We saw 4 minutes of Tom Paris the father!
I lost so much money in that too.
What a mixed bag; I don’t like the episode, but I respect a couple of elements of it.
- the decision to “Voyager” the Breen to the Galactic Barrier was borderline inhumane (the very name is racist); but, as a solution to the issue it was one that was both Star Trek, and used the seasons long arc of the Spore Drive technology.
- The coda was fine, I love the Admiral’s uniform, but the son’s one looks like an ill fitting wetsuit. Also, the scene on the beach, what the hell, they clearly didn’t make their day and just had to use the footage they got, leaving grainy, blown out shots for Book.
- The zero-g fight was…bad. It had all the impact of a Marvel fight scene.
- The attempts to explain Calypso were admirable but pretty janky.
- Seeing Action Saru become “Diplomaniac Saru” was great.
Photonic and Knuckles.
When the EMH Mark I teams up with a pink echidna, hi-jinx ensue.
What my film paper presupposes is that George Dubya will soon be known as George Triplya.
Ever wanted to have a janitor walk in during your doctors appointment and suddenly ask them how they are doing emotionally? No, me neither.
True, but also it’s the Discovery, not the Discovery A we have now.
Calypso has to be assumed to be canon to a prevented timeline (maybe one where Control won at the end of season 2 etc.)
As a professional Draper, this name gave me whiplash.
I thought it was quite good myself; it reminded me very much of the doctor taking over Seven’s body in Body and Soul, the various crew possessions in Powerplay, and Curzon inhabiting Odo in Facets. I do enjoy getting to see an actor really chew the scenery outside the confines they have worked in before.
As I am not American I grew up with socialism being a positive connotation in day to day culture, so much so it’s wild to me that this needed to be veiled in Trek’s past. Star Trek should be as explicit as possible with this. “Hey, you want Utopia? This is how you earn it!”