Logline
A trio of Betazoids cause chaos on the Cerritos.
Written by: Jamie Loftus
Directed by: Megan Lloyd
Damn, security is wholesome. Loved Kayshons Naruto-run to the phasers. Focused!
Man, I was hoping they’d confirm the commonly held theory that Sokel is T’lyn’s father (since she’s the Sh’val’s version of Mariner). No dice unfortunately.
Really like how Mariner was emotionally mature enough to solve the problem by just talking. Sure, she’s done that some other times (Crisis Point II comes to mind), but she doesn’t really know T’lyn nearly as well as those other examples. Really shows how far she’s come from the therapy-hating Mariner in Season 1. She’s not wrong to point out how Vulcans tend to have a very narrow view of what their species should be like while idolizing paragons who don’t fit that mold. Tear them space elves down, girl!
Other notes:
- One of Shaxs’ officers at the gathering reaaally looked like a Kiley (Kileyan?) from SNW episode 1. Guess Pike’s message stuck.
- I noted previously that they drew the betazoids with larger eye dots to reference their dark irises. Looking back, I think they even did that when drawing Counselor Troi in season 1.
- we don’t often see Tendi being the butt of the joke. guess there’s no place to ham up her excessive emotionality than a T’lyn episode.
Annotations up at: https://startrek.website/post/2153916
I’m not sure if there is or not, but it seems like there should be a way to link a post that links to it on whatever instance of Lemmy we’re on instead of hard linking to the main… hmmm
Would also be nice if opening lemmy links kept you in whatever UI you are using. I don’t like that it opens a browser page to the post.
This is on the voyager app for iOS anyway.
Betazed intelligence? That makes sense. There has surely been a thread or two asking why that wasn’t a thing.
Laughed out loud at the disappointed Romulans. It was cheap, but I still adored it.
At some point, I’d like to see a gag about how the Romulans seem to hang out in the Neutral Zone all the time.
I think there is a fan theory that Romulan space is pretty small (relatively speaking), which is how they’re able to defend it well with a small number of ships. Which also explains why they’re not able to have enough ships to evacuate Romulus.
I think people tend to underestimate what’s required to evacuate a planetary population. That’s billions of people! The 24th century we see might have some massive passenger transport that could hold, say, 10000 passengers. You’d need hundreds of thousands of ships that size to evacuate the whole planet. And the logistics would be a nightmare’s nightmare. A ship that size probably doesn’t make planetfall. How do you get them loaded? Think about how long it takes to get a widebody jet boarded - maybe 500 people at most. What about the quadriplegics? What about the bedridden? What about the pets? Etc. etc. etc.
wouldn’t the Romulans entering the neutral zone also be an act of war, though? that’s kinda the point of a neutral zone – neither side can enter.
That was a fun episode. Hopefully they don’t kill T’lyn due to her Bendii like syndrome. Like how Mariner and T’lyn shared a moment. Betazoids intelligence agents taking the Cerritos across the neutral zone was that due to T’lyn influence?
I wonder if she actually has Bendii syndrome or if she’s just more emotional than a typical Vulcan? Sarek only lived 2 years after his symptoms started showing!
Or she could be pretty typical in regards to emotional intensity but with unusually strong telepathy.
So I’m feeling really dumb on my trek lore, but Vulcans have telepathy? I mean I guess their mind meld is a obvious giveaway. I just never considered the two one in the same.
The peptalk that Mariner gave T’Lyn was absolutely fantastic. There were so many good moments in this episode, but that is probably my favorite.
The Romulans that are disappointed when the Cerritos does not cross into the Neutral Zone was hilarious too.
