.

I like the little feud between the two doctors: research vs. practicing doctors. The crew's opinions on assisted suicide is interesting too. I'm surprised how many of them have what I would consider to have dated ideals on the subject, especially Riker.

The best touch to me is the Klingon's anatomy callback in the episode. It's Worf's body's system of redundancies that bring him back to life and the security chief we know and love.

That's a very human perspective, Will

[snoozejonc · 7/10 · 29 September 2021]

Worf has an accident that leads to paralysis and Dr Crusher faces an ethical dilemma.

This is an interesting but slightly melodramatic episode that lives up to its title.

The plot is a very straightforward medical drama that addresses a number of points such as experimental treatment, and assisted suicide. It also attempts to create moments of suspense, but this largely fails due to the level of the stakes involved.

When it addresses the issues at the heart of the story it is at its most effective. The conflict between Dr Crusher and Dr Russell is the strongest point for me. Gates McFadden gives one of her best performances with a very intriguing subject.

The parallel conflict between Worf and Riker is also pretty good, but a lot more aggressively stated. Jonathan Frakes puts his heart into the argument, but the writing associated with Riker's stance on the subject is a bit preachy at times.

Michael Dorn does a great job portraying Worf as you would expect the character to react in this circumstance. His interactions with everyone are excellent. He is such a cool character.

As ever Captain Picard puts his ultimate philosophical stamp on both arguments and Patrick Stewart does it with his usual level of class.

It ends with an attempt at creating suspense that is fairly well made, but falls flat because we obviously know what the outcome will be and even how we might get there due to a hint given earlier.

Honor above all

[Mr-Fusion · 6/10 · 10 May 2017]

well, if you're going to do an episode on assisted suicide, Worf's the right character; to a Klingon, paralysis is a death sentence, and those guys do not abide disgrace.

As written, this is standard morality stuff. Debate rages between Riker and Work, Riker and Picard, Picard and everybody, all the while a cavalier scientist is onboard with a risky untested procedure.

It's the acting from almost everyone that makes this work as well as it does. Frakes' pleas are heartfelt, McFadden's indignation comes from a place of caring for her patient, and Stewart knows how to play up the grand moralizing.

It's nice to see an emphasis on the crew as family, but it also feels like these characters are convenient topical mouthpieces.

6/10

To Be Or Not To Be... Klingon

[dalefl · 6/10 · 8 February 2022]

Everyone else has covered the issues regarding right to die, experimental techniques, etc, so I'm going to cover one that no one has brought up yet. Jean Luc Picard is a complete and total hypocrite in this episode.

In an episode called Reunion just the previous season Worf acts within Klingon law and tradition by challenging and killing the murderer of his mate, K'Ehleyr. For that Picard dressed him down, lectured him about not bringing his culture onboard a Federation starship, and asked him if he wanted to resign. In this episode he does the exact opposite and actually tries to convince Riker, by trying to help him see that it is BECAUSE of tradition and belief, to participate in a Klingon ritual that would assist Worf in killing himself. That can not be rectified within the continuity of the character.

A good idea poorly executed.

[wwcanoer-tech · 6/10 · 30 January 2022]

If you were to seriously injure Warf, how would you do it?

I bet that absolutely nobody would have a barrel fall on him! Boring. Plus, from the camera view behind the barrel, I thought that we were looking though the eyes of an intruder.

Exploring Warf's reaction to losing the use of his legs is an excellent idea worth exploring. Combining it with medical ethics by introducing a reckless doctor is good, but the execution is dismal.

The writers needed an event to show the visiting doctor taking an unreasonable risk. Good. Understandable. So, they have the Enterprise rescue hundreds of injured people who only appear for the 5 minutes needed to show the doctor's ethical faults, and then are never mentioned again. Bizarre!

Then, all that happens is that Dr. Crusher bans her from practicing on the Enterprise? We don't see Dr. Crusher inform Picard. We don't see Picard express his disgust at her action. Instead, we see Picard nonchalantly say "So, you banned her from practicing on the Enterprise" as if he heard a gossip that she broke a glass in Ten Forward. It made no sense, especially for a major plot point.

To show her flaw, the writers only needed 2 patients, one to occupy Dr. Crusher and one for the visiting doctor. So easy! Simply have an accident. One patient goes direct to sick bay where the visiting doctor treats her. Dr. Crusher and the other medical staff stay at the accident scene treating a more critical patient who can't yet be moved. When Dr. Crusher returns to sick bay, she's surprised to discover the dead crew member and shocked at the treatment given. This would make the drama of the decision to let her operate again to be a vibrant scene with much emotion, rather than not even being mentioned.

It was not surprising that the Warf's operation turned critical but what happened made no sense at all. They state that Warf has died. This likely shocks most the audience but I bet that half of them expect him to be revived but wonder how they can revive him when all life support has been turned off. I thought that his son, Alexander, would hit his father in anger, or otherwise do something dramatic that would stir Warf's soul and revive him, but all Alexander did was cry.

