That’s alright. When I first saw the episode USS Calilister I thought he was Matt Damon.

Plemons is actually married to Kirsten Dunst. He’s got quite a lot of acting credits under his belt. Friday Night Lights, Varsity Blues, and most recently Killers of the Flower Moon with Leonardo DiCaprio.

That’s Jesse Plemons. I don’t see Video Game Highschool on his list of acting credits in IMDB.

You might be thinking of Bryan Forrest.

To be fair with Ortegas they lean heavily into the thrill seeking flyboy archetype.

They do, but man an Erica Ortegas centered episode would be awesome. I would love to have an episode where we aren’t reminded that “Hi, my name is Erica Ortegas; I fly the ship.” Because at this point it feels like it’s trolling the audience.

And considering the way the season ended, there’s no guarantee that Ortegas makes it through alive. She’s one of the few characters that doesn’t have plot armor if TOS canon is to stand relatively unaltered.

Let hbomberguy tell you how Sherlock is bad by talking about it for what feels like an entire season of Sherlock.

Moffat…Moffat…Moffat

While I understand your hesitation, I definitely believe there could have been at least five more relevant episodes in Season 2. This season was overall character driven instead of a “planet of the week” format we’ve seen before. So, there could have been some extra episodes that extrapolated on the seasonal Gorn arc, or an Ortegas episode, or a Pelia episode. There’s a lot of potential to provide spanning character and seasonal arcs while delivering episodes from different planets over a 15 episode season.

I definitely believe 20 episodes is pushing it, but a 12-15 episode season could work if the stories are laid out well.

I knew Sean was going to give a down for that as soon as he mentioned it. You can tell by his inflection just where he’s going with it.

I’ve been watching his videos way too much…

If Abrams would have offered I bet Olyphant would have been great as Pike, for sure.

I would surmise that Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow has somewhat altered the main timeline, and there could be some minor adjustments with the characters to accommodate the story that showrunners want to tell.

I’d consider the Pike/Kirk relationship to be a minor thing. If they meet again, I’d be okay with it if the story broke some of the canon. I mean, they already changed the timeline of the Eugenics War, so is it a huge deal if Pike and Kirk come face to face a couple more times throughout the series?

I like it as well, yet I didn’t find a place in Trek forums until I left Reddit last month. So this is new territory for me. Take it in stride, there are other Discovery fans out there.

That’s an interesting metric. Apparently the vitriol for Discovery is mostly contained to the internet.

This comes as no shock at all.

I could only keep drawing parallels in Babs’ performance to Jamis in Dune. It’s like he brought the tension in that fight scene with Paul Atreides to the entirety of this episode. He is an amazing actor, and I love how he brings this mystery to M’benga, and how writers continue to peel his layers away as the series progresses.

I would like to see an Otegas focused episode though. While there was some focus with her in this episode, it was definitely overshadowed by M’benga and Chapel.

Sean, while I love it when you point out uniforms, I really don’t enjoy a five minute conversation on uniform comparisons between shows as you give it a down.

/end rant

But seriously, this episode was grim, and I really liked it.

Literally translates to “Time Portal.” Yeah that was hilarious.

Sean didn’t mention La’an’s timing in the shuttle when she catches Boimler and Mariner in the shuttle just after she says “I never get caught.” That was really funny as well.

Honestly there’s just so much in this episode, that even after several viewings I’m sure you’d still be picking out small references and easter eggs here and there.

I have to admit, like Sean, this is probably my favorite episode of the New Trek Era. There’s been so much to unravel.

Riker!

Agreed, it was so much fun!

Definitely a treat! You’re welcome!

I’m in agreement with you, however I’m going to also add that the creep to a “pay-to-win” game has pretty much been crossed. Not to forget that Bungie decided to drip feed expansion content laced throughout seasonal content this year…that has not been received well.

Destiny players are a salty bunch, but there I have to say the current level of furor towards Bungie is pretty legitimate right now. They do overreact; I just feel that this in this current state of the game there is justification behind it.

Regardless, “I hate Destiny; I play every day.”

I mentioned in another post that I think T’pring, despite asking for time apart, eventually realizes that Spock omitting his current condition was entirely justifiable. I think she’s hurt, but she then understands Spock’s point of view (as logic would dictate) that omitting disclosure was the best path forward with the highest probability of success.

Big pointy arrows and clickbait captioning? Usually not a good quality video, and very clickbaity.

After some further thought, I have to make the observation that I think T’pring knew something was wrong with Spock. There are a few things that T’pring does that indicates she knows that whatever Spock is going through, it’s more than he lets on. The main indication, to me, is when she held his hand after pouring the tea, which has to be excruciating to Spock. She helps him while he’s pouring the water to ensure the tea is properly steeped. She initiates the end of the Ritual of Awakening; interrupting her mother because the timer has expired. She defends the memory Amanda and Spock share. I love T’pring because, regardless of the circumstance, she stands beside Spock and defends him in the best way possible.

Unfortunately, by the time she realizes something is amiss, they are committed to the ritual and they cannot get out of it even if she would want to delay it. I still think that Spock, at the time, chose to not disclose his condition for good reasons. I’m still on the fence that T’pring would’ve accidentally revealed that during the mind meld with her mother. I’m still onboard that Spock made the correct decision, however I can say that he should of at least disclosed that something was amiss a little later on.