Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2x10 - "Hegemony"

[Trekker4747]

Well... Okay then.

See you in, maybe, two years.

 

[Chovak]

Absolutely loved this episode.
Again my only real complaint is that it was too short. This might include the use of that pesky cliffhanger ending.
The Batel thing was yeah, predictable. Lots of people called it here. Didn't mind that. (just cut off the hand if it's localized OK that's grim. It's probably in the bloodstream or something. I'm glad they left her fate open.)
Great looking adult Gorn. I'm a fan already.
Glad I didn't get spoiled that Scotty appears. When he was first shown, I thought he might be "Ensign Doug" from the cold open, but as soon as he said but half a word I was like "OK, real Scotsman, can only be one guy, GREAT casting, great lines".
Also loved the TNGesque solar activity talk and that Sam Kirk was useful.
I'm more or less satisfied how they handled the Spock Chapel situation. As long as they don't go full TOS-continuity slave (no Korby please), I'm OK with the roller coaster.
I'm not sure I liked the hesitation at the end by Pike. I hope it's not going to be a plot point and was only done to get on our nerves and to accentuate the cliffhanger.

Still holding out hope that if the strike gets sorted out and filming can start with like 2-3 months of delay, we might get S3 in 2024.

10 (and I don't give those lightly)

 

[HotRod]

Fuckin' hell.... This is gonna be one hell of a long wait...

 

[mattman8907]

Fuckin' hell.... This is gonna be one hell of a long wait...

As someone who grew up in the '90s and '00s during the era of Hiatuses, I'm used to it.

 

[firehawk12]

As someone who grew up in the '90s and '00s during the era of Hiatuses, I'm used to it.

I would argue the long wait between Voyager S7 and Prodigy for a resolution to the Voyager cliffhanger was the longest wait in Star Trek history. lol

 

[AlanC9]

Not a huge fan of Chapel being the only survivor on the Cayuga. Its OK for our heroes to be lucky, but this was a bit much.

 

[ToddCam]

Also can we have a moratorium on directors using the spinning camera move while running through the decks of the ship? Please find something else to do. lol

For the love of Q, yes, please!

I don't know if new Scotty is considered conventionally attractive, but I find him super cute.

 

[AmandaSmith]

Not a huge fan of Chapel being the only survivor on the Cayuga. It's OK for our heroes to be lucky, but this was a bit much.

I thought the same thing. I get that she has plot armor but it's like she is surviving everything

 

[Precious Tritium]

Absolutely triumphant season. Pretty much the platonic ideal of what I want from a season of modern Trek. Whatever quibbles I might have had about the first season (and they were many) have been almost entirely erased. The cast feels at home, the writing feels more confident and, probably most importantly for me, it's rewatchable as hell.

My only genuine issue is how few episodes we got. Give me a good 13-15 episodes of this a year and I'll be content.

 

[mr.peany]

Wow I really enjoyed that, aside from Chapel being the only survivor. Otherwise that was a really solid episode. Scotty was great and loved that both Erica and Sam got little moments to shine.

 

[AlanC9]

The colony being a midwestern US town? The small universe syndrome of Palia knowing Scotty, Scotty's appearance just adding more for the original series and not allowing Strange New Worlds to stand on it's own, and the continued confusion that is The Gorn as Star Trek's version of Aliens.

I'm OK with the colony looking like an archaic midwest town, just as a shout-out to the way TOS used Hollywood backlots.

And given the dates and the established histories, it would be weird if Pelia didn't know Scotty.

 

[AlanC9]

As someone who grew up in the '90s and '00s during the era of Hiatuses, I'm used to it.

Now I'm thinking of the way I reacted to "The Best of Both Worlds." I had no idea that anything was up, but I thought we were getting close to the end of the show. And then.. "To be continued"..

Still the most surprised I've ever been by a TV episode.

 

[AlanC9]

I thought the same thing. I get that she has plot armor but it's like she is surviving everything

Agreed,. It's not like she has to be in danger a lot, since that isn't her job.

 

[Discovery McDiscoveryFace]

At this point, has Pelia ever given anyone a decent grade at the Academy?

 

[Mike Doyle]

The small universe syndrome of Palia knowing Scotty,

I’m not sure that counts as small universe. She’s been the head engineering lecturer at Starfleet Academy for ages and he’s an engineering officer graduate.

No doubt he’d stand out to her because as we know he’s not a bad engineer.

 

[Seven of Five]

I gave that an 8. I enjoyed the episode enough, even if it didn't wow me as much as many episodes this season have. Perhaps I'm a little bored of the Gorn and just didn't think they deserved a cliffhanger moment.

That said, it was fun having a cliffhanger again - how many years has it been?

Scotty!

It's going to be a long eighteen-month-to-two-year wait. Hopefully, I'll be able to get up off the sofa at some point before then.

What will Pike decide?

 

[KennyB]

I just had PTSD from BOBW……..when that TO BE CONTINUED popped up.

 

[Campe]

Good episode. Called the Batel infestation but glad she ain’t dead. Yet.

Goddamned strike-extended cliffhanger.

 

[mattman8907]

At this point, has Pelia ever given anyone a decent grade at the Academy?

Doesn't seem like it. Hate to see what She gave Kirk or Spock.

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

I just had PTSD from BOBW……..when that TO BE CONTINUED popped up.

At least Una didn’t step up to shout: “Mr Worf, FIRE!”

resolution to the cliffhanger: Uhura looks confused. “Who’s Mr Worf?”