We then see Warf take a breath and Dr. Crusher turn the monitors back on and remark that he must have a back-up function for his brain. Say what?! He wasn't breathing for a considerable time. Unless he has an oxygen storage system, that's not plausible. Why wouldn't the writers follow the current standard practice of keeping a person on life support until the family can gather, say their goodbyes, and then turn off the machines to let him die. Then everything would be plausible! Warf would be breathing but the monitors show him as brain dead. Alexander comes in and gets angry at his father for having such a risky operation and then Warf reacts to Alexander's presence. It would flow so much better.

An episode with good potential that fell flat.

One of the episodes I would definitely skip if I wasn't a completionisr

[txriverotter · 5/10 · 14 April 2023]

I don't care for this episode for many reasons.

To begin with, this is a Crusher-heavy episode. Which means we'll be treated to her pushing personal beliefs onto others and using condescension and hectoring to get her way. And in this episode she's turned up to an eleven.

But Worf is a Klingon. He's more Klingony then all other Klingons we've met. He is rigid, tense and mostly humorless. And above all, he follows the tenets of Klingon life and honor with a rigidity that most humans don't understand.

For Worf, losing his ability to move about on his on means he has lost his honor. He is no longer a warrior, capable of defending the Federation or his Klingon homeland. It's as if he is already dead, or worse, like a warrior who has been captured but not allowed to die.

I can't understand that mentality, no one on the Enterprise can understand it either. For humans, it's a matter of changing your outlook and working with what you've got. One can still live a great life and give as much back as before.

I personally don't view this episode, or Worf's beliefs or decisions, based on real life, but within the confines of the Trek 'verse. And within those confines, Worf has a right to end his life, when and how he desires. It is not up to me, and it doesn't matter what I think.

Yes, he has a son to think about, but in Worf's eyes, he would only bring shame to Alexander in his current condition. It sounds crazy, but it's part of the show and part of this character. And Worf will never change.

As someone else stated in their review, Riker's anger when discussing Worf's suicide with Picard, makes him look more unhinged than he's accusing Worf of being. I don't understand what the writers were trying to portray with Riker here. All of the bridge officers know Worf as well as anyone can, but act like this request is coming out of left field. Riker is shocked and so angry he can barely control himself. What? First of all, why is he so shocked? He knows Worf and he knows Klingons. They take their deaths as seriously as they take their lives. So he doesn't want to assist Worf in his suicide. Rather than tell him that and explain why, they have him looking completely unstable and lashing out at Picard.

Then we have the visiting doctor, Dr Russell. Crusher has a problem with Russell right away when she learns how the doctor does her work. She experiments on people who are injured beyond response to regular, known medical treatment and will die if a new treatment is not found. And Beverly explicitly states that this is what she has a problem with: treating patients in emergency situations who have no alternatives. But how else will new treatments ever move beyond experimental, if they aren't done on someone who needs them? It isn't ethical to experiment on patients who don't need radical medical care, but that's not the issue here. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, or missed some crucial dialogue, but I felt this was simply more of Crusher pounding someone else over the head with her own beliefs.

In Worf's case, he was going to commit suicide one way or the other. Despite Beverly's littler tantrum saying she'd put him under restraints if she had to, Worf would not be in her sick bay forever, and he would do what he wanted as soon as able. Therefore, why not let Dr Russell try her new treatment? Which, of course, does work. And yet, Crusher still acts petty and unprofessional when Russell comes to tell her goodbye.

This isn't a great episode, IMHO. It feels like the writers didn't know where they wanted to go, so went everywhere without giving any story line full meaning. They either needed a two-parter or less thrown in.

Lay off of Crusher

[ileas · 7/10 · 22 December 2020]

Ok, first, I agree that Dr. Crusher had no business refusing to try a treatment Worf was on board with, but as for assisted suicide...no, no way, no how, na-na. No one can convince me otherwise. I know about suicide, both contemplating it for myself, and seeing the affects on friends that had family members commit suicide. Their grief was painfully different than grief from someone dying a different way. I saw a friend lose her teenage son, my brother's friend, and it still wasn't the same kind of grief I witnessed with my other friends who'd lost loved ones to suicide. It was utterly, utterly heartbreaking, and that people would actually condone it instead of saying that another way of coping should be found and encouraged is disgusting to me. Good for Crusher for not letting Worf do it, it would have been selfish on his part. His suffering and shame would be over, but he wouldn't have had to deal with the fallout. And as far as the doctor who took risks, yes, the procedure worked, but only because of Worf's back up systems. Her other patient died because of her recklessness. I loved it when Crusher told her off.

Somebody missed a Goof

[leewatch · 1 November 2020]

On the walk from the transporter room, Dr Russell says they are in "unchartered waters", instead of "uncharted".

Dr Evil Hilary Clinton.

