Ohh Come On!
This is a lost cause. What is it with these writers. Do they only know copy and paste?
Another cold episode .. I even had to drop it half way and then try to stomach the rest of the episode in a second attempt.
Another cameo by Rebecca Romijn 'Una'. Another episode with the focal point on Uhura and another dinner get together in the Captain's quarters as big as the Bridge, What the F*** are they still washing dishes, in Water? And what's with the fireplace with logs??
A total ripoff of 'Alien' and what the hell was the thing over the coms to Spock 'You gotta draw it out, you have to get it angry', But he goes into Rage mode?? Are you kidding me?
I wish I had the time or the inclination to rip this whole thing to shreds - there were so many clangers in this apprentice writer garbage.
But it was at the end that really crashed it for me. Uhura walks slowly onto the Bridge - noone there mind you, but she looks over to the Comms panel and the Star Trek theme music rises up under the moment... Uhura is complete and now Star Trek is Star Trek with her finally in her place. I'm quite certain that the rating on these episodes are being bolstered to keep the rating score high. No way are real people rating this that high.
I'm so glad that The Orvile is on the same day - it's like chalk and cheese the difference. The quality of The Orville is in another Galaxy compared to the crapfest that is Star Trek today. I use to be a big Star Trek fan. The season finale thankfully is next week, once that's done, I'm done with this Shit Trek to the manure galaxy of Stink.
Review by LeftHandedGuitaristBlockedParent2022-07-01T13:51:53Z
Wow, it just keeps getting better. Trek has done its fair share of horror stories, some poor and some good, but this is probably most effective scare episode the franchise has done. I loved the way it riffed off moments from the core Alien trilogy and managed to do some properly unsettling things in the process. Besides from having a fantastic design, the moment the blue alien dude started having trouble breathing was a wonderfully staged sequence full of dread.
The Gorn looked great and felt vicious even as infants. I love how this series is setting them up. I also appreciate how we've come to understand La'an's character up to now and her own reactions to this situation.
The most interesting part here may have been Spock. While I'm not sure the actual execution of his emotional barriers dropping was, the effect of it on the character is certainly fascinating. Ethan Peck has been KILLING IT so far and is handling this stuff so well. It's an angle that works. I quite like that the franchise is acknowledging the more emotional Spock we saw in 'The Cage' and working to bridge things to the more stoic version we are familiar with.
And damn, the episode blindsided me with the death of Hemmer. I clocked those two new away team characters as dead from the moment we were introduced to them, but Hemmer was a real shock. Especially given that he seems to have become a fan favourite. What a way to go out too - compare it to the lacklustre death of Airiam over on Discovery, which had zero impact despite the character having been there since the start. This one hit hard, with the reactions of the rest of the crew really doing it justice too.