Wednesday, April 12, 2006
5 star trek episodes today, 4 TNG one Enterprise.
One of the TNG episodes stood out.
Its season 4 episode 6 - Legacy.
The episode is about the chance encounter upon a sister of a lost crewmate who had not-so-good intentions, and here's the end-of-episode conversation between Lt. Cmdr Data, an android, and Commander William Riker, first officer of the USS Enterprise:
Riker: In all trust there is the possibility of betrayal. I dont think anybody ever is prepared for that.
Data: Then it is better not to trust?
Riker: (Smiling) Without trust, there's no friendship, no closeness, none of the emotional bonds that make us who we are.
Data: And yet you put yourself at risk?
Riker: (Smiling) Every single time.
It struck me very deeply. Very very deeply. All this talk about who we really are, about trusting people and stuff.
Star trek episodes are... simply one of a kind. -timetraveller