Well, he's hardly been distant towards her, which would be a justifiable response given what she has denied him for over twenty years. And you're deflecting: my question was has he mentioned Laris at all over the course of this show?
As for contrivances, plot holes and the like, I'd be here for quite some time if I mentioned all the ones I've noticed. And they're increasing with each episode. Now I'm very aware that as with any piece of storytelling you have to suspend your disbelief at points because you're not watching real life play out: there's a certain amount of sleight of hand and manipulation involved from the filmmakers, but it becomes increasingly difficult to disengage your mental faculties for this extended period of time, and willingly accept a season just because it has some of your favourite characters in it. That's not enough. It has to make a bit of sense too.
I'll just highlight one from the last episode to illustrate my point. Vadic assuming control of the Titan (which was ridiculously contrived too) and threatening to execute hostages. This doesn't work for quite a number of reasons. First of all, she has control of the entire ship. Lock them up, transport them or corral them into certain areas just like Jack did to you in the last episode. Actually, they're human beings.... just gas them. So that's one reason it makes zero sense.
And why is a group of highly trained Starfleet officers still sharing space with her on the bridge? The bridge. And even sillier still, they're not bound or gagged. Drag them into another area that limits the possibility of them taking back the ship.
Another reason is that generally speaking with hostage situations in films the villain is trying to extract information or unearth conspirators/heroes. Basically they're in the dark about something or someone. Or want something that they can't get their hands on. Kruge killed David in SFS because he wanted the Enterprise and the secrets of Genesis. There's no secret for Vadic concerning Jack. She knows who "he really is" and yet she plays out this little act, and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Hasn't it been impressed upon her a few times over that time is running out? Isn't he dangerous? It's a juggling act, designed to excite an audience, with very little advancement of the plot.
She's assumed control of the Titan and yet Jack can miraculously join her on the bridge with a bomb/force field in his hand? This is a villain who from the very start seemed to have an in depth knowledge of Starfleet and yet she can't control one of their ships? Even the lifts? And then she's sucked out of the hatch, having essentially teased us about Jack for eight episodes. And she dies in space. Sorry, she's killed, because writer's didn't need her, her crew or her ship anymore. The plot of this entire episode doesn't hold up to any degree of scrutiny.
