I guess they like the season more than you.I like that people have been saying this is the worst episode this season and still give it a 7. A 7 is what I give the episodes that I like.
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x11 - "Perpetual Infinity"
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I like that people have been saying this is the worst episode this season and still give it a 7. A 7 is what I give the episodes that I like.
"Worst" can also mean "least favorite" of the ones you do like. The first season of DS9 is my least favorite of the series, but I still liked it. Just not as much as the others. "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" was my least favorite episode of the first season of DSC, but I still liked it. Just not as much as the others.
And "Perpetual Infinity" isn't my least favorite episode of the season. I don't think I have one. I haven't really thought about it. None have stood out to me this season that I liked less than all the others. If you count Short Treks, then "The Escape Artist", while not bad, wasn't really my thing. I ended up only giving that one a 6. And a lot of people disagreed with me.
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I like that people have been saying this is the worst episode this season and still give it a 7. A 7 is what I give the episodes that I like.
Eh...it’s all subjective.
I personally would save the 9-10 rankings for an episode that is truly transcendent. An episode on the level of stuff like “Balance of Terror” and “City on the Edge...” from TOS, “Yesterday’s Enterprise” and “Inner Light” from TNG or “The Visitor” and “In the Pale Moonlight” from DS9. But that’s me.
To each his/her own.
I agree. I appreciate the idea of grading each episode on its own merits inside a vacuum. And I think one should try and do so the best they can. But, especially for a franchise as large and long-lasting as Star Trek, there does need to be some semblance of a curve. Be pliable but do so while maintaining a bit of coherence and good sense. At the very least, it helps discard any appearance of bias one way or the other.
Although my Gramps, who was an English prof used to say, "Sometimes you just have to throw the entire stack of papers down a hall. The ones the fly the furthest get an 'A' because they're the least weighed-down in bullshit." So go with your gut.
Although my Gramps, who was an English prof used to say, "Sometimes you just have to throw the entire stack of papers down a hall. The ones the fly the furthest get an 'A' because they're the least weighed-down in bullshit." So go with your gut.
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You called, Comrade?
i CCCP what you did there.
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*claps in proletariat*
You will get position in glorious new antigrav factory! 
I remember that scene....... Loved goth Sydney Bristow.
Am I the only one that could see Georgiou and Mama B shipping?
it was good for alias but it feels too generic for star trek.
I like that people have been saying this is the worst episode this season and still give it a 7. A 7 is what I give the episodes that I like.
It's all relative. The worst episode of a show you love can still be better than a lot of other things. Last week's episode was the worst of the season for me, but I'd still happily watch it again - as opposed to a lot of TNG, for instance, which I tend to skip on re-watches.
I took it as him lying, one of reasons Control took control of him.
Okay, second viewing, and although I lament the loss of religion as a theme especially vis-a-vis Pike, I'll go with a very high 8 but not quite 9. Loved the mother-daughter stuff, from the log reviews to existential chats. The shout out to Hamlet, Einstein and Library of Alexandria was great too. Kung fu Georgieu was also fun, mixed in with the hand meld between mom and daughter toward the end.
I like science!
I like science!
Last week I belonged to the minority that did not like the Episode, this week I liked it, even though I did have some issues with it that have been addressed by others already. Would prefer they do not do a Borg origin story, but oh well.
Mudd's time crystal worked in a similar way, it always reverted him back to a fixed point.
Since we are way into small universe syndrom anyways, sure why not, but I also want the USS Relativity to make an appearance and get a "and I thought Janeway was annoying" speech from them.
As you say he is from the (far) future, the technology could exist then.
It could be that Control is simply using Borg technology and is not actually Borg himself.
Mudd's time crystal worked in a similar way, it always reverted him back to a fixed point.
Since we are way into small universe syndrom anyways, sure why not, but I also want the USS Relativity to make an appearance and get a "and I thought Janeway was annoying" speech from them.
As you say he is from the (far) future, the technology could exist then.
It could be that Control is simply using Borg technology and is not actually Borg himself.
Maybe Control used repurposed nanites that Section 31 have in storage from when Archer found those frozen borg in Antarctica, we don't know for sure do we whether they had extracted some and shipped them off.
It just feels wrong when you rate a Discovery episode higher than I do.
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