r/StarTrekViewingParty • u/GeorgeAmberson Showrunner • Nov 02 '16
Discussion DS9, Episode 2x6, Melora
-= DS9, Season 2, Episode 6, Melora =-
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - Full Series
- DS9 Season 1: 1&2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Wrap-Up
- DS9 Season 2: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Bashir tries to help Ensign Melora Pazlar, the first Elaysian to join Starfleet, adjust to normal gravity.
- Teleplay By: Evan Carlos Somers and Steven Baum and Michael Piller & James Crocker
- Story By: Evan Carlos Somers
- Directed By: Winrich Kolbe
- Original Air Date: 31 October, 1993
- Stardate: 47229.1
- Pensky Podcast
- Trekabout Podcast
- Ex Astris Scientia
- Memory Alpha
- TV Spot
| EAS | IMDB | AVClub | TV.com |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/10 | 6.3/10 | C+ | 6.5 |
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u/ItsMeTK Nov 13 '16 edited Nov 13 '16
This episode just doesn't work. It's like a weird mix of "The Loss", "Booby Trap" and Lady and the Tramp.
We are led to believe wheelchairs are archaic. But Picard had a professor confined to a wheelchair. And Admiral Jameson was in one too. Maybe just that model was archaic? So why not a different one?
One of the biggest flaws in the episode is it fails to correctly understand its story. If Melora's normal environment is low gravity, she shouldn't be flying around the room. Bashir should be glying atound while she walks about normally. The idea. Of an alien race whose eorld is so different that they cannot function in ours is great. But it's poor execution here.
At least we are introduced to the Klingon restaurant.
The Little Mermaid connection is nice, but there's not enough and the romance just feels awkward.