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what cliches?
By sandoval

I disagree with O deus, I thought this was a near-great episode. O deus says it was full of Western cliches: which Western had a group of abducted slaves overcoming and repressing their enslavers? There may be one, but I'm not aware of it. I agree with Trekker 21 that the Skags (perhaps influenced by Alien Nation's "slags") represent blacks in America, not Native Americans. We never enslaved the Indians in America.

The only thing that kept the episode from greatness was that the moral issue was too clear-cut. In other words, it would have been more interesting, I think, if the human ex-slaves had had real reason to fear the Skagaarans, that they might take over again. Perhaps if the aliens had limited telepathic powers (or something) that made the humans afraid.

I also disagree that it was "too funny to be serious" - I didn't notice that much comic relief, unlike the cutesy-poo "Fistful of Datas."

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