Summary[]
Newly promoted Lieutenant Ro Laren goes on a mission to infiltrate the Maquis, an organization of Federation colonists in the Demilitarized Zone who fight the Cardassians. She soon gets the attention of a group led by a man called Macias and proves herself trustworthy when she helps stealing medical supplies from the Enterprise. Ro is subsequently torn between her loyalty to Picard, who always supported her, and her new sympathy for the people and the cause of the Maquis. Her fatherly friend Macias is killed in a Cardassian sneak attack. When Ro is supposed to lure the Maquis into a trap, she tells Picard that she has a bad feeling about it. Picard orders Riker to join her on the mission but he can't keep her from defecting.
Errors and Explanations[]
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Character error[]
- When Capt. Picard is talking to Lt. Roe in the bar he tells her that there is only going to be six ships in the convoy and they could cut that number down if they had to but later when Data is talking Capt. Picard he says, "this is the convoy," and the camera changes to view the Long Range Scan 0128 and there thirteen objects with labels, nine white and four blue moving on the screen. Extra ships could have been added to the convoy at the last minute.
Continuity[]
- Riker tells he never thought about shooting on his own people to protect the Cardassians. In the episode The Wounded Picard also threatens to destroy the starship Phoenix. Riker is speaking purely for himself.
Incorrectly regarded as goofs[]
- Picard tells Ro that two years ago, Starfleet would never have considered sending her on the mission at hand. She later tells the Maquis that she was released from prison three years ago because Starfleet wanted her to work for them in Bajoran matters. (IMDB) What Picard means here is that Ro would not have been chosen for this type of mission shortly after being reinstated by Starfleet, obviously because of its much more sensitive nature. In the meantime, however, she must have gained a lot of credit with Starfleet, which Picard suggests as well.
- In the opening battle with the Maquis, when the Enterprise disperses two of the ships with phaser fire, space appears to be shaking. (IMDB) This seems to be a common effect whenever explosions occur.
- Ro says she was sent to the stockade on Jaros II after being court-martialed. (IMDB) This is not to be confused with Garon II, where the incident occurred that got her the court martial, as mentioned in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ensign Ro.
Nit Central[]
- Spockania on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 2:09 pm: Ya know, it's episodes like this that make me wonder about the Federation. These guys are still Federation citizens (this point is repeated several times). They were left in Cardassian hands. Why? I don't know, it doesn't make too much sense, but they were. What do they do? They form a military force to fight the Cardassians. This is apparently their only option.
My response is "Huh?" If the Federation is a democracy/republic with representation by all, then they should protest. Form lobbiest groups. Contact their public officials, try to reopen talks or just have the Feds apply a little pressure. This should work, but no one tries it despite apparent large scale support for the DMZ residents among the Federation (and particularly Starfleet).
All I can assume is that the Federation isn't a democracy after all, but an oligarchy ruled by an elite "council" that meets far from the front lines and doesn't care about the small details like inconvenient people. ScottN on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 7:18 pm: In "Journey's End", they gave up their Federation citizenship. Spockania on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 - 7:27 pm: True, ScottN, that is why it is a changed premise. By this episode (and also in DS9) they have recovered their status, creating a whole new nit. Brian Fitzgerald on Thursday, April 12, 2001 - 6:38 pm: The people on that one planet in Journey's End gave up their Federation citizenship. The people on the rest of the Demilitarized Zone planets did not. - Rene on Monday, April 16, 2001 - 3:04 pm: In this episode, Ro claims biomimetic gel is perfectly legal. According to DS9, it's not. Maybe Ro was mistaken.
- John A. Lang on Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 11:19 pm: The end of the episode was kind confusing. Why didn't Riker stop Ro from betraying the Federation and from defecting? I mean, sure she's a woman and it's not polite to punch a woman, but why not give her a Karate chop or something to subdue her until the shuttle got back to the Enterprise? kerriem on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 7:19 am: John A., you are kidding about Riker subduing Ro, right? John A. Lang on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 12:53 pm: OK..how's this? Have Riker have a transporter transponder to activate & have the Enterprise beam them both out the shuttle before Ro can warn the Maquis ships. LUIGI NOVI on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 3:00 pm: Wasn't Ro holding Riker at phaser point? John A. Lang on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 3:19 pm: Yes...However, the phaser could be deactivated in the Transporter Room (As seen in "The Most Toys") R on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 6:31 pm: The scene might have gone like this then: Riker: Enter---- ZAAAAP! Ro: Dummmove asshat. John A. Lang on Sunday, January 05, 2003 - 7:55 pm: Point well taken.
- Keith Alan Morgan (Kmorgan) on Sunday, February 02, 2003 - 4:54 am: Why are there colonies in the DMZ? I am not a military expert, but it seems to me that if you are going to establish a De-Militarized Zone, you would do it in a barren open region where you could see the other side coming, not through a high traffic area where people live. Either the colonisation was an attempt to ensure the area remained weapon free, or the colonies were already there.
- Bajor was taken over by the Cardassians forty or fifty years ago, so theoretically, Bajor was in Cardassian space, but the DMZ is between Bajor & Cardassia. Was Bajor a 'peninsula' of Cardassian space? Was it such a vulnerable point of attack that the Cardassians decided it was easier to give it up and move their border back? Bajor ceased to be Cardassian territory when they withdrew.
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