It’s been an ongoing plot line that Migleemo is sort of a lemon at counselling.

Dave Foley?

I worry more about Big Data. Unlike Giant Spock, Big Data can live on forever.

Why, yes, I am well endowed. Thank you for noticing!

What was revealed about the ship? It always does the same thing.

Some of them, notably the Romulans, were a little stereotypey. I know they’re going for funny, but it’s Star Trek, makes me feel weird.

It won an Emmy.

Subtle updates that don’t impact historical consistency are an acceptable compromise for conservation.

Nothing wrong with a bit of classical music.

working out their differences

Did you watch the same episode I did? They didn’t work out anything at all. That was what made it so special.

Well, you don’t give Chekov a gun unless you intend him to fire it.

Kirk’s Gorn was the captain. Maybe he was old and feeble? Not suited for a fight, still pretty strong but no longer fast and agile. The Metrons chose the captains, not the best fighters.

Really miss ShittyDaystrom here, though!

We all must have done some pretty amazing stuff in our past lives, to deserve this season we are getting.

There was also a Klingon scientist in the Enterprise 2 parter about how the Klingons got smooth heads. He even talked about what it was like being a scientist in a society of warriors.

The whole deal with that is that they did it, in TOS, without any sort of explanation. We just had that dude, who McCoy discovered was really a Klingon, even though he looked just like a human. That whole thing is just adding an explanation for something that was long-since already there.

Also, you sound like you’re talking about the Orions. Do Klingons even have scientists? Somebody has to build the ships!

+1 for Equinox. The Void from season 7 also covers similar ground, with a dose of ‘maybe Starfleet’s ways of thinking are correct’.

Cost them my Paramount sub. And I told them that if I was gonna subscribe to a service, just for Star Trek, it darn well better have all of it.

I laughed my ass off, and it was still Star Trek to the core. What’s not to like? They are killing it this season.

I feel like I’ve heard more people complaining about people complaining about this episode than I actually heard complaining about this episode. Feels sort of preemptive.