In full disclosure, I haven’t seen all of Star Trek: The Next Generation yet, but if/when I am able to cherry-pick which episodes I watch, “The Outcast” is high on my list, and artist Jess Fink explains why in this comic.
I was really blown away by the frankness of the dialog in this episode too. Apparently Jonathan Frakes pushed for them to hire a male actor to play Soren but the producers didn’t think TV was ready for dude-on-dude action.
I would pay good money to see that episode re-shot the “right” way, wouldn’t you?
Kara Dennison says:
Seconded.
Jillers says:
Awesome strip! However, I am anal and geeky enough to mention that, in regards to what the author wrote after the comic, Star Trek was always about real human conflicts set in a science fiction world to make ideas far more palattable for people who don't want to be preached to, original series too, not just TNG.