Logline
When the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.
Written by Henry Alonso Myers
Directed by Maja Vrvilo
When the USS Enterprise investigates an attack on a colony at the edge of Federation space, Captain Pike and his crew face the return of a formidable enemy.
Written by Henry Alonso Myers
Directed by Maja Vrvilo
THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS AS I WATCH:
NOOO, I DON’T WANT THIS TO END!
Previously: The various stuff happened.
Oh, hey, Cayuga captains log.
Nice of them to have a colony modeled after an Earth town. Saves on budget.
“SIGNAL LOST.” In space, a dropped call can mean only one thing: Invasion.
Oh, we’re doing the Independence Day thing?
Telling a Starfleet captain to just do reconnaissance is basically telling them to go weapons free.
Nice little tinge of one of the TOS scores at the end of the cold open. Someone more geekier than I can probably place it.
If you ever feel like you are useless in life, just remember that there is a “skip intro” button during a “Space, the Final Frontier” monologue.
Is the “Gorn Protocol” a hand-cannon with with a diamond?
She flies the ship!
I’d like to imagine there is a deleted scene where they glue every piece of junk they have onto the shuttle.
If they’re going to do a “is someone still alive in the wreckage” storyline, they probably should have flip-flopped Batel and Chapel’s spots, given that we obviously know she’s going to live.
They keep giving Jenna Mitchell lines! FREE MITCHELL! Give that actreess a cast credit, cowards!
Ah, a good old fashioned beam into the sky.
Oh, look, a Gornzooky!
And… vaporized.
More Gornzookies!
Oh my god, it’s young Scotty. Hopefully this means Keenser is there. I always loved Keenser and his ability to sit on things he isn’t supposed to.
Doesn’t seem like Keenser is there :(
Of course Scotty would engineer a way to save people. He truly is a miracle worker.
Smashing a piece of space debris is a very… brilliant idea.
Pelia continuing to harass Una for her poor academics in engineering.
Why do I get the feeling that whatever plan Spock has to put the rockets on the hull will also allow him to check for survivors?
Wow, imagine that, Chapel is alive! Imagine that! Whoever would have thought! (Seriously they should have flip-flopped her and Batel if they were going to do this)
USE THE MORSE, CHRISTINE!
Oh, now she grabs the spacesuit. Although I guess she didn’t need it yet.
WARNING: GORNZOOKY
COMMAND CODE INVALID’
That looks like a bigger Gorn. An adult? Or at least like a teenager.
So incredibly Alien.
“GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM, YOU BITCH!”
Oh shit, she’s been impregnated with gornzookies. A very zombie movie trope.
“There’ll be time later.” Before or after you get engaged to Dr. Korby?
“We need to abort some Gornzookies.”
Yeah, Scotty would be a shitty student despite being brilliant.
OH FUCK THE GORN KIDNAPPED THEM
TO BE CONTINUED?!?!!?! Okay, who wants to drive to Hollywood and personally beat up some billionaires? I want this strike over NOW and I want a conclusion WITHIN A YEAR, A YEAR AND A HALF MAX!
@Continuumguy @startrek If Starfleet has weapons that work against the Gorn, *why keep them secret*?!
(Ignoring sloppy writing as the reason…)
Star Fleet seems to like to compartmentalize information. Examples:
At least post ‘First Contact’ they had hints of the Borg before ‘Q Who’ but kept it quiet. Similarly the Genesis device information was on a need to know basis (although probably for good reason). There was also that Voyager episode based around the Omega directive that only Janeway knew about.
Also didn’t they mention it’s basically untested. So no point rolling out weapons in mass till you have a chance to verify they work. It’s just cause false hope, or risk additional lives if they don’t work.
I think they are still trying diplomacy with the gorn, admiral april says they want to try to bring them in and see if they can be allies. Star fleet doesn’t want to be outward threat
Also I think admirals are downplaying the gorn threat, maybe not to scare citizens
I want to know what ST fan actually skips the openings. Especially SNW, LD, DS9… yes the French Horns rock.
Strangely LD seems to me to be THE MOST CATCHY Star Trek theme. Every time I hear it it’s playing in my head for the next 24 hours. Not saying it’s the best, it’s great, but goddamn does it burrow its way into my brain