Command authority and procedure vs. medical protocol and protection of crew: Picard's command-driven, personal response to the duplicate collides with Pulaski's medical caution and institutional procedure—raising questions about command prerogative, pa...
Command authority and procedure vs. medical protocol and protection of crew: Picard's command-driven, personal response to the duplicate collides with Pulaski's medical caution and institutional procedure—raising questions about command prerogative, patient safety, and when personal judgment may override protocol.
Events in This Arc
Approaching Sickbay, Picard abandons tentative explanations and explicitly names the arrival of his duplicate a setup. By rejecting coincidence he forces Troi to shift from empathetic puzzlement to investigative focus. …
In Sickbay Picard confronts the dazed duplicate while Troi and Pulaski translate what science cannot: this P2 is not a mere copy but a psychic weapon—an embodiment of doubt and …
In the shuttle bay Picard confronts a terrified, rigid future duplicate (P2) who insists on leaving — a compulsive, sacrificial act that would save the ship only by erasing himself. …