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"In 2023, the second season of the
Star Trek show
Strange New Worlds, the
prequel spin-off to the original series, had a legal episode where the civil
rights attorney Neera defended the genetic modifications of Lt Cmdr Una
Chin-Riley. The Federation, despite being a socialist polity, still has biases,
and one of them has been its despicable treatment of genetically modified
species like the Illyrians, who have faced systemic discrimination.
The episode was not only a great conclusion to Una's arc on her secret Illyrian
identity but also an excellent metaphor for the difficulties of the immigration
process and the nature of citizenship, something that many viewers might be
able to relate to. Illyrians may not exist, but people's ethnicities are
discriminated against all the time, and it was, in this viewer's humble
opinion, an excellent way to tackle these sorts of questions.
Many people hailed the episode on social media, and it got me thinking: why are
there not more lawyers in science fiction shows? Law procedurals are one of the
most common types of television shows after law and medical ones. This year
alone, we have on the air
True Detective,
Shetland,
Fargo, and many more.
The sci-fi lawyer seems like a natural extension of our obsession with the
legal system, and today, we are going to examine the state of this genre."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
