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Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x02 - "Wedding Bell Blues"

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And you missed the joke. "Hedonistic Abrams Filth" is a term I frequently and jokingly use in reference to those films.
Lol I got the joke, but I had never seen it before so I didn't realise it was a meme! Now that I do, at least I have my reply ready if I see it again.
 
This episode was better than the premiere but still a fluffy piece of cotton candy and I still have some bits left in my mouth.

It'll make up for that by being talked about for decades, as we..

Find out about the Q home planet.
Trelane is a Q.
Trelane is either Q's son from Voyager or our definition of Q offspring has no real meaning.
Same with time, it doesn't have any more meaning for the Q than the Wormhole Prophets.

So anything goes really.

And it went in a pretty fun direction, with the fake news wedding as the backdrop, and the Spock relationship front and center.

It's nice to see Chapel written an an independent woman, with a mind of her own (who knew they had those?), but hopefully not at the cost of future Spock. Lay this to rest please.

A 7.5 for history, good acting, and canon fodder.

See what I did there?
 
Ugh. This one didn't work for me. Easily the weakest of the first three. Gave it a 6. Yeah, I know it was supposed to funny, amusing. I just didn't find it to be that. And it had the same lame resolution as the TOS episode, which is not amongst my favorites. Just played for yucks and then parent saves the day. Ok a little cool to hear Q.
 
Incidentally, this might be coincidental, but the station seemed distinctly influenced by Fleet Headquarters from the old Franz Joseph Star Fleet Tech Manual, complete with multiple internal forests.

(And maybe it’s just me and I’ve never noticed before, but I could swear the Enterprise bridge and turbolift sets are looking a lot closer to the TOS versions than they used to, in layout and color scheme. Have they changed it from previous seasons?)

EDIT: Also, there seemed to be a very 80s vibe to the whole thing, in both the feel of the party and the music choices. Was this episode maybe a partial homage to some 1980s romcom film?

EDIT: Is this season the first time they’ve referred to the ship being on a five-year mission in this series?
I've also notice that the music is more TOS-esque this season (unless I just missed it previously).
 
I have to admit, I liked this one better, even though Spock's reaction to losing Chapel didn't seem deeply emotional enough, other than that lingering shot of his misty eyes upon finding out. But I suppose you don't want to dwell on melancholy... Loved the actor playing TrelaneQ, and the callback to parents swooping in to save the day was nice. Tying up the episode with the Sun, Moon and Stars quote was also a very nice touch. Thought turning Korby into the maid of honor and later on a dog was amusing, as well as the "rigorous intellect" quip, but admit to even laughing out loud at the "punch me" Kirk moment. The foreboding Gorn shell shock moment with Ortega was an interesting way to end the episode. I give this one a solid 8.
 
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