Here again is an episode I'm not entirely sure what to do with. Wesley breaks an unknown rule on a planet they visit and is sentenced to death which the Enterprise cannot allow, but acting violates the Prime Directive (I know, I know, it would have been a less annoying series without him, but they have a point).
There is a lot of silliness and some things simply don't add up--namely, that they would be visiting a pre-warp society in the first place given the Prime Directive. Still, bad as that may be, the concept is interesting and worth analyzing when it comes to citizens of one group visiting another and the potential consequences and how to seek peaceful relations. There's a very good quote where Data asks Picard if one life is worth 1000, and Picard responds that he will not make this a matter of arithmetic.
As much as it pains me, I'm going to call this one Good.
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