Doing my rewatch now, and you’re correct. So it serves as an indicator that he’s changed as he’s grown up (and it’s not actually related to Anisha breaking out of prison, since he didn’t learn of that until months later), and also that she doesn’t expect him to have changed.

I think we’d have to know a lot more to draw that conclusion - and not for nothing, but from what I can remember, she announced herself on social media - CBS didn’t really say anything IIRC.

Interesting to see this coming from a member of the opposition after Kinew signaled disinterest in going down that road right now.

My memory is hazy, but I think there was an, “I stopped trying after _____ happened” line. For the life of me I can’t think of what it was, and it’s possible that I hallucinated it.

Why did they bother introducing the Athena’s bridge crew if they’re not going to use them?

Alex Kurtzman has said on a couple of occasions that this series is less expensive to produce that you might imagine, and I do think there have been a handful of moments throughout the season that seemed like cost-cutting measures. This was definitely one of them.

But… are we sure he’s a genius if he never thought to try that moon’s name as an encryption cypher?

It whizzed by pretty fast, but they did say it’s something he used to try pretty often, and eventually gave up on, and started concentrating on more complicated, “adult” searches. I kind of like that.

“Oh hey, is that planet in the Federation now? You know the one, what’s it called?”

It did stand out, especially when the planet in question is friggin’ Vulcan Ni’Var. I assume that’s some exposition for the newbies that will become relevant in the finale, but it was definitely odd.

Caleb wanting to rejoin his mum over staying with his friends felt like a real betrayal. And his teardown of Darem and Genesis even more so. That was brutal.

I’m definitely more attached to these kids than I expected. And Tatiana Maslany is talented enough that her sudden-but-inevitable betral next week is going to be a real gut punch.

All in all, I agree that it’s a pretty good table-setting episode.

Yep.

May the rest of the galaxy have your healthy perspective.

I think they’ve managed to strike a balance with the new shows so far - each one of them feels unique enough that I don’t necessarily feel any fatigue.

That’s circular reasoning, though.

The fact that Alcubierre was inspired by Star Trek to come up with something (theoretically) workable does not mean that the warp drive as originally conceived was somehow “grounded in physics.” At the end of the day, the similarities are pretty superficial.

Alcubierre’s theoretical proof of concept for warp drives was created in the mid 1990s nearly 30 years after TOS first broadcast and TNG had completed its run.

Probably the most salient point - one cannot credibly claim that the warp drive was “based on science” that hadn’t yet been published, and wouldn’t be for three decades.

1. I said nothing of the sort.

2. Star Trek’s warp drive isn’t really an Alcubierre drive at all.

they dont however operate in a separate space outside of normal reality

Well, that would be difficult to prove one way or the other.

But since we’ve already got the fictional construct of subspace, the notion of a mycelial species that can extend through it seems…within the realm of truthiness, all things considered.

The part I’ve never fully grasped is how one travels along the network, but then, I’ve never fully grasped how the warp coils are supposed to work, either.

Well, it’s not closed closed, as far as we know. But filming on SFA is done, and there’s nothing active until we hear something about a renewal.

SNW filmed at a different Toronto-area studio that CBS owns directly, but obviously there’s no current Trek production there, either.

Oh neat, the cookbook! We did an AMA with Chelsea Monroe-Cassel back in the Reddit days. She seemed cool.

I vaguely remember owning Best Destiny when I was a kid - that sucker was first published in 1992.

I found The Enterprise War tough to get in to, but once I did, I enjoyed it.

I supported Section 31 until I saw it.

Hey, nothing wrong with optimism.

Hell, I still think that story could have been decent, had it been a 10-episode series as originally intended.

But yeah, I think SFA has turned out a very strong first season, so far.

And of course, the Vietnam War is the perfect setting when you’re not looking to make jingoistic propaganda.

After I made this post, I read that Apocalypse Now was a direct influence of this, and…well yeah, that tracks.

As long as Star Trek remains popular enough, I think it might be advantageous to not be considered one of the “crown jewels” - flying under the radar has its advantages.

David Ellison seems to genuinely love movies - I had high-ish hopes back when he was initially looking to buy Paramount for that reason.

Unfortunately, he also seems to be willing to trample over anyone and their grandmother in order to make those movies.

I really despise having to read the tea leaves about this stuff, but in the absence of solid information here we are.

An interesting anecdote that I’ve noticed is that two podcasts (Star Trek Academy, which I recommended a few days ago, and Larry Nemecek over on his YouTube channel) have said that SFA has led to a large increase in their audience. What does it mean? Who knows!