Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy General Discussion Thread

[137th Gebirg]

You're not imagining it. It really was an amazing series.

 

[tomalak301]

I'm away from home at the minute, staying somewhere that has streaming services so I'm (finally!) getting to see Prodigy series 2.

Prodigy has turned out to be my favourite of the "new" Trek. I don't find that I'm labouring to find "good" points, and I care about the characters in a way that I haven't for any of the other recent Treks.

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That's what I liked about it. It really felt like an ensamble show, and I cared about everyone. Also, Janeway was a side character and it gave room for the main new characters to shine, unlike say Picard which kicked the new characters off after Season 2 (Minus Raffi).

 

[Christopher]

Also, Janeway was a side character and it gave room for the main new characters to shine, unlike say Picard which kicked the new characters off after Season 2 (Minus Raffi).

More like during season 2. Soji was only in episode 1 and the actress was then recast as a different character; much the same happened to Laris aside from her token return at the end; Elnor was absent for most of the season; and Jurati's and Rios's arcs culminated in both of their departures from the cast. So it was already essentially down to Picard, Raffi, and Seven by the end of season 2.

 

[The Wormhole]

much the same happened to Laris aside from her token return at the end;

Laris also had a brief though meaningless cameo in the S3 premiere.

 

[Christopher]

Laris also had a brief though meaningless cameo in the S3 premiere.

Yes, of course, but my point is that much of season 2 was devoted to gradually phasing out most of the season 1 characters, so it wasn't something that started in season 3. It was something that finished in season 3.

 

[tomalak301]

I would have liked to see Picard and Laris together one more time. I know it was the reunion of the TNG cast and how they ended it was nice, but maybe an epilogue set a few years into the future just showing Picard and Laris together or something. How Picard handled it's cast was actually one of the reasons I was sour on it.

 

[Turtletrekker]

I would have liked to see Picard and Laris together one more time. I know it was the reunion of the TNG cast and how they ended it was nice, but maybe an epilogue set a few years into the future just showing Picard and Laris together or something. How Picard handled it's cast was actually one of the reasons I was sour on it.

Likewise, I would have liked to have seen a meeting between Data and Soji.

 

[Tuskin38]

it's been exactly two years since Prodigy's cancellation was announced

 

[tomalak301]

it's been exactly two years since Prodigy's cancellation was announced

And next Tuesday will be the one year anniversary of when Season 2 was released. I even told Aaron Waltke at the convention that it was a great Birthday gift.

 

[Oddish]

I wonder if they knew it was going to be canceled beforehand... Garrett Wang's words at a convention a few days before suggests at least the possibility.

 

[Wouter]

I wonder if they knew it was going to be canceled beforehand... Garrett Wang's words at a convention a few days before suggests at least the possibility.

The Hageman brothers sounded pretty pessimistic (they stressed the difficult situation streaming TV was in at the time) already while the back-half of S1 was being broadcasted.

They may not have "known" per se, but they probably were aware of Paramount's financial troubles on the one hand, and the numbers for Prodigy (not merely the streaming figures, but also prospects for sales of merchandising etc) on the other hand. I think they saw it coming.

 

[Danja]

Prodigy has made it to Starfleet Academy's Wall of Honor!

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[Markonian]

That is lovely!
Has the name „Zero the Third“ been used before? Otherwise Memory Alpha and Beta might be iffy about making the connection.

 

[Danja]

That is lovely!
Has the name „Zero the Third“ been used before? Otherwise Memory Alpha and Beta might be iffy about making the connection.

I'm thinking, "Were there two more like him?"

 

[Oddish]

I'm thinking, "Were there two more like him?"

He had two prior mechanical bodies, if I remember right.

 

[Christopher]

Has the name „Zero the Third“ been used before? Otherwise Memory Alpha and Beta might be iffy about making the connection.

I don't think so. I was wondering if it was a reference to Zero's third containment suit, but that seems unlikely. Maybe it's their grandchild? It seems unlikely to be Zero themself, because that wasn't their real name, it was derived from their epithet Prisoner Zero on Tars Lamora. (Presumably incorporeal beings with no mouths or vocal tracts don't have phonetic names to begin with, which makes me wonder where the name "Kollos" came from.)

 

[Danja]

I don't think so. I was wondering if it was a reference to Zero's third containment suit, but that seems unlikely. Maybe it's their grandchild? It seems unlikely to be Zero themself, because that wasn't their real name, it was derived from their epithet Prisoner Zero on Tars Lamora.

A lot can happen in 800 years.

 

[Ogrebear]

Would have been fun if Zero was still around in the 32nd Century.

 

[Christopher]

Would have been fun if Zero was still around in the 32nd Century.

Maybe they are. We don't actually know yet if it's a memorial wall or something else, like a roster of past instructors. It just seems to be a "let's throw in a bunch of Easter eggs for the audience to obsess over" wall.

 

[Oddish]

Maybe they are. We don't actually know yet if it's a memorial wall or something else, like a roster of past instructors. It just seems to be a "let's throw in a bunch of Easter eggs for the audience to obsess over" wall.

It's not an instructor list, since some of the names on it were KIA's.