On My Blog (Star Trek)
Real Life in Star Trek, Pen Pals
https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/03/02/pen-pals.htmlThe outside world in Star Trek
This episode about kids meeting over CB radio sees Earth-centered bigotry and plain old racism, horrifying views of leadership, the least-coherent discussion of the Prime Directive yet, and a pervasive sense that nobody does their actual jobs.