This article nails the central theme of the first season and lesson... human supremacists in any form lead to destruction, death, and bloodshed. Anyone who believes that they deserve more then someone else based upon their ‘heritage’, any time someone looks at other people as “lesser-than”, (only certain people who…

Same as it ever was... some White folks just melt down when seeing a black man in an army uniform. To them only White people can ever really serve, and these same folks pat themselves on the back for “supporting the troops”.

“You aren’t going to persuade me.”

So your preference would be to allow the teen to stab away, and hope that she doesn’t hit a vital artery or vein, heart, neck, etc? Sorry Officer, but can you wait and see how hard she stabs her intended target before using lethal force to stop her?

My second cousin died after being stabbed by a 18 year old girl who was half his size after an argument over another girl. He was a large guy, basketball player, if you saw him before his demise you would have thought it would take a tank to knock him over.

Yeah... well... that’s like... your opinion man.

Why did Bryant have a knife? Was she acting in self defense?

I agree that police should be more heavily trained on non-lethal alternatives, and clearly they use lethal force too often.

So because you know an officer that never had to kill someone in the line of duty, this cop is a dyed in the wool racist cop?

Yeah this one has us divided for real, and I think a lot of it has to do with a narrative that a lot of us can fall into if we aren’t careful. It’s easy to push this into a “racist cop” narrative that fits how we feel about police in general right now. But...

Technically a fourth if you count Lal.

Q - “My, you have a fine new crew Picard. They are just so... conveniently diverse aren’t they. You find the most interesting broken and lost toys to surround yourself with.”

None of that has anything to do with the moment of the arrival of the officer.

I see why the officer fired, he had a split second to decide and the young woman was in the process of attacking someone with a lethal weapon. I’m not chanting her name, I’m not marching for someone who attempted to shove a massive kitchen knife into someone else. Let me repeat this... She died as a consequence of her…

Easy, it’s a way of making fun of Picard’s advanced age. Remember Q only looks the way he does because he chose that form. He could easily become a completely different person. Or it could be another Q.

I wish I could tell you “it get’s better”, but by the time you get to the third secret Data Daughter... (you read that right) you’re begging for the days where the worst Star Trek episode was a glorified Riker remembers clip show.

One can only hope they go back and actually watch his appearances on TNG.

Q could and should definitely be used to poke fun at the first season. It’s ripe for a bit of a send up.

Also... Data was disassembled and damaged many times throughout the show.

Yes, great diversity. The same saucer and nacelles pasted onto different proportioned versions of the same body, with occasional bonus parts.