r/startrek: The Next Generation
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Upcoming Episodes
| Date | Episode | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 02-12 | SFA 1x06 | "Come, Let's Away" |
| 02-19 | SFA 1x07 | "Ko’Zeine" |
| 02-26 | SFA 1x08 | "The Life of the Stars" |
| 03-05 | SFA 1x09 | "300th Night" |
| 03-12 | SFA 1x10 | TBA |
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I thought it was pretty okay.
I think I might be old and grumpy but I find myself saying "just talk about your feelings!" at the TV a lot in this show. But I guess they're all basically teenagers, so it would be unreasonable to ask a level of emotional maturity that many real life adults fail to meet.
Hoo boy, that hit me harder than I expected. We're rewatching Disco at the moment, and Tilly ranks high for me in that show. My partner squees almost every time SAM is on screen, so having both of these ladies in focus was a high point.
The theme of overcoming traumatic loss, both among the students and in the Doctor's withdrawal from personal connections... it brought up stuff from my own life, and I think the lessons conveyed in this episode were very considerate and well formulated. Healing through art and drama, huh? Thanks for that, Trek ❤️🖖
This show continues to go in unexpected directions, and digging deep in more ways than one. Very welcome after a few years where the most interesting talking point about current Star Trek has been the captain's quiff.
If anyone is curious as to why the Protostar crew have only had a single mention, Aaron Waltke has clarified that PRO was being written at the same time as SFA.
Whoa, Prodigy feels like ages ago now. The unseen, asynchronous work cycles of preproduction are even more of a mystery to me now.
It's wild to think that this SFA season finished filming a year ago, and was written even earlier than that.
In terms of filming, if they can keep getting renewed and finish shoots while the previous season airs, that's a very healthy schedule to my eyes. But yeah, I sometimes lose sight of how long the production process is, especially with a show that feels as timely as this.
I think overall a solid episode. I agree with some commentators, the SAM plot should have been the main focus (basically because that would make it a Doctor episode). The stakes were indeed low, because you know SAM won't die. I'm also intrigued in how she'll behave from now on.
The theatre plot, no idea. Why do they need Tilly to do it? Especially if all she does is ask "What do you think this line means?" Like a high school literature teacher. You'd think they bring her because she experienced trauma herself, but it's not even brought up really? Anyway, their therapy consisted of reading the lines, some drunk shouting and reconciliation. Not sure this is how it works.
The previous episode is still the weakest of the season to me, by far. This one again felt like two plots that were a bit cut short. I think the idea of dealing with trauma in these young people is a good theme for an episode, but I'm not sure what the episode is trying to tell me. I think it would have been more interesting to see the War Academy's approach to trauma therapy (I mean it's one of their cadets that died) and compare it to SFA, and then maybe we'd get something out of this. Overall, a 7/10 for me with a tendency towards 6.
@ValueSubtracted I had hoped there wouldn't be such toxic fandom on this platform once I left others.
I think any platform has its share of colourful characters. The Fediverse is largely pretty good, IMO, even when we don't always agree.
@ValueSubtracted There is good discourse, and then there is anger for anger's sake simply because people can't be objective beyond their expectations.
Since we didn’t really get to see, I wonder how Sam’s personality is going to change in next week’s episode. A whole 17 years, having an actual childhood, being added to your life could make for an interesting transformation.
Kasq looks like a location straight out of No Man’s Sky. What a creepy vibe it has.
I was not ready for the callback to “Real Life”.
I mentioned to my wife, after Sam had asked, that the Doctor had, in fact, been in love at least once, and maybe three times, but I wasn't sure one of them counted.
Seems I was wrong. That one did count.
Well they couldn’t show anything from “Blink of an Eye”. They never showed his son.
Also, that one didn't seem to leave any scars.
I think that refusing to hold her hand was unforgivable.
"The only thing that allows me to bear my infinity is not having to love anyone" may be one of the most devastating lines I've ever heard.
So... I cried
