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LoglineA distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the USS Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.

Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman

Directed by Chris Fisher


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[–] Continuumguy@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thoughts and observations written as I watch- I'll be putting this on both Reddit and Lemmy, since infinity diversity/infinity combinations:

  • Wheeee, NCC-1701 in the Star Trek tag!

  • Previously: Last season happened.

  • Little ships flying!

  • Wonder who the lawyer that Una and Pike have tried to reach is.

  • Oh, hey, the Vulcan musical instrument whose name I can't remember!

  • “Fascinating.” “Isn't that usually his line?”

  • The fellowship on archeological medicine? Is that a reference to Dr. Korby?

  • “We must steal the Enterprise.” Buddy, if I had a nickel every time someone had to steal the Enterprise, I'd have several nickels.

  • Lt. Mitchell gunning for series regular next year with how much screen time she's had early on this episode.

  • Okay, having Carol Kane is already paying dividends.

  • And, yeah, Carol Kane doesn't need alien makeup to be an alien. She's already an alien.

  • I'm still not sure if the emphasis one the warp catch phrase is amazing or annoying, but this scene was funny.

  • KLINGON UPDATE: RIDGES!

  • So clearly La'An's augmented ancestors were genetically engineered to drink a lot. Which, y'know what? Fair.

  • Ah, the borderlands, where utopian rules go away and everyone becomes a Ferengi.

  • Congratulations to Uhura on graduating from the Academy.

  • Ah, the old "I have technology that I'm totally not making up that will blow you up" bluff!

  • New transporter chief?

  • Okay, so the angry borderlands people are trying to do some sort of false flag thing.

  • Redundant Klingon organs, the old standby.

  • Roided-up doctors can tell you what bones they broke as they break them.

  • These are obviously Discovery sets.

  • This action scene, while well-done, is way too long.

  • A D7!

  • “We've gotten out of worse.” “No, not really!”

  • “This I've got to see!”

  • I wonder if “Lanthanite” is a synonym for “El-Aurian”

  • Pelia knowing that being on the Enterprise means adventure is further proof that those ships are goddamn weirdness magnets.

  • Gorn. Yes, it stretches canon but fuck it the Gorn are awesome we'll come up with an explanation later.

  • “For Nichelle”

  • Overall, while not one of the better episodes, it still was a good start to the season. It wrapped up one of the hanging threads of last year (La'An), we continued to see some of Young Spock's struggles with his emotions before he became the more-Vulcan Spock that Nimoy was in the main TOS series, and we got our first look at Carol Kane as the nutty new engineer. Overall, I'll call that a win!

[–] FormerGameDev@midwest.social 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

“For Nichelle”

I cried. I also teared up a little bit when Celia briefly channeled Nichelle early on in the episode.