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From: artisanmortgage73@gmail.com
In article , weberm@polaris.net wrote:
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>Counselor Deanna Troi, the Enterprise's designated empath who can sense
>emotions of those around her... except when she can't. Troi's empathic sense
>could have been an interesting plot device if it was used properly: however,
>it rarely is and is mainly used for her to state the obvious and be vague...
>One might suspect she fudged her resume a bit.
>
>And, of course, this is all in good fun to point out some of the flaws of a
>TV show I love. I like Troi, and this video isn't intended to be an attack on
>Troi actress Marina Sirtis. I just wish Troi was written to her full
>potential.
>
>https://youtu.be/rdSZecS021E?si=YULOAzBGULjTyKoa
Troi's empathic abilities handicapped the writers from day one. It's an
example of a cool
idea for the first episode that in practice doesn't work. They have to nerf
her powers in
certain situations because she might eliminate the need for an episode right
away. So
instead there is some interference or she can't get a good reading for some
reason or
another. This led to situations like in "Survivors" when they had to write her
out of the
episode so she couldn't expose the truth before the dramatic ending. At least
they wrote
that in as part of the story instead of her randomly not being able to read
otherwise
readable species just because. If someone can read people's intentions, then
it ruins the
suspense. She would've been better as a thoughtful, intelligent,
councilor/therapist for the
crew. She also seems to have good exolinguistic skills that should've been
explored more.
Maybe a better option would be to give her the ability to speak telepathically
with other
Betazoids but lose the "empathic sense" with other species. She became a plot
device instead
of becoming a fleshed out character.
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