Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x02 - "New Eden"

[bookworm8571]

I didn't feel at all that they were on a soapbox about how backward these people were.
I thought they were generally respectful of the people and their culture.

Edit to add:

Burnham and Owosekum were not unfamiliar. Burnham just said she was not a believer. Pike was familiar because his father taught comparative religion.

Let’s just say that I would like to see a main character on this show who believes in God and practices a religion, a la Kira on Deep Space Nine.

 

[Vger23]

Tilly refers to Owosekun as "Oh-Wo" at one point. That's some good shit.

+1

 

[CorporalClegg]

Owosekun comes from a "luddite commune" (on Earth?!), but one that's non-religious. Interesting.

Detmer got her pilot's license at age 12.

Little details on the bridge crew they're sprinkling in. No sign of Reno or Nhan, but who knows what the hell is going on with engineering on this ship. The first ship that can travel across the galaxy in a split second, and we've never met the chief engineer.

And I am kicking myself for not thinking of the Preservers as the Red Angels. They mention the Preservers on TOS as if they were a well-known thing, and this could be telling us where Starfleet learned about this mysterious race. Maybe we'll see an obelisk this season.

Well, as Disco goes, the WC is pretty mundane. Also explain why people think Stamets is the chief.

Tilly referees to Owosekun as "Oh-Wo" at one point. That's some good shit.

+1

Yeah. I'm pretty sure that's the nickname I'd come up with for her.

 

[Vger23]

Let’s just say that I would like to see a main character on this show who believes in God and practices a religion, a la Kira on Deep Space Nine.

I think they all but went there with Pike. That's how I took it, anyway. It made me really appreciate the episode more.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I really like that the pre-warp, ultra-religious WW3 descendants weren't bad guys. They didn't get around to sacrificing our valiant landing party, even after they offered up some pretty heretical questions.

They were just nice folks offering some "fellowship" for the evening to some travellers from the Northern Territories.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

I really like that the pre-warp, ultra-religious WW3 descendants weren't bad guys. They didn't get around to sacrificing our valiant landing party, even after they offered up some pretty heretical questions.

They were just nice folks offering some "fellowship" for the evening to some travellers from the Northern Territories.

You are not of the body.

 

[Tim Thomason]

You are not of the body.

I am of the One.

 

[DigificWriter]

That was great. A few "bullet-point" comments and observations:
* Apparently one of the credit spots is "open" and fluid now, which is an interesting decision

* What the heck was up with Tilly's "head!Friend"?

* This episode gave me serious "Future's End", "The 37s", and " Carbon Crek" vibes, which is great because I love those 3 episodes.

* I love this cast of characters, both Regular and Recurring, and think Captain Pike is a brilliant addition

*Family ties override privacy regulations as far as I'm concerned, so Sarek, Amanda, and Michael should have been told about Spock being checked into a Psych Ward regardless of what he wanted

* Does anybody else think Stamets saw Culber when he first jumped the Discovery to Terrelysium and we just didn't get to witness it?

DSC hasn't disappointed me yet, and I'm so looking forward to next Thursday night. 7 days can't pass quick enough for me.

 

[marsh8472]

Not a bad episode. Interesting having a new take on the prime directive. Apparently since they came from Earth a few years before first contact then they are still considered pre-warp and subject to the prime directive.

But it's inconsistent with TNG "The Masterpiece Society": "RIKER: The Prime Directive doesn't apply. They're human. " and voyager episode "The 37's"

 

[Push The Button]

"It's a church, Burnham."

"....[A]ny sufficiently advanced extraterrestrial intelligence is indistinguishable from God."

Oh no, devout Christian Pike is happening, isn't it? Paging King Daniel Beyond...

From a fable you once heard in childhood.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

They really need to install biometric safety locks on their phasers.

 

[CorporalClegg]

*Family ties override privacy regulations as far as I'm concerned, so Sarek, Amanda, and Michael should have been told about Spock being checked into a Psych Ward regardless of what he wanted

You and what HIPAA?

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Not a bad episode. Interesting having a new take on the prime directive. Apparently since they came from Earth a few years before first contact then they are still considered pre-warp and subject to the prime directive.

But it's inconsistent with TNG "The Masterpiece Society": "RIKER: The Prime Directive doesn't apply. They're human. " and voyager episode "The 37's"

The 24th century Prime Directive may have been revised a little since the 23rd century General Order 1.
Maybe instances like this brought about some reconsideration and tweaking of the General order/Prime Directive.

 

[Amasov]

Would be cooler if they went to the Delta Quadrant.

Where they'll find The 37's. :P

 

[eschaton]

Thinking about it more, I'm not sure why they didn't just offer to take Jacob and his daughter back with them. It was pretty clear he wanted to go, and it would have solved any issue of cultural contamination.

 

[Vger23]

Not a bad episode. Interesting having a new take on the prime directive. Apparently since they came from Earth a few years before first contact then they are still considered pre-warp and subject to the prime directive.

But it's inconsistent with TNG "The Masterpiece Society": "RIKER: The Prime Directive doesn't apply. They're human. " and voyager episode "The 37's"

The regulation most likely evolved over the course of a century. Hell, laws and policies change in a matter of years in real life.

 

[Vger23]

Thinking about it more, I'm not sure why they didn't just offer to take Jacob and his daughter back with them. It was pretty clear he wanted to go, and it would have solved any issue of cultural contamination.

Except for his integration within that society...and all the people who would miss him.

 

[KennyB]

Agreed. And also the audio for the “Next week on...”

Odd, I had audio for it.......and did not have an issue with captioning. But I watched about an hour after it went live.

 

[Amasov]

Yeah but they know about Earth. They deserve to know about their planet.

Especially when you consider Janeway had no problem doing that when she and crew discovered Amelia Earhart in the Delta Quadrant.

 

[Vger23]

Interesting that not only do the Red Angels make these signals, but they also seemingly somehow saved a group of people from death during WW3.