I miss Lower Decks :-(

Sovereign class is my favorite.

So this season has definitely had its downs and weird choices, but this was an excellent episode. I want to especially call out the music - it was stirring in a way that very little of other TV Trek’s ‘musical wallpaper’ is.

My only hiccup was a weird undercurrent I picked up on in the trial that is admittedly my own projection. With everything going on in the world I totally get Nus Braka’s anger and desire to just burn it all down, which probably says more about me than I’d care to admit lol. What I really don’t like is the ‘haves’ (the Federation; the billionaires; the wealthy countries) essentially lecturing the ‘have nots’ (the worlds failed by the Federation; us normal people; the struggling countries that have been abused by the wealthy countries) that they can’t be angry at them and the situation; they just don’t understand the burden they carry. Even with Nahle’s reframing of Braka’s situation, we know there are worlds that the Federation has failed badly, and they need to understand that for every Braka, there will be more angry people with legitimate grievances and you can’t just tell to ‘calm down’. I’m not talking about what Nahle said to Alisha, more about her lecture toward Braka at the end.

I know that wasn’t their intention but I can’t get it out of my head and it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Oh those end credits were awesome though!

Fair point. I’m sure my thoughts on this episode will soften over time (they always do), but I think my dislike of both the character of Tarima and the way she is played are making it hard for me to be invested in her story lines.

I was wondering about her socialization as well, although I guess the Doctor/The Makers could have created an entire holographic world for her. But then imagine the trauma of all your childhood friends and memories being ‘fake’, so I don’t know if that would be good either!

Maybe it was because of Mary Wiseman, but for some reason this felt like a Discovery episode, and not in a good way. I liked Tilly on Discovery, but here she just annoyed me for some reason, felt very smug in all her dealings with the cadets.

I agree that I felt this was the weakest. This felt like actors writing an episode for actors about the healing power of ACTING! Just…calm down and see a real mental health professional.

Caleb and Tarima have negative chemistry, and I wish the writers would stop trying to make that happen, but here we are.

The stuff with SAM was great and should have been the A-plot.

Overall I’m still liking the show but this week was a slog.

I don’t play MTG, so I don’t understand how this fits into the game’s fantasy setting at all, or why anyone would want random crossovers like this?

🙄

This looks awesome! Much more interested in this than the zombie shooter one.

If anything, I found it at best too earnest and self-congratulatory. Like, I love Star Trek, but it’s just a TV show! Still enjoyed the episode however.

I’m excited to hear Wrenn Schmidt is in it! She is excellent in For All Mankind.

Stop trying to be ‘cool’ (or whatever you think is cool). Star Trek was never cool. Just do Star Trek and the right people will find it.

One of the best episodes of Star Trek I’ve seen in a long time. Loved it!

Personally, if I see a full trash can I will keep my trash with me until I can find a place to dispose of it. I can’t imagine just throwing it on the ground regardless of the can situation.

Is it just me, or did the orb leader sound like Jeffrey Combs?

Oh snap he was the manager in FotC! That’s pretty awesome then!

The article just mentioned ‘Jumanji’ and I didn’t recognize him from the picture.

I have no idea who that is but cool.

Yeah I’m kinda baffled and saddened that they cancelled LD while moving forward with the S31 thing…