Episode #78: Suddenly Human
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Episode #78: Suddenly Human
SUDDENLY HUMAN - episode #4 of 4th season / Air Date: 10/28/90
written by John Whelpley, Jeri Taylor, story by Ralph Phillips; Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
This is a familiar story about a human boy who was raised by aliens. Why is it familiar? Well, it reminds of often told stories of American Indians, as one example, raising a white boy which they find among the slain (a comical/ironical version was the famous Little Big Man, both a book and a film). The boy in this TNG story, Jono, is found in a damaged vessel. His birth parents had been killed when he was taken in by a Talarian (Sherman Howard), when he was but 3 years old, but his real grandmother is still alive - a Starfleet admiral.
But, in this as in real life, things do not fall neatly into place. For one thing, Jono's adoptive father will not let him go; he is willing to start a war over the boy. Jono is caught between two worlds - an often-used theme in Star Trek. Picard, meanwhile, must also struggle with being a father figure to the boy, a role he feels unsuited for - his lament to Troi about this is amusing and it's also funny when he encounters the futuristic equivalent of rock 'n roll in his cabin. But, this was mostly serious - an interesting social study of human nature and alien attitudes. BoG's Score: 7 out of 10
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