Star Trek: Discovery 3.11.
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selenakDiscovery is back on my Netflix, and thus I could finish the episode.
Ending the episode with the ship conquered and two third of the away team stranded on a radioactive ship was mean, but in tried and true two parter tradition indeed. I didn't expect us to get another two parter directly after the Terra Firma one, so that was unexpected, but here we go:
....and not only is it a cliffhanger first part of tradition, but essentially the first holodeck episode since Voyager. Now justified since we're 900 years into the future and the Kelpien ship would have had one. The idea of Su'lak growing up in a slowly running itself out holodeck, livng there for over a century, is both incredibly sad and moving, and that's before we get to the final revelation, not least because in a way it's the reverse of how the holodeck is used in most holodeck episodes. Here, the programming is essentially benign and not really malfunctioning as such; it still obeys the original parameters of providing company and education until rescue arrives.
Mind you, the gimmick of the holodeck changing Michael's, Saru's and Culber's appearances to different species is clearly just there so Doug Jones can act without prosthetics in a key episode (or two). It's eerie how "wrong" the human look is for Saru. I'm waiting for part two to judge on the whole "emotionally compromised" storyline, because my opinion really depends on the pay off here.
Meanwhile, on Discovery: Tilly does a good job squaring off against the head of the Emerald Chain whom I'm always tempted to spell "Osiris", but said head captures the ship regardless, which was necessary if we were to take her seriously as a Big Bad. (I mean, if Harry Mudd can do it, but the head of the current biggest crime organisation in the galaxy can't?) I also appreciate we got a scene with her and Michael before the away team left; s3 continued to do good on the "they're friends, remember?" front.
Return of Grey and Adira transporting themselves on the rescue mission: as a guess, Grey's immaterial existence (beyond his emotional importance to Adira) will pay off in the next part and he will be instrumental to the solution. Which I very much suspect will include him remaining with Su'kal, if, that is, Su'kal survives, because right now the ruthless and efficient solution to preventing another Burn would be to kill him (in a way that doesn't make him panic beforehand), but that would not be Trekian. How old do Kelpiens become when not "culled" anyway? Saru probably does not know himself, since in his time, no one ever had the chance to live out their biological life span.
Bits and pieces: Michael presenting herself as an educational holoprogram and her gentleness with Su'kal was a rare example of Michael's ability to improvise used in a manner that wasn't about outwitting or outfighting an opponent but with empathy.
Saru singing the lullaby to Su'kal he'd just heard himself from the educational program was heartbreaking.
Ending the episode with the ship conquered and two third of the away team stranded on a radioactive ship was mean, but in tried and true two parter tradition indeed. I didn't expect us to get another two parter directly after the Terra Firma one, so that was unexpected, but here we go:
....and not only is it a cliffhanger first part of tradition, but essentially the first holodeck episode since Voyager. Now justified since we're 900 years into the future and the Kelpien ship would have had one. The idea of Su'lak growing up in a slowly running itself out holodeck, livng there for over a century, is both incredibly sad and moving, and that's before we get to the final revelation, not least because in a way it's the reverse of how the holodeck is used in most holodeck episodes. Here, the programming is essentially benign and not really malfunctioning as such; it still obeys the original parameters of providing company and education until rescue arrives.
Mind you, the gimmick of the holodeck changing Michael's, Saru's and Culber's appearances to different species is clearly just there so Doug Jones can act without prosthetics in a key episode (or two). It's eerie how "wrong" the human look is for Saru. I'm waiting for part two to judge on the whole "emotionally compromised" storyline, because my opinion really depends on the pay off here.
Meanwhile, on Discovery: Tilly does a good job squaring off against the head of the Emerald Chain whom I'm always tempted to spell "Osiris", but said head captures the ship regardless, which was necessary if we were to take her seriously as a Big Bad. (I mean, if Harry Mudd can do it, but the head of the current biggest crime organisation in the galaxy can't?) I also appreciate we got a scene with her and Michael before the away team left; s3 continued to do good on the "they're friends, remember?" front.
Return of Grey and Adira transporting themselves on the rescue mission: as a guess, Grey's immaterial existence (beyond his emotional importance to Adira) will pay off in the next part and he will be instrumental to the solution. Which I very much suspect will include him remaining with Su'kal, if, that is, Su'kal survives, because right now the ruthless and efficient solution to preventing another Burn would be to kill him (in a way that doesn't make him panic beforehand), but that would not be Trekian. How old do Kelpiens become when not "culled" anyway? Saru probably does not know himself, since in his time, no one ever had the chance to live out their biological life span.
Bits and pieces: Michael presenting herself as an educational holoprogram and her gentleness with Su'kal was a rare example of Michael's ability to improvise used in a manner that wasn't about outwitting or outfighting an opponent but with empathy.
Saru singing the lullaby to Su'kal he'd just heard himself from the educational program was heartbreaking.
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