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Walter's avatar

Excellent dissection of this very faulty episode. It's clearly anti-population, pro-sterility propaganda.

One point I'd add: The "happy ending" has the woman bringing a deadly, contagious disease back to her planet, where there is no apparent cure (or at least, they don't want one). The natural consequence will be a plague that wipes out most, if not all, of the planet's people. That's a cheery ending?

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Alec Joseph Ott's avatar

Thank you! Quite agree.

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