This is the episode in which serious fans learned to despise Dr. Pulaski.
The plot's lesson makes it clear that playing god is always a mistake--good lesson. In the process, Pulaski displays her arrogance is as bad as the genetic scientists, and we hate her for it. After this, except maybe for the episode "The Icarus Factor", when she is revealed to have been Riker's father's former old lady (which in itself is kinda gross), she never gets a featured role again. She was obviously hated by most fans, so much so that the a-hole writer who didn't like Gates McFadden had to beg her to come back and resume playing Dr. Crusher. Whew, that was close.
The plot's lesson makes it clear that playing god is always a mistake--good lesson. In the process, Pulaski displays her arrogance is as bad as the genetic scientists, and we hate her for it. After this, except maybe for the episode "The Icarus Factor", when she is revealed to have been Riker's father's former old lady (which in itself is kinda gross), she never gets a featured role again. She was obviously hated by most fans, so much so that the a-hole writer who didn't like Gates McFadden had to beg her to come back and resume playing Dr. Crusher. Whew, that was close.