Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 1, Episode 8 - "Justice"
Mission Log: A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast
Roddenberry Entertainment
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2014
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Justice," the Enterprise happens on a planet of sex and violence, minus the violence. Unless you step on the flowers, in which case punishment is both swift and final. Can Captain Picard save one of his own without breaking the prime directive?
Hosted by John Champion & Ken Ray
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| 0:00.0 | Mission Log |
| 0:02.0 | A Roddenberry Star Trek Podcast |
| 0:05.0 | Episode 103 |
| 0:07.0 | Justice With my customary greeting of Joy and happiness, I can Ray welcome you to this edition of Mission Log, a Rothenberry Star Trek podcast. |
| 0:26.1 | And with my customary greeting of jogging and doing it, I'm John Champion. |
| 0:31.4 | Each week on Mission Log, we take apart an episode of Star Trek, searching |
| 0:35.0 | for the messages, morals, and meanings, and trying to figure out whether the whole thing |
| 0:40.2 | stands the test of time. |
| 0:42.2 | Sometimes they're pleasurable, sometimes they're painful, and sometimes as the wise philosopher |
| 0:48.0 | Freddie Mercury implied, pain is surprisingly close to pleasure. |
| 0:52.0 | Will such be the case with Payne is surprisingly close to pleasure. |
| 0:53.0 | Will such be the case with justice? |
| 0:56.0 | Keep us in your earholes and we'll find out together. |
| 0:58.0 | Can I also point out that Freddie Mercury also said gimme gimme fried chicken so I'm |
| 1:04.3 | but uh hey don't knock mr Fahrenheit dude believe me I will not stop him now |
| 1:11.0 | okay good, never mind. |
| 1:15.0 | Gonna be a sad and a bad joke, but we will move on on that. |
| 1:18.2 | So justice. |
| 1:20.1 | Yes. |
| 1:20.8 | Yes. |
| 1:22.0 | Yes. |
| 1:22.4 | I so look forward to this. |
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