My two cents is that I liked this episode, because it showed that life on a space station isn't always about Grand Space Battles(TM), but dealing with things like labour and union issues. Even in the future there will probably still be those who want to cut corners to the detriment of workers.

Playing poker with Sinclair wouldn't be a good idea. :-p

I thought it was ironic though that he annoys Earth Gov because he *didn't* use force to resolve the situation...