Star Trek: What Villains Were Right All Along?

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Ever since Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek in the 1960s, the show has always tried to be ahead of the times, tackling topical political issues happening in its contemporary era. The Original Series put a highly diverse cast right at the center of the show, something rarely seen on TV even now, let alone nearly 60 years ago.

Especially in later iterations such as The Next Generation and Deep Space 9, the Star Trek franchise became at creating impossible situations, and blurring the boundaries between what is good and evil, forcing people to make hard decisions based on what was right. Sometimes this meant doing things that are hard, or even down right criminal (such as Captain Kathryn Janeway's questionable decisions), but Kirk, Picard, Janeway, Sisko, Archer, and others. However, some villains were trying to do the same. Two in particular stand out in this regard.

This villain comes from the Original Series episode “The Conscience of the King.” The story followed Governor Kudos, a human politician who governed the Earth colony Tarsis IV. His villainous actions might sound familiar, reminiscent of a certain purple skinned, infinity snapping antagonist. With the MCU's Thanos, there was a well written, and fully fleshed out story arc that backed him up, to the point where many people actually believe in what he was trying to do. He was genuinely distressed about the current state of existence, with the audience seeing the horrific reasoning behind why wanted to do what he did. It’s believable that his methods were pure and well intended, despite condemning his actions — something even he does.

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