Oh, Dr. Crusher, there you go investigating biological weaponwy…
“Scan and magnify.” giggle Especially given the discussion this past podcast.
“That photo was taken over 50 years ago!”
Congratulations, Riker. You bagged yourself a cougar. 
well, maybe not the Enterprise… :eek:
Why didn’t they just beam her off the ship?
Why didn’t they just beam her away?
Lethal force was hardly necessary.
From Memory Alpha:
Bond explained why Picard seemingly has no reaction to Riker killing Yuta. “Regarding Picard, I’m afraid there is a reason for his lack of reaction: opticals. He couldn’t move for that one period where she gets vaporized. In retrospect, maybe it was kind of a mistake of mine. I just had this idea that it would be really neat that when she’s vaporized, Picard was there, in the shot. That meant putting several layers of elements into the shot and in order for it to work properly, Picard had to stay still. Not a good reason. When I saw it, I actually regretted the decision, but by then the ship had sailed. Believe me, Patrick noticed too. He even asked, ‘I’m just supposed to sit here and do nothing?’ The other problem is what could he do? We knew Riker had to kill the girl and we didn’t want to get Picard shot by the phaser. In retrospect, what I should have done is what you usually do – don’t have him in the shot. If he’s not, then the audience doesn’t think, ‘Why doesn’t Picard react?’ We had a lot of rationales at the time, but we were wrong. Overall, though, I’m real proud of the episode.”
Never ceases to amaze me. :rolleyes:
The Federation science outpost attacked by the Gatherers just prior to the episode used a large scenic background painting originally from the classic 1956 movie Forbidden Planet. The painting is a planetscape seen through the window of the station.
I didn’t know that! That’s cool!!
so, back in 15? 
Yeah but even Memory Alpha has no answer to our question. They knew she was the one. They knew where she was. Just beam her off rather than Riker risk his life and the life of Chorgan. In the previous post from Memory Alpha, the director says they knew Riker had to kill the girl. It just doesn’t make any sense other than dramatic tension.
Yep. See ya then, Cas.
Or beam everyone else away. Or even just Chorgan. She was no danger to anyone else.
It was an interesting episode until the end. It just leaves you scratching your head and not in a good way. She didn’t have to chose freedom or anything like that but I think a scene in the brig between Riker and Yuta would have been preferable to him shooting her.
Obviously, he was upset that she tricked him into sleeping with an old lady. 
That makes the most sense, given the lack of explanation.