Overall a better than average episode with an intriguing plot and twist, yet that's where we run into a problem. Could Picard, and Riker for that matter, be bigger hypocrites? At around the 38 minute mark Picard finds out the secret of the Pegasus and in Picard fashion lays into a preachy speech about the high and mighty rules and regulation of the Federation and their moral code only to then literally, instantaneously, switch gears and agree to use this forbidden/forsaken device because hey, they're trapped and boy it sure would be useful to use an illegal forbidden device if you got it, even though it is illegal, and you just trashed the admiral for his attempt at recovering it. I like Star Trek, and I just finished re-watching TNG because of the disaster that Discovery is, but you know what, this series is just as hypocritical and preachy. I did not catch this when I saw it originally as a kid, but now I can see where the writers of Discovery got their inspiration. Still no excuse for all their other failings, but I can forgive them about the preachiness since it seems to be part of the Trek DNA. So that's my only complaint with Trek in general. This episode is reflective of the entire series. They preach high morals but they ignore them when it's convenient. Not cool.
Review of The Pegasus
