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Sounds like they're going to a world that's both strange and new. I expect everyone will love it.

Yeah, it seems like they're being very selective for some reason.

Hoo boy. Wait until they hear about the rubber ducky...

...Do I even want to ask?

I'd have to double-check, but it IIRC it was the same map we typically see. But maybe that's the "problem" 🙄.

That's a good question. There have been two attempts at targeting younger viewers in recent years, and neither seems to have made enough of an impact to stick around.

And I don't think it's a question of quality - Prodigy and Academy were both quite enjoyable.

I think an important difference is the characters' motivations, though - for Reeger, it's personal, while Ramsey in "Crimson Tide" is merely hawkish and reckless.

It also lays a foundation for his actions to (arguably) come back to bite him in the ass in "Balance of Terror," when (presumably) the same Romulan ship reappears and starts wiping out colonies. I'll leave it up for debate whether this is a good thing.

I’m guessing this episode drawing from old war films, in particular I am getting flavours of submarine hunts, chasing after wakes, and handling big questions of WMDs, the sanity of the chain of command.

Maybe it's just because the writers of the (alleged) next Trek film have been talking about it, but I did think of "Crimson Tide" several times during this one.

A’Sha leaving is fine, I guess, she didn’t feel very present throughout the season anyway.

I can't help but think there's still more to come with her - they haven't dropped her off yet, after all. Something about it seems unfinished, somehow.

A pretty good episode that got a lot more interesting in the final act.

For the most part, it came off as a story that we've seen before, albeit a well-told one. But the reveal that Kirk drugged Reeger in order to make him unfit for commend is a genuinely compelling idea, as is the idea that M'Benga just torpedoed his career to cover it up.

The B-plot was decent, too - it was good to see Uhura do some ass-kicking.

They sure do like to talk about the Klingon War as if it's ancient history when it only ended about five years ago, though.

Until next year.

Quarries.

I actually had no idea who Deidre Hall was

For those who have never seen it, she's been on "Days of Our Lives" for 50(!) years.