[thevacinstaller · 7/10 · 8 April 2021]

I am going to make a defense for Beverly Crusher here ----- She's a doctor and takes her oath of 'do no harm' seriously and her interpretation of that oath is that having a patient commit suicide violates it. That's her belief and she's fighting for it the same way that Worf fought for his right to die. Clearly, it should be Worf's choice but Crusher's response makes perfect sense to me.

I enjoyed watching the back and forth between Evil Hilary Clinton and Dr. Crusher. In our current age the medical profession certainly has people like this or people who push unproven pills because they get $$$$, in this paticular case it's more a matter of ego and prestige and the ends justify the means approach.

The episode resolves with the 'ends justify the means' approach actually saving Worf's life. That's an interesting moral dilemma to end the episode on.

Bev, I forgive you ---- You do you!

Pretty good but not exceptional.

Turns out the ends do justify the means in this case.

[amusinghandle · 6/10 · 16 March 2024]

This has happened a few times in star trek ---- the presentation of the debate over 'ends justifying the means' and often the resolution is a positive one. I like star trek to be murky from time to time and we are left being thankful for the questionable ethics of the doctor with this episode.

Was this episode trying to say something about 'right to die'? No, right? Because if it was ---- It seems to be suggesting that your friends hold the power over whether you live or die by initiating a powerful speech about how your existence enriches their lives. Maybe he should have went with Data? Well, it all worked out anyways. Who is Worfs BFF? Picard? Riker? I don't even know anymore.

Star Trek leans into the idea that Doctors are paragons of altruistic virtue who are guided by oaths/principles. Well, while I am sure there is a large majority who are decent human beings at heart there is also a minority who view people as a resource to mine for money. I enjoyed a little peak behind the curtain.

I would have gone for the surgery and I am only one quarter klingon! If you see Dr Toby at the medicentre ---- I recommend running but it might work out if your going into emerg.

"I want you to help me die."

[classicsoncall · 7/10 · 4 March 2024]

Lieutenant Worf's (Michael Dorn) Klingon warrior spirit takes center stage in this episode, after the Enterprise officer suffers a paralyzing injury that apparently offers no hope of cure. That is, until visiting Doctor Toby Russell (Caroline Kava) arrives with an experimental device she's been developing called a genetronic replicator. The ensuing surgery would involve removing Worf's damaged spine and replacing it with one created by the replicator. It sounds kind of gruesome if you really think about it, and for her part, Dr. Beverly Crusher is adamantly opposed to treating Worf with the experimental procedure that up till now had not been tested on humanoids, and even though tested holographically, it had only a thirty two percent success rate. While the arguments ensue between the two doctors, Worf attempts to enlist Commander Riker's (Jonathan Frakes) help in ending his life. Riker is appalled at the thought, resulting in some thoughtful dialog between them, as well as a surprising (at least to me) stance taken by Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) that Riker ought to seriously consider his friend's request. The presence of Worf's son Alexander (Brian Bonsall) also adds some poignancy to the episode, especially when Worf asks Counselor Troi (Marina Sirtis) to become his surrogate parent should he die. Well, from the outset, you pretty much knew that Worf wouldn't be allowed to die in the story, but it looked pretty grim at one point. Discussion at the beginning of the story about Klingon anatomical redundancy resulted in a last minute miracle after Dr. Crusher had pronounced him dead! Which all pointed to the fact that you just couldn't keep a good Klingon down.

The right to die

[skiop · 4/10 · 25 February 2016]

Worf's spine is crushed, leaving him paralyzed. He wants to perform a ritual suicide to die with honor, but the self-righteous Crusher and Riker want to force him to live with the disability. Meanwhile, a specialist comes on board with an experimental procedure that could make it possible for Worf to walk again, but she meets constant resistance from Crusher.

For a normally left-wing show, this episode has a strong stench of the right-wing moral police. We're lead to believe that Worf shouldn't commit suicide, because of some moral objection two other characters have (when it's not about their lives). Other reviewers have mentioned "Half a Life" and how the message was not to interfere with another culture with a ritual suicide, but here, the exact opposite message is preached. They're right about the contradictory messages between these two episodes.

The episode reminds me of the Terri Schiavo case. She was in a persistent vegetative state and as per her positions from before going into a coma, she didn't want to be on prolonged life support, but the conservatives decided to stick their nose in and there was a huge polemic where there didn't need to be.

On the other hand, if this episode had focused on the ethics of the specialist using patients as objects of experimentation, it might have had a good message, but in the end, it seems to have been written by a preacher who wanted to push his life-is-sacred dogma even when he's not in church.

Platitudes

[jimdavidson-19532 · 2/10 · 1 May 2019]

Maybe one of the worst episodes. The writers couldn't decide whether the story should be about the right to choose one's death or experimental medicine and taking risks to preserve life. In typical poorly conceived fashion, the writers chose to push both agendas, then punish the researcher who made life possible. Another bad episode straight of the the worst Hollywood hack's Powerbook.