ā¢ The episode title of course refers to a popular party game. In the PRO episode, āMindwalkā, the Protogies where had to communicate with Dal using charades, because he didnāt learn any Morse code.
ā¢ Both Nurse Chapelās and Spockās personal logs gives us a stardate of 1789.3.
| Episode | Stardate |
|---|---|
| āThe Broken Circleā | 2369.2 |
| āAd Astra per Asperaā | 2393.8 |
| āTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrowā | 1581.2 |
| āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1630.1 |
| āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1630.3 |
| āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1632.2 |
ā¢ The USS Enterprise is travelling to the Vulcan system, first seen in āAmok Timeā.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Alternatively, one could argue that the first visit to the Vulcan system was when the Enterprise visited the planet Delta Vega to affect repairs after sustaining damage attempting to travel through the Galactic Barrier in āWhere No Man Has Gone Beforeā. Delta Vega is also the planet that Nero marooned prime Spock on (and Kelvin Spock marooned Kelvin Kirk on) in 2009ās āStar Trekā, and Spock was able to watch the destruction of Vulcan. In an interview, Robert Orci claimed they āmovedā the planet for the film because the easter egg of the name was more important than coming up with a new name fans wouldnāt be familiar with.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Both the 2011 Kelvin universe āStar Trekā comic series, and āThe Enterprise Warā novel attempt to reconcile this by claiming there are two Delta Vegas.
ā¢ We learn of the Kerkhov moon, and the fact that there was an ancient civilization there that vanished at one point. Other ancient civilizations which have disappeared from the galaxy leaving behind only ruins and mystery are:
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Greek Gods
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Arretans
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Preservers
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Tkon Empire
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Iconian Empire
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The DāArsay
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The HurāQ
ā¢ The Vulcan Science academy was first mentioned in āJourney to Babelā.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ On Vulcan they preface everything by distinguishing that itās Vulcan because itās important to them that the rest of the galaxy be aware that itās theirs.
ā¢ āWhat are Korbyās three principles of archaeological medicine?ā Spock mentioned Roger Korby is referred to as the Pasteur of archaeological medicine in āWhat Are Little Girls Made Of?ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Roger Korby will be Chapelās future fiancĆ©e.
ā¢ The notion that Vulcans use nasal suppressants to overcome how debilitatingly pungent humans are was introduced in āThe Andorian Incidentā.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āNot to be indelicate, Captain, but the scent of humans is something most Vulcans must becomeā¦used to.ā Spock grew up with a human mother, and human adopted sister.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āBroken Bowā Archer comments that Vulcan females specifically have a heightened sense of smell, but in āThe Andorian Incidentā it is a male Vulcan monk who comments that the smell aboard the NX-01 āmust be intolerable.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Later in this episode, TāPril repeats the claim that Vulcan women are more sensitive to odours.
ā¢ āI am still not speaking to my father.ā It was established in āJourney to Babelā that Spock had not spoken to Sarek in 18 years, which would mean their communication ceased nine years prior to this episode.
ā¢ The shuttlecraft Spock and Chapel take to scan Kerkhov is the Cervantes, which was previously used on the mission to investigate the USS Peregrine after it was divested by Gorn hatchlings in āAll Those Who Wanderā, and transported Captain Pike, Laāan, and Doctor MāBenga down to Rigel VII where they lost their memories and were subject to a Starfleet yeoman turned Tyrant in āAmong the Lotus Eatersā, and maybe they should leave the *Cervantesā in the shuttlebay next time.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Cervantes is also the shuttle Ortegas pilots herself, Chapel, and Uhura in back to the anomaly when they revisit it.
ā¢ āThe Vulcan Science Academy would be lucky to have someone of your experience.ā āBattle of the Binary Starsā established that as of 2249, ten years earlier, Michael Burnham was the only human to have attended the Vulcan Science Academy. However, in āBrotherā in 2257, Paul Stamets had accepted a full time teaching position there, so they werenāt entirely opposed to the idea.
ā¢ After the Cervantes crash, Spock had to be healed by the Kerkhovians who made him fully human. In āFacesā a Vidiian scientist split BāElanna Torres into two separate beings, one fully human, and the other Klingon. The Klingon died to save her human counterpart during the escape, and the Doctor was later able to restore BāElanna to her hybrid self using genetic material from the deceased Klingon.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āSpock Amokā Spock had a dream that he was human, fighting a fully Vulcan counterpart, but he later lied and claimed that in his dream he was the fully Vulcan half.
