Spoilers Strange New Worlds General Discussion Thread

[The Gatekeeper]

Oh, shit. I didn't even notice the LCARS bits until now.

 

[GhoulEddie74]

CONTINUITY VIOLATION.

Or something.

 

[Tuskin38]

one of the earlier seasons (maybe even 1?) the clapper had a TOS Enterprise sticker and the usual suspects jumped to conclusion that it meant the ship would look that way.

 

[Zombie Cheerleader]

For me - Decker's story was a the B plot of the episode and he was there as a primary plot complication for both Kirk and Spock. Yes, his character DID have a story (and it was a decent and heartfelt one that elivates the episope) - but yeah, they entire overall focus is "How does the 1701 ship and crew beat this thing and save the most densely populated section of the Milky Way Galaxy."

I'd disagree. Decker and his guilt and obsession are the primary plot. The Doomsday machine is there to motivate Decker's behavior and give a sense of jeopardy to our heroes. Decker also places our heroes in jeopardy through his actions. The "solution" to the DM is basically "Kill it with fire!!!!!!!" (From the inside)

 

[Leo Walsh]

Raffi was a druggie. End of story.

Addiction is a serious illness, not a character weakness to be treated dismissively.

 

[Leo Walsh]

I recommend the Madred method where she's given a severe jolt to her nervous system whenever she tries to reach for drugs that are displayed in front of her

No.

 

[GhoulEddie74]

Yeah, let's not inflict heinous physical torture on the chemically dependent. The dependency is bad enough.

 

[DaveyNY]

No it should not be that way. Doctors are meant to do more medicine than a nurse

I'm rather late to this particular conversation, but ...

After working for over forty years in a hospital, I can tell you without a doubt that Nurses do 1000%+ more hands on with the patients than any doctor.
Doctor's breeze in and talk to/examine the patient for at the most 10 minutes, RN's & Aides spend their entire 8-12 hour shifts dealing hands on with anywhere from 6 to 20 patients.

You really have no clue about the realities of modern medicine.

 

[DaveyNY]

A nurse is never going to do the job of a doctor. Nurses hardly even go in operation rooms when a surgery is been performed

HOLY CHIT .... The assisting RN in a surgical suite is the surgeons right hand.
They set up the room, make sure all the paperwork is proper and double check every single thing that the surgeon does before, during and after.
Including making sure that all the after-surgery processes are complete.
Again, the doctor waltzes in, does the surgery and then waltzes out, leaving the patient in the complete care of both the surgical RN and the Recovery room RN's.

You really shouldn't make statements about things you have no clue about.
SMH

 

[137th Gebirg]

It’s like working in any government environment from local municipalities all the way up to the fed. The civilian govies sit around in meetings and congratulate themselves for everything we contractors all do (and we do pretty much everything). The milspec guys are considerably better to deal with.

 

[Leo Walsh]

It’s like working in any government environment from local municipalities all the way up to the fed. The civilian govies sit around in meetings and congratulate themselves for everything we contractors all do (and we do pretty much everything). The milspec guys are considerably better to deal with.

I worked on both sides of this - as a tech contractor, as a writer on teams bidding for work at the Pentagon and offices of DHHS, and as a governmental employee reviewing work performed by Booz Allen among others.

And I can say one thing as certain fact:

The above-quoted is without a doubt what a lot of contractors believe.