4) “Tribunal” – Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Fittingly for Deep Space Nine, this is a much darker take on Trek’s trial format, as the audience and Chief O’Brien are exposed to the despotic and horrifying twists of the Cardassian legal system—pre-sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, and only aided by a lawyer who wants him to confess for the good of Cardassia rather than to find the truth. It’s far from the first or last time this show would put poor Miles through the ringer.
