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I would suggest seeking out some of his other work and I think you will see how and why he fits this show so well. I'm partial to The Rehearsal myself. NOTHING else like it on tv before or since. The Gaza strip joke in the show was very unintentionally topical. Was that Dean Cain as the blue lives matter guy? If so, what a real life meets art moment.

For me the hubris and arrogance of Ed has outstayed it's welcome, but as a character I still find him compelling. It's about time someone hit him in the face with some truth. Also agree with this and think one of the best parts of the show is the way the characters really do emulate traits of people we know in our lives at some point. The arrogant know-it-all, the self-righteous stick in the mud, the jewel smuggling HVAC guy....ok, maybe 2/3. I bet Dev can rock a black turtleneck.

The fire burns oooon.

I actually liked this episode. The show does demand suspension of belief on several fronts, but I'm all in to see where this is going.

Bill has it backwards. College educated people see systemic racism because they work with and in the very systems where racism resides.

-Really enjoyed this episode; perhaps more than the first because it's not weighed down with all of the table-setting. -Surprised a couple of tiny humans can house so much tequila at once and live to tell the tale. -Ed Baldwin is an a-hole, but a really interesting television character. I wish he would get on the first ship back home, but I'm sure he will not do that and cause lots of trouble for some folks. -Why do I feel like they are setting up desperate father-of-the-year candidate Miles to hook up with his lady friend bunkmate? To be clear, I hope they don't go there. -I hope Margo survives this situation (coup attempt?). I need to see Aleida and Margo come face-to-face again somehow, some way. -Wild theory corner: Danny is de facto incarcerated in one of the do-not-enter NK areas of the base

I found that brief scene showing NK giving a jubilant parade with smiling faces simply bizarre given the reality we live in.

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn't that. I think I liked it, but have so many questions. This new power or Loki's definitely opens up the possibility of more time travel shenanigans when/if Marvel ever has to dip back into the Avengers 1.0 bag. I personally hope they don't ever go back and resurrect characters just to placate shareholders, but capitalism (yay?).

Co-sign. Great knowledge and enlightening discussions. Bill doesn't know how to pronounce diaspora. Shocking coming from an anti-woke boomer.

Late to the party, but Danielle needs a combination of an intervention and therapy to get away from Garrick (and to a lesser extent her own parents). Show some self-respect girl.

Not at all. She grows to trust Calvin enough to let him behind her walls. She's not been magically cured of anything. That's not how it works.

I can only set them up...I'm glad someone came along to spike it.

I like the framing of the last few eps. Buddy cops surfing the timeline. Majors is an amazing actor, but the affect he was using began to grate across the runtime of this episode. I hope we get to meet some more variants to see what he does with those. Ms. Minutes is cuckoo ;o)

True... I'm not saying there isn't a place to explore themes of trauma in an episode or two, but when it becomes a driving central narrative throughout the season(s) it grates.

I'm of two minds about this one...I enjoyed the episode, but don't really care for time travel eps of Trek (unless its a short-term loop problem to solve). I'm also wondering how so many people could be face blind because this Jim Kirk looks nothing like Jim Carey other than being lanky with dark hair. Here's to hoping they don't become an eyewitness to any criminal activity. The actor is fine, but certainly doesn't seem to be the embodiment of any Kirk I've ever seen on screen before. A couple random musings.... I feel like a lot of TV and movies these days lean heavily on trauma as a narrative force. So much that it's become the trauma Olympics at this point. The La'an character has really grown on me and I can't be sure if it's my crush for the actress manifesting or 100% the character. The jury is still out.

Ok, but what if they made a few modifications at your request?

DeSantis hired an unqualified stooge to be his surgeon general and suppressed the death numbers in his state. Bill and Ron are wrong about a lot here (still) when it comes to COVID. Bill let him off the hook too easily on the voting rights restoration issue. I think the format (minus the momentum stopping mid-show bits) of the show still matters and needs a truth-teller at the center, but am not sure it should be Bill much longer. Bill also oddly doesn't seem to understand movies aren't real life(?). It's nice we can count on Sister Mary-Katherine to be all teeth and snark. Oh woe is men!

Wrapped up the show last night. Across the four seasons there have been some high highs and lower lows. I feel like the production design, costume designers and propane gas valves deserve a shoutout. Next season I hope they make some course corrections by having a better season long arc and utilizing their wealth of acting talent (and avoiding overlong periods of melodrama). My they be bold and shake the show up with some vigor!

Co-sign on the support for Owo getting some shine. Can Detmer get a storyline besides PTSD? Comms Guy?

My first time through the series.... am I crazy for feeling that Saru should be Captain? The in-show explanation of the power dynamic being otherwise feels silly.

This show has taken a hard left turn into trauma-ville. Everything is secondary to characters processing trauma, only how much you enjoy it depends on how much you enjoy a particular character. Where is the sense of wonder and adventure? Are we exploring and science-vesseling anymore?

So is there a reason Osyraa's face couldn't move? Did she have space botox? Far as I could tell she was humanoid with a green complexion. I did like that she had some clever ruses/strategies, but apparently the intellect only went to a certain point. It's my first time watching the show, but I've come to this conclusion. You can watch this show in two ways; the first is with a critical lens bringing every crumb of canon to the party and assailing the show for every misstep. Is Burnham a classic Mary Sue? You betcha! Are their logical leaps? Yep! Does overacting or earnestness creep in? Sure does! The second is to just sit back and accept that it is still broadly a Trek show and it's gorgeous to look at and has fantastic effects (I absolutely love the way the spore drive jumps look on screen) and interesting characters. I've given in to the latter....just letting it wash over me and enjoying the ride. Sidenote: How gorgeous did the Enterprise look?

Would it work like Siri or Alexa and transport you at random times you aren't talking to it? 😄

It might be as simple as splitting the hair between ancestral home planet and current home planet