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Enjoyed pretty much everything in this episode except the magic super steroids. The sequence went on for so long.. I assumed that I had forgotten something from last series because there’s no way they would have had this to hand the whole time and never thought to use it during any one of the many life and death emergencies?
That aside. Loved the rest of the episode and looking forward to where things go from here (plus really really happy to have weekly Trek again!)
Ah, yes, the star trek classic!
I do agree, though. It was too long and too effective. A quick burst to make their way past the medical guards and into a turbolift would have been more believable and better paced.
I want to see some serious side effects from that play out to explain why people don't use it more often.
Reminds me of a character in The Expanse who gets illegal hormone gland implants that can be activated for a burst of heightened awareness. The drawback is twofold. When the activation wears off the user experiences debilitating nausea for several minutes. Over the long term the illegal part comes into play because you know those things aren't rated for health and safety. This character requires regular blood transfusions/dialysis due to toxin buildup from shoddy workmanship.
Anyway, that's an entire tangent. I'm excited to see if there are interesting complications from a doctor who's strapped with combat drugs of questionable ethics.
I was thinking of the Expanse too during this episode. I really would love for Star Trek to take more notes from that series, but maybe "realistic" science is too much to ask from a show with warp drives and transporters and phasers.
I liked how they explained the red rings around the planet. Water ice with significant iron contaminants would be reddish indeed, though more of a light pink instead of a deep blood red.
I suspect there would have been a lot more dust and rough surfaces just from the rugged nature of space itself, but those transparent crystals sure looked pretty.
I like to call it space meth, or smeth for short.
M'Benga had it. It sounds like he's maybe not supposed to have it.