Command authority (Picard) versus medical jurisdiction (Pulaski) and the crew's duty‑of‑care — who controls risk decisions when a life is at stake (procedural command prerogative vs. clinical autonomy).
Command authority (Picard) versus medical jurisdiction (Pulaski) and the crew's duty‑of‑care — who controls risk decisions when a life is at stake (procedural command prerogative vs. clinical autonomy).
Events in This Arc
Picard bursts into Pulaski's office demanding a status report on Riker, but Pulaski—laser-focused at her console—rebuffs him with a terse 'Not yet' and a glare that stops his urgency cold. …
In a flashback to the Symbiosis incident, an anguished T'Jon clamps an electrified grip on Riker and demands transport and Felicium, invoking his people's dying to justify murder by coercion. …
Pulaski refuses to accept incremental improvement and forces the neural stimulator past safety margins. Troi's hopeful readouts are drowned by a blinding, rapid-fire barrage of Riker's most violent memories; he …