S5: E17 The Outcast query ?

Posted by eaglistism@reddit | TNG | View on Reddit | 1 comments

I am currently rewatching the entire TNG on Netflix, I first watched it when it originally aired on Sky as a teenager. I’m now 44 and only recently read The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin.

It struck me there may have been some inspiration from this book regarding the happenings of this episode. Just curious if anyone has ever seen anything indicating any confirmation of such ? Thanks.

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folstar@reddit

Loosely inspired maybe. Trek does tend to borrow ideas, but 'encounter planet of people who are X' is well within the trek wheelhouse and there are only so many ways it can play out when x=androgynous. It would be odd if the episode was about space drug addiction or a barber doing a diehard.

Ursula's beautiful opinion of TNG: https://www.reddit.com/r/TNG/comments/yj8ask/interesting_article_written_in_1994_by_famed/