Here we meet the Ferengi for the first time and they are depicted as disgusting, barbaric, and imbecile, though they gradually become more intriguing characters in later episodes, and especially in Deep Space Nine.
Data gets his fingers stuck in a Chinese finger trap, which is kind of ridiculous, and then there's the "challenge" on the planet that feels very much like the scene from Monty Python, "...and what is your favorite color?" It is kind of interesting, the concept of an outpost so far away that fails to notice the extinction of its empire. Also interesting is the philosophical discussion towards the end of their dealings with the being on the planet:
"Shall I destroy them?"
"Then they would learn nothing."
"But...what if they never learn?"
While there are some thoughtful moments and a lot of laughably bad stuff, I still think this one earns a Bad.
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