Though an improvement on the previous episode, we are still in the grips of the first season curse here.
Being the first episode to mention the Prime Directive as a motivating factor in the course of action, Code of Honor is an example of some of the nuances to dealing with different worlds and different cultures, especially when the technology differs as well. They need to obtain through trade a very important vaccine, but must figure out how to reach a solution diplomatically with a people who have different standards of right and wrong. This raises some very interesting questions on whether or when to compromise on standards to save lives--is business always neutral or is boycotting an appropriate stance when principles differ? In addition, there is an interesting power structure here with the men as leaders but the women as landholders.
There's a scene that used to annoy me, but now I have come to respect the view Geordi espouses while shaving when Data asks him how anything can be too efficient, "Thousands of things are too efficient, Data--at least for humans."
Overall, I give this a So Bad It's Good because I don't mind it so much as previous ones (we started with the bar pretty low), but it definitely takes itself more seriously than most things that earn this dubious honor.
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