The responses are all live in the thread! Or you can check out the u/karim account to see them all in chronological order (but without the questions, which is…challenging).

I watched the first few as a curiosity, but checked out after that.

Does anyone have kids in the target demographic that have seen it?

…dammit, that’s a good thought.

Well, that was certainly a low-stakes palate cleanser after last week’s more intense episode. Probably a little too low-stakes for my liking.

They seemed intent on inverting common tropes in this one:

The “arranged marriage” storyline didn’t play out in a way that we’ve really seen before.

Similarly, Darem’s overall arc of “I need to stop being such a people-pleaser so I can be my more authentic, dickish self” is…a twist.

Caleb and Genesis put any “will they/won’t they” plotlines to rest (though I suppose they could revisit it).

And Genesis’ deep, dark secret turned out to be…not that deep. As much as I appreciate the inversion and that she didn’t turn out to be a Species 10-C spy or something, I feel like we still don’t know enough about Genesis. We’re going to have to meet her dad to really get to the bottom of her character, I think.

We’ve done it. We’ve achieved the Lazy Cliche Singularity.

We wanted to make sure there was lots of time to accumulate questions, but the Fediverse is unsurprisingly rising to the occasion.

What was the audition process like? Did you have any clue what you were auditioning for, or was it buried under 47 layers of secrecy?

I struggle to think of things to say about “Nemesis”, one way or the other.

I do like the Remans. We need more Remans in our lives.

We’re always here if you want to hang out with the best group of dumbasses you’ll ever find online.

Much has been made about the expansive Starfleet Academy set, but have you done much location work so far? Are there any interesting places you can mention?

I haven’t done a deep dive into the reviews, but it looks like it’s going to be one of those “fine, if you’re into that sort of thing” games.

Okay, I have to admit, I had no idea this thing was even close to a full release…

It’s nerds all the way down.

This is probably as good as you’re likely to get.

It’s interesting that they know that, since it’s not in the official release - I suppose they may have seen the screener already.

As our cadets return home for their first school holiday, they must choose between what their families expect of them and their own dreams for the future — including an aspiring captain who’s secretly willing to risk everything to re-write her own past, and an aristocratic cadet called to serve his planet way before he’s ready.

So, definitely a Darem episode, and maybe Genesis as well?

I can’t help but wonder what Caleb’s going to do for a “home for the holidays” episode. Staying at the school is possible, but it would be interesting to see him connect with B’Avi’s family.

The Academy is a fully-functional starship, so she’s both the captain and the chancellor. She’s 500 years old, is a bit of a hippy, and is happy to lounge around when they’re not facing a crisis.