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The fight music in the first ep reminded me of Xena, lol.

Ouch, but spot on and funny. They nailed everything that was really bad about the season.

The problem lately is that the writers keep taking away from the main lead and give the growth or main story over to a secondary character. With Ahsoka I didn’t mind too much because , having watched Rebels I liked Sabines character enough to be interested in the show, even when Ahsoka was acting all depressed. Still it was a struggle, with bad direction and dialogue. Someone having never watched anything about CW or Rebels or the books though would have struggled to stay interested especially after the third or fourth episode. Not to mention that Baylans story was sooo mysterious it just looked wasted in the end. If they had just stuck to Ahsoka backstory involving Mortis and had flashbacks, then both Ahsoka and Baylan would have come off way better. It would have made more sense than randomly going after Thrawn just to find Ezra.

It’s the one big complaint I’ve had all season. Dawson especially, Stevenson (rip)slightly better, with Morgan, Sabine and the best Shin. Ahsoka should be jumping and leaping around, quick actions, but Dawson looked like a stiff board, like someone trying to remember dance step, or rub her tummy and tap her head at the same time. The fight choreography was terrible. And age has nothing to do with it. Dooku, Yoda etc were old in the prequels yet were very agile. Ahsoka should be on the same level. Shin , why would she stay other than to get back with her master? I mean why not go back with Thrawn? At least she would know that galaxy. Who is she going to raid, especially with both Ahsoka and Sabine there? I still think she will be a neutral or good guy eventually.

Disney and Star Wars have to bit the bullet, and recast Leia, Luke and Han for the TV versions at least. Luke and Leia would be the same age as Ezra, around 30 yrs old. Doing expensive cgi deep fakes is wasting money, as is paying Hamilton for a one time appearance. As for the Episode, we are back to atrocious lightsaber fights and awkward dialogue. Ahsoka of old would have been all over Baylan, she went up against Grevious. As for Ezra, I really hope he learned more than force push and pull, or else those troopers really are incompetent. No wonder Thrawn doesn’t want to waste them. I was so hoping Shin would join Ahsoka after Baylan cut her loose, just for revenge. I mean he taught her, what was she suppose to think like, peace love and force hugs? Just a few episodes ago he’s yapping that Shin is trained for a higher purpose, and properly. I really want to explore Ashoka’s ship, that weapons storage looked cool.

Loved the Mariner stabbing joke, at least she took it well, 🤣 Boilmer and Rutherford really wasn’t interesting. So Orion is a matriarchal society , but the men still seem to have rights and have command . It’s interesting how that society balances things out. T’lynn is just getting better every time she shows up. I hope she stays.

Ok so put me on the cringe side with this ep. I’m not a fan of this type of musical, more Sound of Music , Sister Act kinda thing. I will say this is a talented cast, with Celia blowing it out of the ship! The whole thing with Chapel and Spock is a mess, and does not put a very good light on Chapel. She pretty much wanted the forbidden fruit, pursued it then dump it once she got a bite. It looks even worse when you realize 7 yrs from now she’s going to keep trying to get that back. No wonder Spock is cold to her. Spock I guess is going to toughen up, and go into extreme mode for yrs to come. It’s interesting because I think he uses that Vulcan excuse to run away from these emotional attachments and even personal attachments. He gets dumped by TPring for being a workaholic. For once Kirk reminded me of TOS Kirk, though he seems a bit more subdued this series. I’ll have to go back to the movie but I can’t remember if Kirk did know Carol was pregnant and she asked him to leave or if he didn’t know . I actually hope we see her next season if she’s on Starbase 1. I liked Kirk teasing Spock about the mumbo jumbo tech talk. Ironic that is the one relationship Spock can count on. This has been Urhura season as she works out her place on the ship and her life in general. I have to ask though, given we have tiny ear buds for phones and zoom etc, why use that big honking ear piece? I get it’s from TOS but come on, we have better ear pieces in this age, 200 yrs from now we shouldn’t even need that. La’an was way more loose than I expected her to be. I figured she’d storm in when the singing started with either an angry song and throw things around in frustration lol. Glad she worked out her feelings about Kirk. The ending song was good, and goofy especially with the Klingon boy band lol. Oh Batel, why are they fridging her just to make Pike hurt? The guys going to get wrecked enough in a few yrs, we don’t need his man pain to push him forward. Sheesh let the guy be happy, his future sucks.

Indeed, MBenga had the knife in the box and turned away from Rah to start arguing with him. We then see Chapels POV. At some point MBenga had to lean over/down to quickly grab the knife. Which means it could indeed be Interrupted as self defence. If Rah touched him or pushed MBenga, that could have set MBenga off and justified what happened. La’an and Pike just assume that Rah had the knife and MBenga just used it against him. And it’s clear neither is going to investigate further. Which is sloppy on La’an part. Wouldn’t fingerprints of MBenga show up on the handle?

I’m wondering about the bio bed. Was that last shot a Gorn warning? Could Enterprise have a Gorn computer virus onboard?

