Picard is ordered to bring Admiral Jameson to Mordan 4 to negotiate the release of several Federation hostages. This episode shows us an Admiral with a past of betraying the Prime Directive! En route to the planet the Admiral begins to appear younger and younger! The Admiral has taken a de ageing drug to make him younger. Picard eventually quizzes him and is horrified to discover the war on Mordan which lasted for four decades was instigated by the Admiral as he had furnished the weapons for the release of the hostages forty years ago. Alas, he also gave the adversaries exactly the same. His 'interpretation' of the Prime Directive... Karnas, who made the call for Jameson is eventually revealed to be the captor! Another vengeance story! He wants to show Jameson the world he helped to destroy. Jameson eventually dies in front of Karnas and Karnas releases the hostages. An interesting look at the devastation caused by weapons and planetary warfare
Review of Too Short a Season
