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LoglineA distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the USS Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.

Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman

Directed by Chris Fisher


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[–] MagikarpeDiem@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I understand if I get a slew of downvotes, but I thought that episode was pretty bad. The pacing was weird and many of the sequences involving the mining planet felt poorly written (what's with the Witcher potion?). I feel like I'm the only person not into the whole Spock/Chapel thing, so seeing that pushed harder was cringe for me.

I agree completely. This Episode was not very good. Star Trek is best when smart people come up with brilliant ways to solve a problem. Beating up 20 klingons with super potion is just lazy writing and dumb. Stealing the Enterprise was unnecessary. Just write the Admiral to not be a dumbass and allow the mission.

[–] EdgarPoetry@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago

I thought it was a pretty middling effort. The whole Witcher John wick sequence was quite bad though.

I laughed out loud with that "camera flip" when they opened a hatch to go down a floor. Like usually this signifies a gravity shift, but noo. It was just "let's flip the view upside down. Go up/down. And then flip back". Completely pointless and silly. 😁

[–] TIinPA@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like the Spock/Chapel ship but you’re dead on with everything else.

[–] Hogger86@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Don't forget the money hungry selfish plotters suddenly on a suicide mission