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
THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS AS I WATCH:
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NOOO, I DON’T WANT THIS TO END!
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Previously: The various stuff happened.
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Oh, hey, Cayuga captains log.
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Nice of them to have a colony modeled after an Earth town. Saves on budget.
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“SIGNAL LOST.” In space, a dropped call can mean only one thing: Invasion.
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Oh, we’re doing the Independence Day thing?
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Telling a Starfleet captain to just do reconnaissance is basically telling them to go weapons free.
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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.
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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.
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Is the “Gorn Protocol” a hand-cannon with with a diamond?
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She flies the ship!
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I’d like to imagine there is a deleted scene where they glue every piece of junk they have onto the shuttle.
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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.
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They keep giving Jenna Mitchell lines! FREE MITCHELL! Give that actreess a cast credit, cowards!
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Ah, a good old fashioned beam into the sky.
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Oh, look, a Gornzooky!
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And… vaporized.
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More Gornzookies!
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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.
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Doesn’t seem like Keenser is there :(
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Of course Scotty would engineer a way to save people. He truly is a miracle worker.
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Smashing a piece of space debris is a very… brilliant idea.
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Pelia continuing to harass Una for her poor academics in engineering.
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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?
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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)
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USE THE MORSE, CHRISTINE!
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Oh, now she grabs the spacesuit. Although I guess she didn’t need it yet.
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WARNING: GORNZOOKY
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COMMAND CODE INVALID’
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That looks like a bigger Gorn. An adult? Or at least like a teenager.
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So incredibly Alien.
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“GET YOUR HANDS OFF HIM, YOU BITCH!”
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Oh shit, she’s been impregnated with gornzookies. A very zombie movie trope.
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“There’ll be time later.” Before or after you get engaged to Dr. Korby?
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“We need to abort some Gornzookies.”
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Yeah, Scotty would be a shitty student despite being brilliant.
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OH FUCK THE GORN KIDNAPPED THEM
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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.
I want to know what ST fan actually skips the openings. Especially SNW, LD, DS9… yes the French Horns rock.
