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Also relevant: When Kate Mulgrew surprised everyone at an AOC campaign speech before she got elected.
So apparently this is from the guy who did the “Too Many Cooks” special, which is kinda awesomely weird. It will be interesting to watch!
I have a Volante Next Gen-style Trek jacket. It’s awesome, high quality. It’s subtle enough that non-Trekkies don’t notice other than it being nice-looking, but Trekkies will recognize its homage to TNG. I’ve been stopped on the street multiple times already by random Trekkies asking me where I got it, lol.
It’s really expensive though (315 USD)
In between the first watch earlier this week and a rewatch tonight, I’ve listening to and humming the songs over and over again. I don’t know why people say the songs aren’t catchy. “Status Report” is sooo catchy, and it even has a little reprise with the “Apologies” at the beginning of the “Private Conversation” which is also very catchy actually.
“How Would That Feel” is beautifully rendered. I’ve started to listen to other Christina Chong’s songs now, and they are pretty good (listen to her “Twin Flames”).
Also, in the last seconds of the episode we had Uhura humming a theme. The closed caption says “Uhura humming ‘Keep us connected’”, which I believe is incorrect. She is humming the opening of Chapel’s “I am Ready” and Spock’s “I am the X”, not Uhura’s “Keep us Connected”.
She has written a heart-wrenched, tragic letter about this experience and grief. It was very moving/difficult to read and gained me a lot of respect for her:
This is one of the Elle Cordova Technobabble songs being referred to for the uninitiated. It’s pretty funny.