Ethics
- Episode aired Feb 29, 1992
- TV-PG
- 46m
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7.2/10
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After an accident that leaves him no longer able to walk, Worf asks Riker to help him commit suicide.After an accident that leaves him no longer able to walk, Worf asks Riker to help him commit suicide.After an accident that leaves him no longer able to walk, Worf asks Riker to help him commit suicide.
David Keith Anderson
- Ensign Armstrong
- (uncredited)
Rachen Assapiomonwait
- Crewman Nelson
- (uncredited)
Lena Banks
- Starfleet Ensign
- (uncredited)
Michael Braveheart
- Crewman Martinez
- (uncredited)
Debbie David
- Ensign Russell
- (uncredited)
Denise Deuschle
- Science Division Officer
- (uncredited)
Margaret Rose Flores
- Starfleet Sciences Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring this episode it is revealed that Klingons have visible ridges on their spines and feet as well as their foreheads.
- GoofsIn Sickbay after the accident, Dr. Crusher tells Worf that the falling barrel shattered seven of his vertebrae and crushed his spinal cord. However, during the operation, when Worf's spine is removed and placed into the genitronic replicator, it looks remarkably intact and shows no damaged vertebrae.
- Quotes
Alexander Rozhenko: This is part of that Klingon stuff, isn't it? My mother always said Klingons had a lot of dumb ideas about honor.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Parallels (1993)
- SoundtracksStar Trek: The Next Generation Main Title
Composed by Jerry Goldsmith and Alexander Courage
Featured review
Honor above all
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
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
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