10 Unintentionally Funny Moments In Star Trek
7. TNG: Justice
Star Trek: The Next Generation may
have fewer corny instalments than the original series by virtue of its
comparatively solid effects and less dated writing, but when the clunkers do
come up, it’s striking to see how much the reboot seems doomed to repeat the
mistakes of its predecessor.
Take season one’s episode eight, Justice. Following the crew on shore leave in a seemingly idyllic planet full of underdressed, over-tanned locals who look more like exiles from Planet Fitness than aliens, the episode has shades of the earlier howler “The Way to Eden” in the goofy moral quandary around which its plot centres.
When Wesley is almost sentenced to death over, er, messing up a greenhouse, it seems that the wishes of fans are about to come true, but instead what follows is a laughably inept attempt at addressing capital punishment which proves the series had a long way to go before it could produce thoughtful social commentary.