Spoilers Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3x06 - "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"

[Jayson1]

I agree. In fact, at the time I commented that while TOS was about the "big three", Discovery was about the "core four": Burnham, Saru, Tilly and Stamets.

I sort of f agree though I think Lorca and Pike and Spock to a lesser degree, were part of the core for their single seasons and Cleveland Book kind of replaced Tilly in the later seasons.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I agree. In fact, at the time I commented that while TOS was about the "big three", Discovery was about the "core four": Burnham, Saru, Tilly and Stamets.

DSC was strongly promoted as the fall and rise of a Starfleet Number One.

 

[kevinc]

There's a B'Rel in the debris

Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49.bsky.social)

Also seen inside the Scavenger ship in #StarTrekSNW's "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail" are various bits and pieces of a very familiar starship: A Klingon Bird-of-Prey! Not the one introduced in season 1 of #StarTrekDiscovery but the one (with slight alterations) from "Star Trek III" and onwards! 😁

bsky.app

I mean... the same looking ship class shows up in the TNG era as well, so I guess the designs don't seem to change much?

 

[Cyrus]

Fantastic episode. Loved it.

 

[AntonyF]

I agree about Ortegas. She is one my favorite characters, yet we are getting close to the end of season 3 and she still hasn't had even a single episode dedicated to her.

I thought in season two when they weren't using her much she was going to be killed off. Then I thought she was going to die from the Gorn attack.

I think it underlines that the writers find it really hard to write for new scenarios and new characters... they find a lot of comfort in what has come before, but find it hard to flesh out new content.

 

[26138]

When Scotty beamed over, I was sad because that probably meant no Pelia. When Pelia showed up, I was no longer sad. They had a nice excuse for not showing Main Engineering this episode. How many more excuses will they come up with before the series ends?

Telephone gimmick was gimmicky. I wonder if Pelia has a copy of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for the 2600?

 

[Tallguy]

That's more like it.

I'm annoyed that all of my favorite episodes from season 2 and 3 seem to be Kirk episodes. I want great Pike episodes again. (The end of this one was a step in the right direction.)

I'm delighted that Wesley has turned me around after not liking him at all in Quality of Mercy. I thought he had found his feet in season 2. But this was kind of next level for me. They managed to deconstruct the "hot head with no regard for the rules" trope that people (wrongly) get from Kirk's reputation and gave us a more thoughtful Captain who is closer to Shatner's actual Kirk.

Kirk's phobia of The Chair was actually pretty cool.

And at around 33 minutes Melumad gave us a pretty unmistakable James Horner homage for a few notes. Nice.