cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/chevron7/p/987676/they-wrote-the-same-episode-twice
- https://stargate.fandom.com/wiki/Emancipation
- https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Code_of_Honor_(episode)
Both episodes feature a female officer being abducted and later participating in a fight to the death, which both parties survive. In further coincidence, both episodes are the fourth episodes of their shows’ first season.
That user was saying that having a short schedule does not excuse all the problems that make it not a good episode. That first commenter had mentioned “good episodes”, and the reply mentioned that the reason that this episode is not “good” is because of the short schedules or whatever. But there is a small list of reasons why these episodes are often considered not good:
Having a short schedule only excuses one of these points. The other points which make it not a good episode have nothing to do with the schedule. That is what the “not an excuse for racism” reply was directed towards. They understand that a short schedule explains why the plot was reused, but it does not actually explain why the episode was simply not good.