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LoglineCommander Una Chin-Riley faces court-martial along with possible imprisonment and dishonorable dismissal from Starfleet, and her defense is in the hands of a lawyer who’s also a childhood friend with whom she had a terrible falling out.


Written by Dana Horgan

Directed by Valerie Weiss

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[-] birdy@beehaw.org 37 points 1 year ago

This was a fantastic episode. One thing I liked in particular was that they had an actual lawyer defend Una, and not just have Pike do it.

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

They kept the tradition alive by having a starship captain handle the prosecution, though.

[-] maegul@startrek.website 17 points 1 year ago

But in contrast, this lawyer (Neera) won by mainly by being a good lawyer (albeit in a tv legal drama kind of way). Setting things on fire with the first witness to create a bunch of fog and doubt about the premise of the case, realising that other important regulations impinge on the case and setting up testimony to substantiate the effect of those regulations.

My memory of most other officer-lawyers is that their methods tend to focus more on the moral "issyew" (Picard's pronunciation of "issue" in Measure of a Man).

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“issyew”

/ˈɪsjuː/ is very common in RP. You hear it all the time in parliament.

[-] maegul@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Oh yea I know. In the context of TNG though, where everyone else has US accents, Picard’s Britishness goes up to eleven on that word.

[-] crazycanadianloon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh yeah, an actual lawyer and one who was not assigned by Starfleet. Una was also spot on with her complaint that her original counsel was paid by those prosecuting her. 👏

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