TNG - Code of Honor

I saw this episode purely out of curiosity. It had a 5.5 rating on IMDB. What was so bad, I wondered. And after watching it, I still wondered. Yeah, it wasn't a GREAT episode, but it was full of action, fast paced, and had plenty of "You go girl" Feminism. In fact, its a Feminist's Dream episode. And yep, it was written by a woman.

The Story

Y'see Picard needs to get a vaccine from an alien society. But the planet's leaders are Macho men, who have a honor code. And when meeting Picard, they're SHOCKED when woman in charge of USS Enterprise security, beats up the Leader's male bodyguard. You GO GIRL.

Later, SuperGirl beats up another macho bodyguard. Then the tricky leader kidnaps our heroine, and stays he wants to marry her. This results in the leader's wife challenging SuperGirl to a "Battle to the death". Supergirl courageously agrees to the fight, (the vaccine is at stake), and "kills" wifey. The wife is then immediatly beamed up to the USS Enterprise where the Girl Doctor MD brings her back to life.

The tricky macho leader then gets his comuppance. Because wifey divorces him, and takes all his $$. The "Macho Honor Code" is shown to be a fraud, and the male chauvanist Pig leader ends up sads.

My Take
Its actually an enjoyable story. Not great. Not very good. But enjoyable. Full of action, and good acting by the "aliens". Jessie Lawrence Ferguson is excellent as the tricky, macho, leader. 

So Why is it so Hated?
Oh, I forgot to mention one thing, all the "alien race" that hold this "Code of Honor" are Black.  You'd think, so what? Or "Good they gave some black actors some work".  But you don't understand Hollywood or the people who review TNG-Star trek online.  Y'see if the Aliens had been white, no problem. But because they're Black, that's RACISM.  Any TV show which shows black actors (not black PEOPLE) in a bad light is... RACISM.  

I wonder how all the black actors in this episode felt when they started reading about  several white cast members (Ryker and Data) saying this was the "worst episode ever" and "This shouldn't be reaired". I'm sure Jesse Lawerance wasn't happy.  I'm sure he probably thought he was just portraying a space alien. But little did he know he was really portraying all black men - EVERYWHERE for ALL TIME.