if it sounds too good to be true it probably isn't true theme

The age-old adage is illustrated: If circumstances that are extremely advantageous too you manifest against the odds, you should seriously consider that someone (possibly your self) is simply deceiving you.

7 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 3 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
voy5x14 choice crew quick to believe wormhole was real
ent2x04 major Archer had reservations over making a deal with an automated repair station computer to repair the Enterprise for a mere 200 liters of warp plasma.
tz2002e1x20 major Martin repeatedly suspected that his new life was too good to be true, and so it turned out to be.
voy4x26 major Janeway worried that their new opportunity to go home was too good to be true
ds96x15 minor Liam Bilby explained to Miles how he ought to have known Miles was an infiltrator because the good fortune Miles brought to Bilby was too good to be true
movie: Deadpool (2016) minor Wade accepted a a shady recruiter's offer to cure his stage 4 cancer with a seemingly too good to be true experimental treatment, and although it did work, the cure was debatably worse than the disease.
tz1985e2x08a minor Linda came to regret signing a contact with a credit card company of last resort when they confiscated her three boys after she failed to make a payment.