Star Trek: The Next Generation: Justice (1987)
Season 1, Episode 7
2/10
Wesley visits a sex planet but fails to punch his V-card.
8 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Let's face it, Gene Roddenberry and the TNG writers want Wesley to be the central character of the show. We are seven episodes in and more often than not the drama is revolving around or directly influenced by him in one way or another. I maintain my position that we are actually watching Gene Roddenberry fantasize about his own childhood when we see Wesley on screen.

The Edo are a peaceful, honest, god fearing people dedicated to sexing each other up all day. In order to maintain law and order, punishment zones are randomly set up at various locations inside their pleasure garden. Unfortunately, the punishment zones are not dedicated safe spaces for BDSM though I admit that might encourage more crime than it prevents.

Wesley falls afoul of one of these punishment zones because of course he does. His crime? Failing to take a massive hint from a young lady in orgy clothes. Either that or its his outfit. He looks so ridiculous in contrast to the Edo wearing that baggy sweater and what definitely aren't corduroy pants that I can't help but think of the Fonz water skiing in his leather jacket.

Despite how dorky he looks and how awkward he sounds, Wesley still manages to impress the hot young thot by doing cartwheels. She takes him aside, holds him by the hands, and ask him to teach her how to play a game. And in the crime of the century, he tries to get her to play baseball instead of dock the shuttle. Wesley's failure is so egregious that I think his mentors on board the Enterprise should be punished as well.

In orbit we have yet another all powerful non-corporeal race observing the humans with measured curiosity. Let's just hope they don't judge us all by the failures of the Enterprise and her crew.

Verdict: Skip.
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