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*** In Riker's defense, he tolerates it all. Jellico just senses Riker's fuming underneath his calm exterior.
*** The other officers didn't like the changes either, but they eventually got with the program. Riker has no excuse for his perpetually [[Wangst|wangsty]] behavior during that episode.
*** Not just wangsty. The other officers (except for Troi, whose consummate professionalism in this episode was a welcome surprise) merely had attitude problems. Riker was outright insubordinate to a legally actionable degree (by the contemporary Uniform Code of Military Justice, at least) and had to effectively blackmail Jellico in the final part of the episode ('I won't fly this mission if you don't let me off the hook') to avoid an
** Really, this happens a ''lot'' when the series (or really any such episodic series) tries to do moralizing. The writers would tend to get so focused in on trumpeting one aspect of their pet causes or issues that they wouldn't realize they'd wandered over into the characters [[Accidental Aesop|accidentally]] arguing for issues they opposed at the same time.
* [[Surprisingly Improved Sequel]]: While ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' was good, it wasn't consistently good and still had out-there episodes, particularly toward the end. This show, especially after [[Growing the Beard]], has none of the camp factor of the original series, and has more actual continuity and story arcs.
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