Nope this is another normal episode. That makes 3 normal episodes this season. Mars, Badmiral and the yesterday’s enterprise inspired finale.

Then there was the countdown, ghost ship and the undercover b&w eps. These three tow the line but at least the themes weren’t shoehorned into the stories. Instead they added to the narrative.

Personally I’d feel the only gimmick episodes this season were hangover, puppets, soap and fairy tale. That’s the same number of gimmicks we got last season.

I’ve read season 5 won’t have any because they want to wrap things up. I will be cautiously optimistic.