This is the Daystrom Institute Episode Analysis thread for Strange New Worlds 2x01 The Broken Circle.
Now that weāve had a few days to digest the content of the latest episode, this thread is a place to dig a little deeper.
This is the Daystrom Institute Episode Analysis thread for Strange New Worlds 2x01 The Broken Circle.
Now that weāve had a few days to digest the content of the latest episode, this thread is a place to dig a little deeper.
Given the history of dangerous substances radically changing a personās physiology in Star Trek, theyāll be fine. People turn into completely different species and then return to normal without any scarring, or indeed even a hair out of place.
I wish there was some time given to recovery from such extreme bodily trauma, but the precedent has been long established that you just spend a minute in sickbay, maybe get a hypospray, and youāre back on duty in no time.
I mean, the way it was portrayed, it seems like MāBenga has done this before, and that itās dangerous and/or has long-term effects. I assume this will be picked up again later in the season.
That was my thought exactly.
Chapelās question to MāBenga whether he wanted to do that to himself again clearly implied there is a physiological or psychological cost to using the substance, perhaps even an addiction that heās already struggled with.
Do we know what this substance is?
Not yet - Memory Alpha is referring to it as āa stimulant.ā
Yeah I think there are probabllllyy consequences to taking that substance, maybe the show wonāt deliver on them but I would be a bit surprised if it didnāt. I donāt feel like they are just not going to mention that again.
I have a feeling the go juice will resurface in later episodes with consequences, it did seem to have ominous introduction so donāt think it will be forgottenā¦hopfully.