In this episode of From the Holodeck, we review Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 4.04, “The Case of Chiaroscuro,” a film noir-inspired story that uses Una’s mistaken identity as a resistance leader to explore morality, institutional rules, and the ethics of resistance. While the episode offers a compelling thematic and aesthetic framework, its attempts at moral ambiguity are undermined by narrative contrivances, reductive ethical reasoning, and an overabundance of ideas that the screenplay struggles to transform into a coherent story.