watching the opening of ST:TNG "Timescape" and imagining what it would be like in a post-scarcity environment in which, theoretically, all persons are equal and there's no systemic oppression anywhere (in theory!) - would that behaviour, the come-on, be acceptable? is it only unacceptable now because of power dynamics?
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Shortly after that is one of tng's least-tng scenes, with Troi, Geordi and Picard all making fun of conference lecturers.
It's a weirdly normal scene which feels out of place because Troi and Picard are normally so stodgy.
And later we get Picard's even weirder smiley face.
wait. WHO is firing on the Enterprise when time suddenly goes forward? the idiot male alien vanished and the idiot female passed out after she assaulted Data. the Romulans have no reason to fire on the Enterprise.