Pike pretty much guilt tripped the Vets into joining the dinner. Still I blame Starfleet, they are just tone deaf to their vets it seems. I can’t believe Starfleet waited over 100yrs to start putting actual counsellors on ships , and that was only because missions were longer and families were aboard. Counsellors should be on all explorer class ships, given the amount of vets they have scattered around. I have to say they really played with the angles and edits in shooting the fight and death. M’Benga turns away without the knife in his hand. The cut to the screen with Chapel did not show how the knife or when the knife got into M’Benga hands. There was no movement it seems to grab it from what was shown. Hard to say if he snapped due to PTSD, or hatred. Somehow I have a feeling the truth is going to come out, and while it still may be ambiguous, it’s going to sully M’Benga and Chapels reputations, to the point he’s demoted in favour of McCoy , and Spock decides Chapel went to far in lying and ends it. I envision her going off and rebounding with Korby. As for the rest, Ortegas gets a bit more attention, but only as a bigot which wasn’t very fair to her. I’m thinking the final episode is where she gets a bigger spotlight. This whole season has been up and down especially in tone. A war episode here, next a musical?

I forget as to why Spock and Sarek are estranged, is it because of what happened in Discovery? It’s a shame because his perspective in this dinner ritual would have been nice. We still don’t know why Amanda would go through all this to marry him. It’s 200 yrs since Vulcans first met humans and they still treat humans this way? Yet they are more prevalent in Starfleet than ever. TPring father seemed fine, but the mom…wow. Sigh sorry but the whole Chapel/Spock stuff has gone off the rails. How do you break off a relationship like that and still work with each other. Spock treated her on TOS like he barely knew her. Heck the crew ,save La’an ,know there is something between them. They must be saving Peilia and Amanda meeting for something big , though she could have helped given her own hiding on earth so long. This does give reference to the fact Spock is popular with the female side of the crew, a trait which transfers to Kirks crew later.

This doesn’t even make sense because , hello Amanda!? Surely his mother knows Federation basic and would have taught him that. Most kids of two or more cultures learn , and have an easier time learning another language. Granted Amanda had to give up a lot but her own language, just to please Sarek? I just can’t see that. Did she read Alice in Wonderland in Vulcan to him? The more I see of that marriage the more I feel Amanda was in love with an ideal or culture not the man.

I didn’t mind it too much since I too like La’an, though I wish they involve more cast in these. I don’t like the time wars stuff which ruined Enterprise. I’m hoping they stay away from that. The chemistry between Kirk and La’an was wonky. I think the writers just said “oh hey let’s use Kirk and since he kisses and beds every woman he meets let’s do that too!” Still I can see why La’an was so upset. That she developed intense feelings for a Kirk that would cease to exist so fast tracks with her personality. She was in a desperate situation and had to resolve it, getting Kirk on her side. Glad she told him there was another version of him with a brother who was alive. Her break down at the end was sad since she has to continue keeping her feelings in check. This whole crew save Urhura, has massive PTSD it seems. La’an is the kind to bottle things up , go by the book and everything she reckons will work out. As we see not so. No wonder they got counselors in the future on starships. Adelane Kane! Loved seeing her again. So this Romulan has been there since ‘92? Like she said the whole Khan thing got delayed thanks to time travellers. Didn’t Voyager mention this when Janway and crew went back to ‘96? La’an realizing she has to save Khan and let the evilness exist so humanity and herself continue into the Federation was a great way to bring it all home for La’an. She realized , good or bad her line had a purpose. 😂 Kirk mistaking Toronto for New York, I see what you did there production crew 😉 Heres hoping we more full cast episodes especially with Captain Pike.

This is my argument, and one that has already come up on the Enterprise series. Dr Plhox mentioned more than once that his species used and continued to use genetic augmentation to great success and that they over came the problems that overwhelmed humans . He also mentioned other aliens successfully using genetic engineering. So are his planet not allowed in the Federation? Again it’s absolutely silly that human standards are being applied to all other Fed members just because humans are failures. I can understand humans having the rule over other earth humans but to terrorize a colony such as Una’s is way overboard. It become draconian as Neera pointed out.

I dont understand why this is such an issue, especially with the Illiyians. Enterprise showed that the Denulbians used genetic manipulation to good use. So have many others. Why is it that what happened on earth the rule of law in the Federation and how did other aliens get in when they clearly used such things to much better outcomes? Why is this an issue with Vulcans etc? Only humans and earth born should be bothered with this. This whole thing is not a Federation issue. Khan did not terrorize the galaxy. It also begs the question how the heck did La’an get into Starfleet? Isn’t she a result of genetic manipulation or at least born to Khan line? Glad Una is back, along with the rest of the crew. I did notice Pellia was missing. Given how long she’s lived ,presumably on earth her perspective would have been nice to hear. Glad Urhura talked La’an down from breaking rules. I love that Noyta considers La’aan a mentor. So now it’s confirmed April was the previous captain of the Enterprise. Nice to know. More speeches than actual law but a good episode overall. Now let’s get exploring! Just an aside, but does every officer or senior crew have such HUGE quarters? Una, Spock and the Captain I swear take up one whole side of the ship deck it seems. I take it they severely downsized when Kirk took over?