05-12-2025, 10:07 PM
S3 done. This season had some gems. Riker’s transporter clone, the time travel 2-parter that went to SF 2024, Majel reprising Troi, another mirror universe ep, some odd Dax eps, an eerily relevant ep with the Kai assuming power in Bajor. but too much Ferengi biz. I just don’t care for the Ferengi schtick.
The other ST quality i miss is the human v science as in Kirk/Spock, Picard/Data, Archer/T’Pol, Janeway/7, Mariner/T’Lyn… that’s such a metaphor of ST that this feels off without it. Still plays out like Star Trek’s cantina.
Also the writers dwell on a lot of dream and hallucinatory sequences that just aren’t that trippy. They fail the acid test. ST should be super trippy when it chooses to go there.
Nevertheless, I am enjoying it. it’s become a comfort watch. I’m more about escapism than ever lately, and this is solid escapist fare.
Boldly going into season 4…
The other ST quality i miss is the human v science as in Kirk/Spock, Picard/Data, Archer/T’Pol, Janeway/7, Mariner/T’Lyn… that’s such a metaphor of ST that this feels off without it. Still plays out like Star Trek’s cantina.
Also the writers dwell on a lot of dream and hallucinatory sequences that just aren’t that trippy. They fail the acid test. ST should be super trippy when it chooses to go there.
Nevertheless, I am enjoying it. it’s become a comfort watch. I’m more about escapism than ever lately, and this is solid escapist fare.
Boldly going into season 4…
Shadow boxing the apocalypse