ā¢ The episode cuts off before Spock can finish saying, āWhat the fairly intriguing development.ā As we all know, Spock was unfamiliar with profanity until visiting Earthās 1980s in āStar Trek: The Voyage Homeā despite living on a starship and closely working with one Doctor Leonard McCoy.
ā¢ As a human Spock chooses to eat bacon despite most Vulcans including himself being vegetarian. In āAll Our Yesterdaysā Spock appears to be disgusted with himself for enjoying consuming animal flesh after being transported to the past causes him to regress to an earlier stage of Vulcan cultural development. As we all know, all humans eat meat, and this scene certainly didnāt disgust any vegans who might be watching and then later writing a point form list of how the episode ties in to other Trek canon.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ According to TāPol in āBroken Bowā, Vulcans also do not touch food with their hands, but we see Spock picking up the bacon with his fingers here. Of course, Spock also touched his food with his hands in āAll Our Yesterdaysā as well as his marshmallow in āStar Trek: The Final Frontierā so perhaps thatās a cultural practice that fell out of usage between ENT and DIS/SNW/TOS.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Later this episode, Sevet does not hesitate to go in on some tevmel with his hands.
ā¢ āI just thought that my field work would be relevant.ā In āJourney to Babelā Kirk argued to Amanda Grayson that Spockās time aboard the Enterprise was āa better opportunity for a scientist to study the universe than he can get at the Vulcan Science Academy.ā
ā¢ āShe did seem awfully enthusiastic about purchasing dilithium.ā The Federation of this era is a moneyless society, as established in such episodes as:
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āMuddās Womenā - The character of Harry Mudd is transporting three women around to find them husbands out of the goodness of his heart, and lithium miners on Rigel XII offer to give the crystals to the Enterprise for free.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āErrand of Mercyā - Kirk intimates to Spock that Starfleet would not be troubled by their potential deaths, because their training cost nothing.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āCatspawā - Lieutenant DeSalle says he would make a bet on the effectiveness of their strategy, but there is no money and hence no gambling.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āThe Trouble With Tribblesā - Cyrano Jones gives away exotic animals, and no one pays for drinks at the bar, because what would they pay with?
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āThe Escape Artistā - We see several android duplicates of Harry Mudd captured by concerned citizens intending to hand him over to Federation authorities, because thereās no need to collect a bounty when everything is free. Also, Mudd doesnāt complain about Federation taxes, because what would they tax?
Iāve always interpreted the āno money in the Federationā thing non-literally. I think thereās still a financial and economic system operating in the background (otherwise this would be the most radical bit of world building Star Trek has ever done - and Star Trekās world building has never been particularly innovative), but itās just that āmoneyā doesnāt have the same primacy in peopleās lives as it does in the real world today.
I imagine there would be an electronic system of debits and credits (hence ācreditsā being the currency) moving around in the aether, with money in its physical form having entirely disappeared. Less āevolvedā societies like the Ferengi would still use a form of cash (latinum), as would backward societies like 20th century Earth (hence Kirk saying āTheyāre still using moneyā in The Voyage Home).
But even more than the term āmoneyā being associated with physical currency (a concept thatās increasingly being phased out even in the real world), to Federation citizens āmoneyā would be associated with the archaic mindset of capitalism, greed and exploitation - the accumulation of financial wealth for its own sake. As opposed to 24th century people who (with just about all physical needs like health, food and shelter met by virtue of tech like replicators and advanced medicine), can focus on bettering themselves as a goal in its own right. So you might study medicine or law, not because it pays well, but because youāre interested in that field. You might go for a promotion in your job, not because it pays better, but you seek the satisfaction of having more responsibility.
@Prouvaire @startrek Given that replicators seem to be able to produce literally anything (*except* latinum), it really seems like the Federation is an actual post-scarcity culture, where money would have little to no utility.
Exactly. āMoneyā (or ācreditsā) would still exist to address whatever scarcity remains. Eg replicators canāt replicate starships (although in Prodigy we get pretty close IIRC). Or if you want to own that genuine Rembrandt (even if you could replicate a very good fake). Or if you want to trade with societies that still use money. But it would be confined to edge cases like that.