Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 1x10 - "A Quality of Mercy"

[Mudd]

Well, a lot to unpack.

For now...10.

So out of a possible 100, SNW gets 100.

 

[Yistaan]

Pike: It's over Batel. Frankly, I don't even call you by your first name. Wasn't much of a "relationship" at all apparently.

Batel: You? You're history. You are no longer my boyfriend. You have been... replaced!!!!

Kirk:

Pike: You got to be kidding me.

 

[Mudd]

This episode cuts two ways: they do their little genuflection to Kirk being some kind of extra-special awesome, while simultaneously demonstrating at every turn just how limited TOS was in every respect when compared to this series.

 

[dswynne1]

Picard: Every choice we make allows us to manipulate the future. Do I ask Adrienne or Suzanne to the spring dance? Do I take my holiday on Corsica or on Risa? A person's life, their future, hinges on each of a thousand choices. Living is making choices. Now you ask me to believe that if I make a choice other than the one found in your history books, then your past will be irrevocably altered. Well, you know, Professor, perhaps I don't give a damn about your past, because your past is my future and as far as I'm concerned, it hasn't been written yet.

That's all Pike has to say to his future self. Word for word what Picard said in "Matter of Time" episode.

The key difference is that by obtaining the time crystal from Borath, Pike locked himself in a predestination scenario. Picard didn't.

 

[Nerys Myk]

But warp in a TOS shuttle? No.

Pretty sure we see warp capable shuttles in "The Menagerie" and "Metamorphosis" .

Kirk also doesn't feel like Kirk. @Trekker4747 sums it up.

Yeah, I was feeling it either. I attribute it to Kirk leading a different life in this time line.

Shouldn’t Kirk have a different symbol for his badge?

Nope. Not all ships do. Like these non Enterprise guys

Am I missing something?

yes you are.

 

[cooleddie74]

There's no way Kirk and the projected image of Mendez weren't in a warp-capable shuttlecraft from Starbase 11. They tailed the Enterprise for a good distance until they ran out of fuel to continue the chase, and no sublight shuttle is even remotely going to give the Enterprise worries.

 

[DEWLine]

I completely blanked on the fact that Commander Hanson Al-Salah was played by Ali Hassan! Been listening to his work on the radio, both as comedian and journalist, for years!

 

[Yistaan]

The key difference is that by obtaining the time crystal from Borath, Pike locked himself in a predestination scenario. Picard didn't.

If anything this episode proves Pike didn't actually. He can shove off those bad events onto other people. He just doesn't want to.

 

[Mudd]

Pike: It's over Batel. Frankly, I don't even call you by your first name. Wasn't much of a "relationship" at all apparently.

Batel: You? You're history. You are no longer my boyfriend. You have been... replaced!!!!

Kirk:

Pike: You got to be kidding me.

You know, this stuff is just terrible and not at all funny.

 

[Vger23]

Ahhhhh fuck it all. This gets a 10/10.

No need for an in-depth analysis or any such thing. I don’t even care. It’s just awesome.

 

[Yistaan]

I completely blanked on the fact that Commander Hanson Al-Salah was played by Ali Hassan! Been listening to his work on the radio, both as comedian and journalist, for years!

With the shaved head he could pass for Captain Robau. Wonder if we can get Robau back with the mention of the USS Kelvin.

 

[cooleddie74]

The Mighty Robau is just waiting for his opportunity.

 

[wayoung]

Pike: It's over Batel. Frankly, I don't even call you by your first name. Wasn't much of a "relationship" at all apparently.

Batel: You? You're history. You are no longer my boyfriend. You have been... replaced!!!!

Kirk:

Pike: You got to be kidding me.

She does like the young cock

 

[dswynne1]

I give this episode an 8. Here's why:

1) No Himmer. Sad face.
2) Ortegas was acting...odd. In fact, the only character that wasn't acting odd was La'an, and how she behaved was uncharacteristically...odd. If that makes any sense.
3) No Dr. McCoy!
4) Still not feeling the new Jim Kirk. Maybe he will grow on me...
5) Uhura should have had a different hairstyle in this "future".

Other than that, the episode was interesting. Here, we have a situation where there is predetermination. Essentially, Pike locks himself in a predestination scenario, and no matter what happens, bad things happen. However, that doesn't mean that the flow of the timeline can't be adjusted. Under the rules governing Time, thanks to DOCTOR WHO, some events are "bendable", while others "cannot be broken". I suspect that Pike will accept HIS fate, but will use his foreknowledge to help his comrades.

And there you go.

 

[Nerys Myk]

nah, it just further proves that SNW and Disco exist in an alternate universe or different quantum reality. Whatever terminology you prefer. Especially since they have tweaked the look of the monster maroons.

Nope. That's not how it works.

 

[cooleddie74]

It's a Monster Maroon that only exists in the timeline created by Pike's mistakes at the Neutral Zone. Sigh.

 

[Neopeius]

This episode cuts two ways: they do their little genuflection to Kirk being some kind of extra-special awesome, while simultaneously demonstrating at every turn just how limited TOS was in every respect when compared to this series.

Amazing how much they accomplished given their limitations.

 

[fireproof78]

With the shaved head he could pass for Captain Robau. Wonder if we can get Robau back with the mention of the USS Kelvin.

It better be what this is building up to.

 

[Mudd]

After this episode, how this series meshes with TOS is pretty clear.

 

[1001001]

Very clever concept. Maybe a bit heavy handed at certain moments, but overall very well done.

Not sure about the guy who played Kirk: certainly not bad, but…well, just not sure.

Nicely done, and a solid set-up for next season.

I’d say this was the best first season of Star Trek since TOS.

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