(SPOILERS,
very obviously...)
I didn't
think Cadet Tilly could be more endearing than when she said “Fuck”
on screen but then she opened a conversation with “I'm really
high...” having inhaled groovy volcanic ash with an Orion.
On a more
serious note there was something about this episode that made it feel
we were getting back to Star Trek
being Star Trek. They
ended a very action heavy and shooty season with an unconventional
negotiated peace and a speech about facing fear and second chances.
Between this and booting Evil Lorca into an artificial sun a couple
of episodes ago it feels like the production team were very
consciously bending the format up to breaking point before
jettisoning the very things that were breaking it.
Not
that I hated the series before now, far from it, I adored this run
(DS9 is my favourite Star Trek
so that probably tells you why).
And
just to push the point home, in the final moments of the episode, the
Enterprise turns up.
This was either a very good idea or a very bad idea depending on how
(or if) this plays out at the start of the next season.
On
the one hand this series has spent so much time establishing its own
style and soul that I'd hate for it to open its second season with
fanservice. Yes, even if it gets us Michael and Spock interacting at
last, though I admit I'm not clear on whether Spock would be on
Enterprise at this
stage. On the other hand, it would be interesting to see an extended
take on the character of Captain Pike beyond the stern father figure
the reboot movies had Kirk projecting all his sudden daddy issues
onto.
Eh,
we'll see.
As
a last note, I am obscurely glad that Michael is reinstated as a
science officer instead of just returning to the command track. I
don't doubt part of the logic is that no way is Starfleet so
forgiving as to put the woman who started a war anywhere near the
centre seat but it is also probably meant to speak to development on
Michael's part. I like the idea that she's returning to science and
exploring the wonder of the universe after all this slaughter.
Also
it means Saru still has a job since for some reason they decided not
to make him captain, which is a pity. I absolutely think Doug Jones
could carry the role and the way Saru has developed over the last few
episodes into a more confident leader.
Also,
just to place my bets now, I fully expect the Prime Universe version
of Lorca (or the Mirror Universe version of Tilly) to make an
appearance around about the mid-season break in the next run.
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