TNG S03E11

In this installment:
(viewed 6/10/2013)

Star Trek:  The Next Generation, S03E11 - "The Hunted"

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"The Hunted"

• The leader of Angosia III, Prime Minister Nayrok, is played by James Cromwell.  Mr. Cromwell makes several appearances in various Star Trek films and television series.  Most notably, he plays Dr. Zefram Cochrane--famed inventor of the warp drive--in Star Trek:  First Contact (and later briefly reprises the role in ENT).
• I like how the two security guys can't handle Danar, so Chief O'Brien has to throw down.  Don't mess with Miles O'Brien, son.  He'll put a hurtin' on ya, then when Lt. Worf and Commander Riker show up you're in real trouble.  That's like the three toughest guys on the Enterprise.
  
  (who aren't androids)
• Who gave Counselor Troi access to the brig?!?
• Apparently having voodoo cells or whatever that let you evade electronic sensors also let you get out of a transporter beam by practicing extreme tai chi.
• I would like to rig all of the rooms in my parents' place to be capable of flooding with anesthizine on command.  Kids be crazy, yo.
• This Danar guy is pretty good.  They'll probably make him the villain in the next Star Trek movie.
• "Mr. Worf, you are personally responsible for the Captain's safety."
  
  "I understand."
  
  So, you know...no pressure.
• It's not a terrifically original story, but this episode is a solid example of Star Trek's way of using a 23rd/24th Century setting to address current (at the time) issues.  In a pre-Iraq War world, the most recent major military conflict to have yielded serious problems with combat veterans reintegrating with society was the Vietnam War.  It was with that conflict--still less than two decades in the past at the time this episode aired--in mind that this episode tried to teach a lesson about the responsibility a society has toward the people it asks to fight and die for it in time of war.