The trial here wasn't as well done as Data's day in court in "Measure of a Man", Kirk's in "Court Martial" or even Spock's in "the Menagerie", the tension just wasn't there and it didn't have either a twist ending or a moral victory. The characters were still fun to watch and the sets and costuming are gorgeous but th episode just lacked punch, it started out like it was going to really say something about unjust laws but it quickly veered away from that and in the end the status quo was just reset like nothing happened.