CptEnder

Yeah I liked this episode and the previous… the motifs are great. Just the writing… it’s like dialed down to a 6. I feel like a lot of current Trek could really hit a lot harder with some minimally invasive script editing. It’s like almost there just needs a little polish.

Ok but Total Eclipse of the Heart in Klingon goes hard af

Naw Terrarium with Ortegas stranded with an elder Gorn at the edge of the galaxy was brilliant.

I did NOT have MUGATO SCOTTY on my bingo card lmao

Yeah my immediate thought was oh we’re going a Division 12 spinoff set up. Would be hilarious if it was like X-files but through a Lower Decks lens though. “Yeah yeah yeah temporal wars the Xindi will rule the galaxy. Go to processing C-15.”

In today’s episode of UNHOLSTER YOUR FUCKING SIDEARM.

Every character who “died” isn’t on the USS-1701 by the time Kirk is in command in TOS episode 2. Noonien-Singh is still such a rivaled name 70 years later that Data has to be created on some remote outpost. Not to say La’an is the reason for that, but it almost certainly will be a season arc.

Jurassic Trek! I love butterfly effect time travel episodes. The Dr Who references were pretty funny too.

That said, uhhhh did the pacing of each scene feel… off? Like the whole edit seemed slightly odd, hanging too long creating awkward moments, ESPECIALLY with every away team scene, and the Sol reveal felt flat. It’s so strange to see editing be an issue in any Trek series but it definitely was a clunky handling of an otherwise really great sci-fi episode.