Star Trek Strange New Worlds, what did you think?

[Rabulias]

Also, this episode's focus on the pirates and ne'er do wells of the Star Trek universe, cheered me up for another reason. At the conclusion of ST: Discovery season 2, one of my thoughts was "Dang. No more of Rainn Wilson's Harry Mudd, I guess." Others have probably realized before now that a Mudd appearance on SNW is still possible, but the thought just hit me today!

 

[Mallus]

Was not expecting the latest episode of SNW to namecheck both Maggie Nelson and Sybok. Color me surprised.

So far they’re 7 for 7. Loved how Pike fizbinned the pirate crew and the bittersweet Gilbert and Sullivan scene where Spock and Chapel kissed.

 

[Umbran]

Alpha Braga IV?

 

[Mallus]

Alpha Braga IV?

Wow I didn’t get it until I saw written down.

 

[Stalker0]

Alpha Braga IV?

I don’t get it

 

[Blackrat]

I don’t get it

Brannon Braga was the showrunner on ST in the late 90’s / early 00’s period. So, an easter egg nod to his contributions.

 

[Umbran]

I don’t get it

Branon Braga got his start as an intern on ST: TNG, and worked his way up to producing on the show. He's also been a producer, exec producer, and writer on ST: Voyager and ST: Enterprise (on which he also has a creator credit), and has writing credit on the movies Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact.

More recently, he's a producer on The Orville...

 

[Hex08]

The twist with the councilor was pretty obvious but that's ok, the episode was tons of fun. I'm really enjoying that T'Pring and Spock's relationship is being explored in the show. And Jess Bush is amazing, the way Chapel looked at Spock when the kiss was over made me believe she was heads over heals for him.

 

[Aeson]

I thought having a trans actress as the villain was a nice touch. I saw it early on also, but was ok with it. Also having her speak to Spock about his dual nature was genius. Who better to speak on spanning two worlds?

 

[Aeson]

I think the fact that the denizens of the planet will not leave their "paradise" is very telling. It also provides an excellent mirror for our own society. We sacrifice a lot of others (and our environment) to maintain our own wealth and comfort.

Tries, and fails to avoid mentioning Uvalde, Buffalo, Orlando, Las Vegas, El Paso, and too many more.