VHS : Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 116: Ethics
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starring: LeVar Burton, Gates McFaddendirected by: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Becker, Cliff Bole
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304458747
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304458746
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: June 10, 1997
Running Time: 46 minutes
Sales Rank: 45318
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 26, 1987
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Excellent examination of disability issues and medical ethics!
Excellent debates on disability issues and medical ethics. It's also a rough time for Beverly Crusher, who has been stressed by several upsetting events recently and this one adds to her quiet distress that lasts throughout the rest of season 5 and most of season 6 as well.
Worf is seriously injured when a pile falls on his spine, leaving his legs unable to move. Beverly tries nerve implants on his legs, but the not-very-patient and image-conscious Worf does not want to be seen "lurching ... Read More
Rating: - good episode
I don't really need to explain the plot of this episode. That has already been done quite well by other reviewers. What I will tell you is my opinion on the episode.
It is really good overall. The only thing I don't care for from Star Trek TNG is how they handle most disability issues.... Most of the time the characters that develop disabilities view them as a fate worse than death (including this one)... and equally as often (including this episode) their disability is miraculously cured by ... Read More
Rating: - Worf has to choose between experimental surgery and suicide
In "Ethics" Worf is injured by a failing container that leaves the Security Chief paralyzed from the waist down. Worf's only hope is a radical medical treatment urged by Toby Russell, a neural specialist who has come to help Dr. Crusher with the injury. Russell wants to create a new spinal cord for Worf, but Crusher wants to try conventional therapy when she learns the new procedure has never been used on a humanoid. Worf would never survive if the experimental treatment failed. Worf rejects Crusher's ... Read More
Rating:  - Insightful
This episode contains an excellent debate on medical ethics. Worf is in a situation where conventional treatment will not help him make a full recovery (necessary for Klingon honor) but a new, experimental treatment is likely to kill him. Though of course Worf makes a full recovery in the end, the argument is not really resolved. The nature of the debate does not lend itself to easy solutions, but it does bring up many interesting points to ponder.
Rating:  - Star Trek: The Next Generation "Ethics"
Worf is severely injured following an accident, and loses the ability to walk. Dr. Crusher tells him his condition may be permanent, and suggests treatments that could could restore much, but not all, of his mobility. However, Worf is not pleased at that, and considers his own remedy for his disability, until a doctor comes aboard the Enterprise hoping to try out an experimental but risky medical procedure that could restore virtually all his mobility. After conferring with his son about his situation, ... Read More
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