I thought metaphasic shields were theoretical...
Hmm yes I did expect it would go without saying, but the extra reminder can't hurt.
to shreds, you say
A mild counterpoint, because I totally get where you're coming from:
Section 31 is probably the one setting that should be high stakes, all the time. Like them or not, this is kind of what they do.
I wish there was a better mechanism for making these clinical trials happen, especially when there's no reason to think the treatment wouldn't work.
This makes me think that the flashbacks to Georgiou's childhood seen in the trailers might be directly related to the main plot, rather than something that's just there to provide character insight.
I was thinking that it's interesting that crossovers with the Mirror Universe stop completely at some point around the 27th Century. There's a story there.
One has to dig into the novels for some of this, but Picard took his promotion to oversee the evacuation plans, so in theory, Starfleet already knows about the supernova and is beginning their initial evacuation effort.
The Utopia Planitia fleet was a major project, but evacuations took place even before the fleet was built - Elnor's colony was an evacuee settlement, and Laris and Zhaban stuck with Picard after he rescued them.
I had been hoping that such a major re-evaluation of Starfleet's mission would affect this show, but it was not to be.
TrekCore is reporting that The Ready Room is coming to an end with this episode.
I wish I could say I was surprised, but the vastly decreased frequency of episodes was a red flag.
As a finale, I think that was satisfying. I'm glad they got the cameos out of their system last week, and primarily focused on the core cast this week.
The main thing that I wanted to see this season - a tie-in with the impending Romulan supernova - didn't come to fruition, but I'm trying not to hold that against them. They've very clearly left themselves a path for continuation in some form, so we'll have to see what comes of it.
Boimler eventually turning away from the alt-universe PADD was an inevitable conclusion, but I like the reason they provided, avoiding the low-hanging fruit of alt-Boims turning out to be a dick or something.
The overall Rutherford arc was less successful. I guess they seeded it previously, but I always just assumed his implant was on the fritz, so it was odd to see him suddenly blaming the ship.
Is that an angry bullpup version of the unicorn dog from the Original Series?
I believe it was a jackal mastiff, which hasn't been seen (outside of STO) in quite a long time.
I never wondered if Klingons had claws for toenails, now I am.
We got to see Worf's feet once, and I apologize for the reminder.
Or was that Goodgey? Have I forgotten about them?
Goodgey did remain with the crew, and was last seen in episode 5x02.
There's definitely a lot of wiggle room in there.