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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x09 - "Project Daedalus"

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They needed a way to conveniently prolong her being disabled. Both her and Burnham together could likely have stopped Arian. In the heat of the moment, most viewers wouldn’t have thought as much about the helmet. A bit sloppily handled, if not for an otherwise excellent episode.
It was made worse by the fact they explained away the helmet in dialogue when it came to Airiam. They could have avoided both by just having the helmets be removable instead of collapsible. Can't put helmet on because, well, it's over there.
 
BUT they did have her download ALL of her memories first (Just like data did) as a way to bring her back easily.

In the real world, having the sum of all your memories would not be enough to recreate you, since the underlying architecture of your brain would also be needed. Which in Airiam's case means whatever mix of gray matter and circuitry is up in there.

That said, this is a show that had Culber resurrected via contact with Stamets' tears, so sadly you may be right. I don't think she's a big enough show presence to get a resurrection arc though.
 
Incidentally, unless I've missed the dedicated thread, I'm glad no one is going crazy because Pike said "shit storm".

A great improvement over last year's "Fuck yeah"-gate. Well done everyone.
Burnham said "shit" in "Context is for Kings", and nobody batted an eyelash.
 
Maybe Nhan's transfer to security was not the best idea, given how easily she can be completely disabled. Though I loved that she's Barzan, I hadn't made that connection before. If they want to resurrect briefly-seen TNG aliens with breathing apparatuses, let's get a Benzite! The modern reinterpretation of that alien design could be great.

I also love that this show brought back a relatively obscure species from TNG for one of their characters. There are definitely other previously-established species that I would not mind seeing make a return. One minor complaint I've had about Star Trek is the way they frequently introduce new aliens that we maybe see once and then never hear from again. I mean, it's cool seeing new and interesting aliens, but having more recurring races helps make it feel like a more cohesive universe, so I think it's great we've not only had a Barzan present this season, but also a Saurian.
 
What happened to Linus? He was in every episode at the start of the season. Maybe he'll be back now Airiam is no more.
 
They needed a way to conveniently prolong her being disabled. Both her and Burnham together could likely have stopped Arian. In the heat of the moment, most viewers wouldn’t have thought as much about the helmet. A bit sloppily handled, if not for an otherwise excellent episode.
I'm going to go with the fact of being tossed multiple meters across the room and smashing the back of ones spacesuit against a wall with such force to knock the wind out of you, probably has a tendency to disable (break) things located in ones spacesuit where one smashes it against a wall.
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Also, Nahan only had half of her breathing apparatus pulled off, the other side was still connected.
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Very enjoyable episode, quite a curveball with the entire Control wanting to become sentient. Very much inspired by David Mack's storyline in the novels.

Weird though, to call this episode Project Daedelus, and only mention it once..... in the last three minutes.....
 
Cornwell wasn't dealing with the real Vulcan Admiral though.
Remember the real one had been dead for at least two weeks.
Cornwell was dealing with the Control AI who led her to believe that Patar was an extremist.

Ahhh, I thought that she had already been one and it was just a "Ugh...fucking Patar..." kind of thing among the admirals, and was then killed by Control. That's much more palatable and believable than Starfleet being so tolerant that someone like Patar could chess herself into power. I must have missed part of her explanation of the mission. Now that I think about it, I think my brain just dumped all the information Cornwell had given immediately after her speech on the bridge about Pike because I was too busy gushing.
 
Very enjoyable episode, quite a curveball with the entire Control wanting to become sentient. Very much inspired by David Mack's storyline in the novels.

Weird though, to call this episode Project Daedelus, and only mention it once..... in the last three minutes.....

Which means next episode ("The Red Angel") will be all about the Daedalus Project and fighting against Control, and the Angel will only show up for a cliffhanger.
 
Tense between Burnham and Spock. Usually, in a scene like this, I take a side. This time I didn't. I was a third party watching in on two points of view I could understand.
He threw her greatest character flaw, her self-importance, right in her face. She noped out, which seemed so natural to me in a situation where people who are close to each other can't work out deep-seated conflicts. Both had a point. Very organic. Very poignant. I love it.
 
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