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LoglineA shuttle accident leads to Spock’s Vulcan DNA being removed by aliens, making him fully human and completely unprepared to face T’Pring’s family during an important ceremonial dinner.

Written by Kathryn Lyn & Henry Alonso Myers

Directed by Jordan Canning

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[–] williams_482@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Felt a bit too obviously like mid-season filler or something. Though I didn’t hate it.

As far as I'm concerned, the weakest parts of the show were the parts that tried the hardest not to be "mid-season filler": creating and resolving the doctor's insane daughter-in-transporter-buffer situation, trying to set up a future "big bad" situation with Sybok, etc. I was very concerned from Alex Kurtzman's description of this current season many months ago that they might have learned the wrong lessons from the first season, but thank goodness that they seem to have stuck with what made the first season good: brilliantly executed character driven episodic storytelling.

[–] SoSquidTaste@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

future “big bad” situation with Sybok

For real though, wtf happened with that mic drop reveal. Not that I'm complaining; I don't feel particularly excited to learn about another previously-unheard-of Spock sibling.

Then again, the amount of times Sarek's name was dropped in this episode is probably a clear breadcrumb that this storyline is coming sooner than later.

[–] Mezentine@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago

No its great. I love them bringing Sybok back so much. Its so stupid. Its the goofiest decision they could have possibly made and it embodies something I love about Star Trek, which is its refusal to throw away even the bad stuff. Every reminder that Star Trek V is canon keeps the franchise from getting too arrogant about itself.

[–] FormerGameDev@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I would guess that if we see Sarek in this series, it's going to be either purely through another character's view, or just mentions. It's many years off still before Sarek gets over Spock's decision to join Starfleet, and starts talking to him again.