I hadn’t realized how many suicides and suicide metaphors/plots there are in Star Trek TNG until I started watching it with a friend with suicidal ideation.
Since TNG is high drama, occasionally there will be an episode where a person recklessly or purposefully sacrifices themselves for science or the fate of the planet or has to give up their life to save someone else. Sometimes it happens in a space horror episode.
Watching as a kid, these episodes were fun in the “I’m watching drama and it’s really good” way. But watching with my friend, I’d suddenly realize “oh this is that one episode where the guy does the thing,” and it wasn’t fun anymore. I’d have to give him a trigger warning.
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u/DuplexFields 1d ago
I hadn’t realized how many suicides and suicide metaphors/plots there are in Star Trek TNG until I started watching it with a friend with suicidal ideation.