I know the novels aren’t canon. I was just curious if they would be keeping it the same.
I don’t remember her in the Pakled one. I thought she was in The Borg one.
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I don’t remember her in the Pakled one. I thought she was in The Borg one.
I started a new job last month which has kept me busy so I’ve been absent from commenting for most of this season. But I loved this episode. The season itself hasn’t been quite as good as the first but the finale definitely was great. It was nice to see the captains yacht, cetacean ops and removing the hull was an interesting idea we’d never seen before. But this crew is one I’m truly starting to care about. Of course Freeman will be fine but seeing the characters grow and care for one another over these two seasons has been great. My first LDS 10/10!
Too much naked time?When I asked for ship porn I didn’t mean that. That’s just too much.
The dolphins wearing Starfleet uniforms is the funniest thing EVER. There's absolutely no need for them to wear uniforms since they're, well, dolphins but Starfleet makes them wear one anyway. That's funny as hell. 
I remember years ago someone made a joke drawing of a dolphin in cetacean ops wearing a Starfleet uniform (as seen below) but I never actually thought they would be wearing uniforms! I wonder if the writers saw the below drawing and thought it would be funny (and cute) if they had their dolphins follow suit!
I remember years ago someone made a joke drawing of a dolphin in cetacean ops wearing a Starfleet uniform (as seen below) but I never actually thought they would be wearing uniforms! I wonder if the writers saw the below drawing and thought it would be funny (and cute) if they had their dolphins follow suit!
So...Gomez is a captain but Paris is still a lieutenant...?
Don't forget Paris has a checkered past. A) He was in a prison B)he was temporary reinstated with the rank of LIeutenant then he got demoted for disobeying orders then after a year of proving himself again got repromoted to Lieutenant JG again and then three years later got promoted to Full Lieutenant. C)He probably took some time off after Miral was born to spend time with her, B'leanna and reunite with Admiral Paris.
While Gomez has spent that time gaining experience and making a career out of starfleet.
I am this close to being certaiin they're gonna do a Shar/Prynn with Jennifer and Beckett.
F**k!
Kinda surprised nobody made a 'naked ship' joke. Still, fantastic cliffhanger.
And a fantastic season.
Find myself more excited by the prospect of more Lower Decks than nearly everything else on the slate save for more exploration of the 32nd century in Disco S4.
F**k!
Kinda surprised nobody made a 'naked ship' joke. Still, fantastic cliffhanger.
And a fantastic season.
Find myself more excited by the prospect of more Lower Decks than nearly everything else on the slate save for more exploration of the 32nd century in Disco S4.
Best episode of the season and in contention for best episode of the entire series thus far.
A solid 10.
A solid 10.
The only way the Cetacean Ops thing would have been better is if they'd been Xindi-Aquatics.
If I had to captain a Starfleet vessel, i hope it would be one of these babies.
GREAT episode, with a solid cliffhanger.
- Cetacean Ops *finally* making it to screen put a smile on my face, and the dolphins had me screaming.
- Billups losing his cool when it was implied the Cerritos wasn't the best ship in the fleet had me rolling
- The reason for Rutherford's error messages was so sweet
- Tendi getting promoted first makes sense to me, but I am confused about her boss deciding she should change careers
- The Archimedes is one beautiful ship.
- Cetacean Ops *finally* making it to screen put a smile on my face, and the dolphins had me screaming.
- Billups losing his cool when it was implied the Cerritos wasn't the best ship in the fleet had me rolling
- The reason for Rutherford's error messages was so sweet
- Tendi getting promoted first makes sense to me, but I am confused about her boss deciding she should change careers
- The Archimedes is one beautiful ship.
The only way the Cetacean Ops thing would have been better is if they'd been Xindi-Aquatics.
Xindi Aquatics with Earth Dolphins might have been better... or just one of each.
A solid 9 for me. Excellent episode (I NEVER give a perfect score to anything, but there have been a few 'TREK episodes in the past that came damn close, including this one).
And who would have thought that MM would have brought back "the Joystick" in a way that makes sense? And, that cliffhanger? As someone in this thread had alluded to, I do wonder if Section 31 is involved, considering that S31 was more than willing to kill off the Founders during the Dominion War, thanks to the Pakleds intentions to attack Earth directly...
Anyway, looking forward to season 3.
And who would have thought that MM would have brought back "the Joystick" in a way that makes sense? And, that cliffhanger? As someone in this thread had alluded to, I do wonder if Section 31 is involved, considering that S31 was more than willing to kill off the Founders during the Dominion War, thanks to the Pakleds intentions to attack Earth directly...
Anyway, looking forward to season 3.
They're quite hot on Ruttheford it seems.
Lol... yes, but if that was live action, I don't think any captain would necessarily allow for THAT kind of an outburst - though the senior staff already knew each other for a while, so who knows.
Yes, but that memory he recovered as a result of the wipe may have something to do with Freeman being implicated in the destruction of Pakled planet or could have something to do with him having an implant to begin with.
Agreed. I also found it a bit odd because we hadn't seen her doing much medical work to begin with... still T'Ana did mention Tendi 'mastered' everything she set herself out to do (or did I mishear that word?)... so, either way, this is a good thing for Tendi... she still works in the science department, just a different branch.
And its not like senior officers cannot recognize a potential in fellow ensigns and point out to them that they would flourish in other areas - that was actually nice.
It looked ok.
Looks like the Excelsior class got another upgrade cycle which changed almost all sections. New nacelle design, pylons, and a saucer that's more oval shaped... SF seems to have gone Sovereign class on the Excelsior.
It kinda confirms my hypothesis that SF keeps certain ship designs in service for LONG periods of time and just upgrades them periodically... internally (most frequent) and externally (less frequent - something along the lines of every 50-100 years - superstructure would be upgraded at this point too so the ship would probably NOT look anything like it started out with after 200-300 years or so - and each upgrade cycle would technically make it 'brand new').
Its possible SF actually keeps all its designs and just retires them for a while and then brings them out redesigned and upgraded after say 100-200.
Maybe the NX-01 became the Akira class in the 24th century and we hadn't seen it in the 23rd because SF didn't think the design was needed at the time.
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Great episode. The plot of a ship making first contact getting caught in space radiation and another ship having to rescue, and the Cerritos stripping its outer hull to get through the asteroids felt very trek to me. And stripping the hull was a unique solution that showcased teamwork. We got some nice ship porn too! Seeing the cetacean ops was very cool. We also got some nice character moments and a great cliffhanger. You know its a good episode when the cliffhanger makes you mad because you resent having to wait to see the conclusion.
Good to see Sonya Gomez more than redeeming herself in the 16 years since TNG Season 2. I know the novels have her making a name for herself but those aren't canon so this is the first time we've seen her in canon since 1989. The reference to her engine room accident with Captain Picard was nice to hear.
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