Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - Season 3 Viewing (Spoilers)

[pukunui]

My comment wasn't 'oh good she's cured' it was 'oh, the plot point has been completely forgotten'.

And I'm saying that I don't agree that it has. Just because it doesn't come up every episode doesn't mean it's been dropped. La'an's Gorn-related trauma didn't come up every episode in the two prior seasons.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

My comment wasn't 'oh good she's cured' it was 'oh, the plot point has been completely forgotten'.

Sure, but that's a premature comment. If we hit the end of the series without her PTSD deal coming up again, then absolutely, it was probably forgotten/dismissed (i.e. I guess whatever Number One recommend just worked!), because it's not something that just goes away (especially not in a stressful environment like this), but until then, one or two episodes not bringing up an issue for a character who isn't even particularly focused on doesn't seem like they've "forgotten" it to me. I mean jeez, they brought back M'Benga's murder and daughter issues both this season, when you could have claimed they were "forgotten" before that.

 

[Umbran]

And didn't even need to serve out her full suspension. Why do they have so much trouble following through on any development of this character?

I don't think we know the Stardate for the episode. There can be a significant gap between episodes, with the suspension passing in the background.

We aren't going to see development of the character if the character is suspended, sitting on her hands in her quarters.

 

[Umbran]

And I'm saying that I don't agree that it has. Just because it doesn't come up every episode doesn't mean it's been dropped.

People with PTSD don't necessarily have an issue every day, or every time they are stressed. It isn't that predictable for most who suffer.

The real error here is that the Federation doesn't recognize the problems of PTSD in their officers, even when we already know about it now.

 

[Donald]

one or two episodes not bringing up an issue for a character who isn't even particularly focused on doesn't seem like they've "forgotten" it to me.

Introduced four episodes ago and mentioned once in passing in three episodes in a ten episode season. They introduce something that could put the focus on Ortegas and it's not even given a passing mention during all the stressful events going on. M'Benga's murdering and daughter issues were closed at the end of the respective episodes, not presented as on-going plot lines.

 

[tomBitonti]

I don’t think Kirk was feeling remorse, exactly. Or not just remorse. More like identification. They started out as explorers, the best and the brightest. Kirk was contemplating how many hard command decisions like the one he just made turned them into the scavengers.

That’s the thing. This doesn’t seem, to me, to be a hard decision. The actions were necessary to save the lives of millions of people. Maybe not humans, but I don’t see how that matters. On a quasi-military vessel, the decision seems simple, and not very hard. One should have sympathy for the loss of life, and perhaps some question of whether a less lethal option were possible should have been asked, but the decision seems doesn’t seem hard.
There is a thing here, which is that decisions made for large groups have consequences. Most results are imperfect. People often will die in all cases. One makes the best decision they can, and strives to do better the next time.
The biggest fault is perhaps the lack of trying to communicate(or rather, to try harder), or to consider how many beings were on the ship. Not that, given the numbers and indifference shown, the decision would have changed.
TomB