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4thofelevenIn which Paramount remembers “Oh yeah, we already launched our streaming service in Australia, we should probably make the new content available there now instead of sometime next year!”
The A plot here is a pretty standard Star Trek scenario; rescuing a stranded crew while the clock ticks down to complete disaster. Nalas was obviously dead the moment he started talking about going home – though I appreciated that he was kind of a dick, so he didn't feel entirely like a sacrificial martyr who existed purely to make Tilly and Adira feel sad.
The other scenes were much more interesting. I liked the homages to Enterprise – especially since it felt a bit like it was touching on some of the stories that Enterprise might have covered had it not been canceled; the challenges of turning the Federation from an abstract concept into an actual functioning state, and (re) building the institutions needed for it to thrive.
And I like what we've seen of the Federation president, and I hope she'll continue to be a legitimate foil for the crew and Burnham and won't be revealed to have some sinister agenda. Her assessment of Burnham and her flaws are accurate, and on display in this episode – her refusal to abandon Tilly and Adira can be justified, but her insistence on piloting the work-bee herself is not. It's a complaint I made last season – Burnham sees everything as her personal responsibility, and is unwilling to delegate, and that's a flaw that she really needs to overcome if she's to become an effective captain.
Meanwhile, on Kaminar, it's nice to see Saru again, and to get confirmation that, yes, the Kelpains and Ba'ul have made peace and integrated with each other – indeed, the Council's meeting place seems to borrow more from Ba'ul aesthetics than Kelpian. It's also amusing that Saru's now an 'honored elder' – which, I suppose, is true from a chronological perspective, if not from his own. And seeing Su'kal largely recovered and in a better place, mentally, serves as a nice epilogue for last season's storyline, while allowing Saru to return to the main storylines.
(And, I'm betting, ending up the president's choice to command Voyager...)
Minor notes:
- I wasn't fond of the new uniforms in the promo shots, but I like them a lot more now we've seen them in motion. They are, apparently, a lot more conformable for the cast as well, which is nice – Star Trek has a bad habit of creating uniforms that were hell to actually wear.
- Our first Starfleet Lurian, seen as part of the doomed station's crew!
- I'm going to assume the tribble seen in the corridor is not just a pet, but a valued crewmember.
The A plot here is a pretty standard Star Trek scenario; rescuing a stranded crew while the clock ticks down to complete disaster. Nalas was obviously dead the moment he started talking about going home – though I appreciated that he was kind of a dick, so he didn't feel entirely like a sacrificial martyr who existed purely to make Tilly and Adira feel sad.
The other scenes were much more interesting. I liked the homages to Enterprise – especially since it felt a bit like it was touching on some of the stories that Enterprise might have covered had it not been canceled; the challenges of turning the Federation from an abstract concept into an actual functioning state, and (re) building the institutions needed for it to thrive.
And I like what we've seen of the Federation president, and I hope she'll continue to be a legitimate foil for the crew and Burnham and won't be revealed to have some sinister agenda. Her assessment of Burnham and her flaws are accurate, and on display in this episode – her refusal to abandon Tilly and Adira can be justified, but her insistence on piloting the work-bee herself is not. It's a complaint I made last season – Burnham sees everything as her personal responsibility, and is unwilling to delegate, and that's a flaw that she really needs to overcome if she's to become an effective captain.
Meanwhile, on Kaminar, it's nice to see Saru again, and to get confirmation that, yes, the Kelpains and Ba'ul have made peace and integrated with each other – indeed, the Council's meeting place seems to borrow more from Ba'ul aesthetics than Kelpian. It's also amusing that Saru's now an 'honored elder' – which, I suppose, is true from a chronological perspective, if not from his own. And seeing Su'kal largely recovered and in a better place, mentally, serves as a nice epilogue for last season's storyline, while allowing Saru to return to the main storylines.
(And, I'm betting, ending up the president's choice to command Voyager...)
Minor notes:
- I wasn't fond of the new uniforms in the promo shots, but I like them a lot more now we've seen them in motion. They are, apparently, a lot more conformable for the cast as well, which is nice – Star Trek has a bad habit of creating uniforms that were hell to actually wear.
- Our first Starfleet Lurian, seen as part of the doomed station's crew!
- I'm going to assume the tribble seen in the corridor is not just a pet, but a valued crewmember.
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on 2021-11-27 05:47 pm (UTC)