Logline

Uhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound. When the noise triggers terrifying hallucinations, she enlists an unlikely assistant to help her track down the source.

Written by Onitra Johnson & David Reed

Directed by Dan Liu

  • UESPA_Sputnik@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    An okay episode.

    Finally Una got to do something instead of being completely on the sidelines. The whole ensemble got something to do, except Ortegas who slowly turns into SNW’s Travis Mayweather: that one cast member that is just there physically but doesn’t get anything to do.

    My personal highlight was the scene were Spock and Chapel play chess, and he passive-aggressively pushes her to play faster. Very Vulcan.

    What irked me: everyone and their mother immediately started calling the First Officer of another Starfleet ship by his first name. That was weird.

    Another weird thing was Pike’s promotion to Fleet Captain. We’ve never seen this in Star Trek, particularly not when it’s just two ships on a mission. So I checked the transcript of The Menagerie were Kirk speaks about the one time he met Captain Pike. And there it is:

    MENDEZ: You ever met Chris Pike?
    KIRK: When he was promoted to Fleet Captain.

    SNW’s producers were sneaky with that one. I’m both annoyed and impressed.

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      1 year ago

      The whole ensemble got something to do, except Ortegas who slowly turns into SNW’s Travis Mayweather: that one cast member that is just there physically but doesn’t get anything to do.

      I get the feeling the writers don’t really know what to do with Ortegas beyond that she “flies the ship”.

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        1 year ago

        She also delivers the many one-line commentaries on dire situations. It’s funny at first, but it does get old pretty quickly.