Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x04 - "Among the Lotus Eaters"

[fireproof78]

Opens can of worms: But was she human?

Yes, Pike's yeoman was human.

Whether she was Colt or someone else we do not know.

People keep saying that in this episode and Cage shows Pike having a dark side, but is that really legit?

Yes. Because we all do.

 

[Okmyx]

A couple more comments...
Not crazy about the twirling Enterprise through the asteroid, and does helm also control phasers the same time as maneuvering?
I would hope that Capt. Pike takes more than 30 minutes to apologize...
If it gets deadly cold overnight, how did they survive in open cages?
The ringing in my ears was a bit too loud and matched the actual ringing in my ears a little too closely...

 

[Yistaan]

A couple more comments...
Not crazy about the twirling Enterprise through the asteroid, and does helm also control phasers the same time as maneuvering?
I would hope that Capt. Pike takes more than 30 minutes to apologize...
If it gets deadly cold overnight, how did they survive in open cages?
The ringing in my ears was a bit too loud and matched the actual ringing in my ears a little too closely...

As someone who has permament loud debilitating tinnitus that seriously disrupted my life for a long time (I read Shatner even contemplated suicide at one point, he has it too), I was sort of dismayed by the implication that there STILL does not seem to be a cure for it in the 23rd century. I mean, they never outright said that but...

 

[Mr Awe]

I liked the Gorn episode last year. Last years worst was when they were made to play out a kid's fantasy book and M'Benga kinda let aliens just take his daughter away.

Agreed on all points.

I enjoyed the Gorn episode. I also don't mind SNW's reimagining of them. There's plenty of life on Earth where the different stages of the life cycle have different abilities and roles to play.

The cosplay episode last season was terrible on multiple levels!

I thought the current episode was watchable. Not a lot to it, but not bad either.

 

[Trekker4747]

Just finished it. I liked it. Liked the Ortegas focus and it felt mostly on par with a TOS episode. It was maybe a touch long but I'll give it a 7.

I'm Erica Ortegas and I fly the ship!

 

[Noname Given]

People keep saying that in this episode and Cage shows Pike having a dark side, but is that really legit? Because this episode literally had a brain altering planet affect Pike and the implication is all the awful 1960s stuff he did in Cage ("Not used to having a woman on the bridge") is also a side effect from Rigel 7's brain altering properties. Which means it's not fair to say Pike has a dark side from these 2 episodes as he literally wasn't himself.

The entire Talosian dream sequence with Pike the owner of a Orion Brothel, and his obvious attraction to Vina in Orion Slave Girl form as she danced (which was taken from his own thoughts by the Talosians) shows that yes, Pike (like everyone) has a dark side.

 

[tomalak301]

She was the B plot. Maybe she has an A plot later.

I hope so. I want more Ortegas but I’m hoping it’s regular Ortegas and not Ortegas losing her memory.

 

[F. King Daniel]

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Hot damn they got some seriously gifted landscapers on Rigel 7!!! That is the most awesome hedge trimming I have ever seen!

Even better, they somehow copied the guy's Starfleet badge in a way that ACTUALLY perfectly resembles the OG Discovery Starfleet symbol!

And they were wearing the SNW uniforms and not the Disco S2 versions, or even Disco blues, let alone "The Cage" costumes.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Even better, they somehow copied the guy's Starfleet badge in a way that ACTUALLY perfectly resembles the OG Discovery Starfleet symbol!

And they were wearing the SNW uniforms and not the Disco S2 versions, or even Disco blues, let alone "The Cage" costumes.

Man, that's one badass Homeowners Association they belong to, then.

 

[drt]

Even better, they somehow copied the guy's Starfleet badge in a way that ACTUALLY perfectly resembles the OG Discovery Starfleet symbol!

I can’t remember if the Disco delta was on any of the gear, or maybe he had an older style away team jacket.

 

[Yistaan]

Should Una really have been affected by the evil mindwiping radiation? I thought she was immune to various radiations last season

 

[fireproof78]

I can’t remember if the Disco delta was on any of the gear, or maybe he had an older style away team jacket.

Didn't they have crates of phasers. Maybe it was on the crates?

 

[Mr Awe]

Both IRL and in Trek, saving lives takes priority over equipment. If you can get everything out, great, if you can't, destroy it, but not at the expense of saving lives.

Very true. But a routine equipment inventory would've identified the missing equipment. They should've looked for it upon discovery, especially because it included phaser rifles.

 

[Vince A]

That was pretty good. Not great, but good. It reminded me of TOS.

The writers seemed to have setup some of the early story elements to include social commentary about our relationship with work and how it gives us meaning, they even seemed to be invoking Viktor Frankl with the labor camps and all, but it never materialized.

 

[drt]

Maybe the Starfleet crate was coded to open only for crew members and they thought it would be ok, or maybe they simply forgot due to the planet’s weird conditions.

 

[Airmandan]

Kind weird that they'd have crates of medical supplies and phaser rifles for an away mission. Our military will come to a standstill if someone loses a weapon or other serialized gear, I guess Starfleet loses gear all the time.

 

[fireproof78]

Where's my spot inspection Star Trek episode?

 

[Kaelef]

I feel like I'm out of sync with the crowd. I hated last episode but thought this one was pretty good, if not particularly memorable (very simple idea that probably only should've been part of a bigger episode). Nice new angle on the ship in the last shot.

 

[jackoverfull]

and does helm also control phasers the same time as maneuvering?

Sulu did it several times.

As someone who has permament loud debilitating tinnitus that seriously disrupted my life for a long time (I read Shatner even contemplated suicide at one point, he has it too), I was sort of dismayed by the implication that there STILL does not seem to be a cure for it in the 23rd century. I mean, they never outright said that but...

they didn’t imply that at all.
Tinnitus certainly can happen in the 23rd century, for example you could certainly get it after a loud explosion, but this doesn’t mean that a quick trip to sickbay wouldn’t get rid of it.

And they were wearing the SNW uniforms and not the Disco S2 versions, or even Disco blues, let alone "The Cage" costumes.

noticed that: they pretty much gave up entirely on having uniforms timelines make any sense. With this the current uniforms predate the “new” ones introduced in discovery season 2. Argh.

 

[fireproof78]

New uniforms usually have field tests in limited commands.