Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 5x04 - "Face the Strange"

[Hawku]

This episode, I enjoyed. But they should've infused a boot with antichronitons and stomped the spider. Or at least trap it in an anyon strawberry jam jar and let it outside.

 

[Cr0sis21]

This episode, I enjoyed. But they should've infused a boot with antichronitons and stomped the spider. Or at least trap it in an anyon strawberry jam jar and let it outside.

It occurred to me just now: To quote Chekov, why not simply vaporize it? Would a compressed energy beam from a phaser be subject to the same reaction as Rayner's poor hand?

 

[Arpy]

A reminder that we’re back tomorrow, Saturday, from 9-11 PM BST (that’s 4-6 PM EDT in the US) with another Trek/sci-fi/everything zoom discussion. Link will be posted in the thread at the time of the meeting. Nothing is recorded, come and go as you like, it’s a diverse and friendly international group, all are welcome!

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Call the Orkin Man!!!

Raid. Now with Anti-Chronitons!!!

Grudge could have had a lot of fun with that Time Bug before biting it in half.

"Shiiiit. Time Bug." Would make a great meme! Anyone want to make one?

 

[ToddCam]

Speaking of, this episode really lacked for Saru. Which is a shame.

Another missed opportunity, maybe. Having Burnham face Saru from back when he was scared of her all the time.

 

[ananta]

Really fun, entertaining episode—very Star Trekky (right down to the near-Voyager levels of technobabble! Incidentally, the “time bug” was kind of neat in a bizarre way, felt a little Red Dwarf or Farscapey). This works beautifully as a final season episode, nice little retrospective of the show and the characters’ journeys and evolution. Really wish we’d had a gotten to see Jason Isaacs again, but can he probably wouldn’t want to jet to Toronto for what would probably just be a cameo. This season has been really tight so far, this is probably a 9 from me.

 

[Cr0sis21]

Really wish we’d had a gotten to see Jason Isaacs again, but can he probably wouldn’t want to jet to Toronto for what would probably just be a cameo.

He seems pretty particular about his roles, from what I've seen in interviews. He was not, for instance, thrilled with the idea of playing a children's novel bad guy in Harry Potter.

 

[ananta]

He seems pretty particular about his roles, from what I've seen in interviews. He was not, for instance, thrilled with the idea of playing a children's novel bad guy in Harry Potter.

Wonder what changed his mind re Harry Potter?

Guy is a great actor, I still miss Lorca.

 

[Cr0sis21]

Wonder what changed his mind re Harry Potter?

Guy is a great actor, I still miss Lorca.

Yes, I miss Lorca as well. I think not finding a way to bring him back was a HUGE missed opportunity for Disco. The question of what happened to Prime Lorca is this dangling loose thread that will never be resolved unless they bring him onto Strange New Worlds.

 

[ananta]

Yes, I miss Lorca as well. I think not finding a way to bring him back was a HUGE missed opportunity for Disco. The question of what happened to Prime Lorca is this dangling loose thread that will never be resolved unless they bring him onto Strange New Worlds.

We can but hope!

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Yes, I miss Lorca as well. I think not finding a way to bring him back was a HUGE missed opportunity for Disco. The question of what happened to Prime Lorca is this dangling loose thread that will never be resolved unless they bring him onto Strange New Worlds.

ANSON MOUNT: "Previously on Star Trek: Discovery..."

 

[Cr0sis21]

ANSON MOUNT: "Previously on Star Trek: Discovery..."

I'd mark out for that so hard, I really would.

 

[Cap'n Calhoun]

Calypso is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow.

"Calypso" is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad.

(Also... a really great episode of Short Treks.)

 

[Cr0sis21]

"Calypso" is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad.

(Also... a really great episode of Short Treks.)

What's a Calypso?...

 

[Nerys Myk]

What's a Calypso?...

A dance
A ship
An episode of Short Treks.

 

[Cr0sis21]

A dance
A ship
An episode of Short Treks.

LOL, yes, I know. I was making a reference to "What's a Tuesday?"
Guess it doesn't work without the vocal inflections.

 

[Nerys Myk]

LOL, yes, I know. I was making a reference to "What's a Tuesday?"
Guess it doesn't work without the vocal inflections.

I don’t get that reference.

 

[UssGlenn]

It occurred to me just now: To quote Chekov, why not simply vaporize it? Would a compressed energy beam from a phaser be subject to the same reaction as Rayner's poor hand?

probably yes. Phaser beams must dissipate eventually, and it looks like it would take many years to make it to the spider. Also I could have sworn they said simply destroying it would cause very bad temporal things to happen.

 

[eschaton]

They must have faked his appearance in some way, no way they put him in makeup just for that.

No reason they have to film all the episode shots in order, is there? Maybe a "second unit" got a shot of him passed out when he was already suited up for another episode.

 

[Fateor]

A technical nitpick that didn't impinge upon my enjoyment.

Relativity doesn't come into play by breaking the warp bubble. Most theories of warp drive I've seen suggest that the ship isn't travel through space at faster than the speed of light, or even close to it. Instead, it distorts space around the ship.

So busting the bubble during warp shouldn't introduce any relativistic effects. It should just drop them out of warp and they'll be at their space normal speed.

And, even if you stipulate that it does somehow introduce those relativistic effects, both Discovery and the time bug are traveling at the exact same relative speeds so there would be no differential between them.

Clearly, the intent was to create a difficult task that forced Future Burnham to win over the Past Crew to accomplish to reinforce the theme of Raynar's arc about working together cooperatively. It did do that.

Yea, that was a really questionable bit of writing and could have been done any number of other ways.