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A Matter of Perspective, Gallifrey Gals Get Warped! S3Ep14 (Patreon)

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2021-02-02 18:00:03
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Riker is on trial, but is he this man or the one we know him to be. This season really pulls our heart strings as it makes us question the very nature of Riker's character! Join us as the Gallifrey Gals Get Warped in this weeks episode.


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PAULA DEMING

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KATRINA ALYSHA

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Intro Song by: Pixel Pig by Di Young https://youtu.be/TiC7_167hQ0

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Patrick Armbruster

I found it wonderful how the episode did exactly _not_ feed the trope of women falsely claiming rape. Instead, even the title of the episode makes their point quite clear: Perspective changes quite a few things. If you look at Riker's behaviour _before_ this episode, he quite often tried to charm women he encountered. And if the women found him charming, it's welcome, if not, it's creepy. Let's be clear here, also: This isn't about rape in any way. At most, at least from one perspective, it's about an unwanted kiss. (I'm not saying that's not a transgression, I'm saying it's not rape by definition of the word.) In the case of this episode, the woman wasn't into Riker and felt his "charm" was creepy, and his lack of distance to be non-respectful of her personal space. Riker, on the other hand, had the feeling that she was coming on to him and felt uneasy about it, and he would never even try to get it on with her. The husband's perspective – according to the assistant – was that something was happening between the wife and Riker, and he felt like he was entering the room at a moment when something was happening between the two. Perspectives truly change perception. If you ever misinterpreted someone's intentions (doesn't necessarily have to be anything romantic or sexual), you know exactly, what I'm talking about. And, psychologically speaking, we do adapt our memories to conform with the conclusions we came to afterwards. It's a thing that happens. So if two people have an interesting conversation and only one of them gets romantic ideas, without anything further happening than an utterance of a romantic interest and a shutting it down from the other side, they'll have quite different ideas about the previous conversation a few days later. One is coloured by the rejection, hurt pride etc., the other is coloured by the idea, that the person with romantic interest maybe feinted interest in the subject matter of the conversation or exaggerated parts of the conversation etc.

Anonymous

I like how O'Brien talks about nearly being caught in an exploding space station in the same tones as saying 'oh no you nearly missed the bus'. Much like how Crusher walks out so calmly when Worf alerts her that freaking deadly radiation was about to flood medical. I'd be like, "Bloody hell, s**t a brick! I'm outta here!" and peg it. Possibly shoving Wesley aside on the way to the nearest exit, George Costanza style. (Man, Beverley is so awesome.) Anyway this is a frustrating episode for me because I think it's five minutes and a rewrite from being a really good one. As it is, it's entertaining enough and there's some neat acting on offer here, but it's missing a critical coda. As far as the trial goes I can see how it's possible that a combination of perception, guilt, mourning for her husband and the flaws of memory could have Riker as a bit of a flirtatious creep who comes on to her too strong and his subsequent indignation at the accusation in a fast tussle with her husband could be terribly misconstrued. The issue I have with the episode is that it overplays it too much and the versions differ too much to be plausible, and not really enough time has passed for memory to play its tricks. I guess we have to chalk it up to Rashomon-drama shenanigans. We're in more interesting ground when it comes to Riker's testimony. To be honest if somebody told me that Riker started flirting inappropriately I wouldn't necessarily discount it. If I didn't know him well enough I wouldn't rule out him conducting an affair either, though after serving with him I'd know he wouldn't. Now it's a big leap for suspecting someone of indecent behaviour to murder, and ordinarily that wouldn't be a dramatic issue as the real meat is the concern over whether Riker did behave indecently in the events leading up. My issue is that Riker does have a bit of a problem, and not just in this episode. It's not a problem in the overall context of a fun, swashbuckling, space-adventure show but when you begin sizing up Riker's past behaviour there's something a bit irresponsible about his readiness to respond to most any flirtatious advance on an away-mission. If he wasn't a high-ranking Starfleet officer on a ship primarily designed to be a diplomatic and first-contact vessel, this wouldn't be so bad, but of necessity the people Riker meets on their planetary tours are people in influential, policy-making circles, and Riker's fast-and-loose flirty manner and willingness to leap into bed could have repercussions from even an innocent encounter. This is something of a hangover from Roddenberry's 'free-love and sexy short-skirts' vision of the future, and it's clear that Season One Riker was to be something more of a Kirk-like figure. (In fact I'd argue a more Kirk-than-Kirk when it comes to the ladies. On rewatching the original show I was surprised at how Kirk despite his rep was sometimes more about the responsibilities and the paperwork of his job than the women.) So I don't think Riker's version is completely accurate, and that he is unconsciously painting himself in a somewhat better light. Now the truth is way, way, way closer to Riker's version than anyone else's, but it could be a problem that needs addressing. I wish the script had the time and skill for a coda where Picard really, really comes down heavily on Riker and demands a more professional standard. We'd get an interesting flaw to Riker's character and a chance for Riker to reflect and adjust. Now saying all this, I love Riker. I think he's great and I'd be happy to serve in a starship run by him. (I just wouldn't necessarily want to use the holodeck directly after him.) He's a big damn hero with a beard of awesome and all his encounters have been eminently consensual, if a little eyebrow-raising. This is just an episode where I kind of wish they'd fully committed to revealing a possible flaw in Riker and working to address it, rather than leaving a bit of a queasy feeling with everyone dusting their hands at the end. P.S: The Apgar assistant version is legitimately hilarious. BIFF! POW! SOCK! "You're a dead man, Apgar, A DEAD MAN!"