(Apologies for being a huge nerd)

“jiH batlh SoH” bothers me for a number of reasons. batlh refers to personal internal honor or integrity, while honor given to others is quv. Also, you wouldn’t normally use personal pronouns (jiH and SoH) in this case, but a prefix on the verb (like how in Spanish, the verb’s conjugation makes the subject obvious without explicitly having to say yo or tú), and finally, if you do have explicit subjects and objects, Klingon is an OVS language, so this order would mean “you honor me”. I think it should actually be “SoS, qaquvmoH.” Now, all that said, if the original comes from “The Bonding”, then mostly I’m just impressed that a TNG episode bothered to use real Klingon at all. Usually 90s Trek just used gibberish in Klingon dialogue.

“The only thing that allows me to bear my infinity is not having to love anyone” may be one of the most devastating lines I’ve ever heard.

I literally spent the whole episode whispering “don’t kill SAM, don’t kill SAM” to myself

Of course I do, and I love DS9 so I’m excited for this, but also, I’m sure lots of other interesting stuff also happened in the intervening 800 years.

My impression is that the S3 Borg Collective/queen are the same ones from First Contact and Voyager. AFAICT the queen can exist in different bodies, which is why she was sometimes played by Alice Krige (in First Contact, “Endgame” and Picard) and sometimes Susanna Thompson (other Voyager eps). My impression for why she’s in such bad shape in Picard S3 is that it’s a direct result of what Janeway/future Janeway did in “Endgame”. So after Picard is over, I believe that original prime-timeline collective is extinct (barring any time travel shenanigans ofc), but the gentler kinder collective (which is led by the merger of Annie Wersching’s alternate timeline queen and Dr. Jurati) may very well still be around in the 32nd century.

The new collective is still at that portal or whatever, and we’re never going to find out what it is or ever see that collective again because the writers want us all to forget Picard S2 ever happened.

Like, the “Wall of Heroes” or whatever it’s called really shouldn’t be 90% people we’ve heard of before.

I love 90s Trek as much as anyone, but does anyone in the 32nd century ever stop and wonder why so much of the history anyone ever cares about occurred in the relatively short (and ancient by then) timespans of 2256–2293 and 2364–2379?

I think almost all Trekkies would agree that there are a lot of TOS episodes that are just plain bad. It is also very much a product of its time both in terms of production and its treatment of gender and race (although in many ways it was very much ahead of its time in both those areas). If you can’t get into it, don’t feel bad about it, and don’t feel like you have to to be a Trekkie. IMO there are definitely some gems in there and in the animated series, but I think anyone who likes any of the many ST series has the right to call themselves a Trekkie.

I was so excited to hear Goldsmith’s Klingon theme. Love whenever they come back to it.

Khan mentioned it was 15 years after being marooned on Ceti Alpha V, but this is clearly 18 year difference.

Maybe it’s Ceti Alpha V years rather than Earth years.

Haven’t watched TWOK in a little while, but didn’t Khan accuse Kirk of knowing Ceti Alpha VI was going to be destroyed? Now it looks like either he was lying then, or the grief from whatever’s going to happen in the final episode has driven him mad.

Yeah, I am really appreciating the new complexity to McGivers’ character in this series.

One thing I did hate, though, is the epilogue on the last episode. I will skip that when I rewatch the series.

Star Trek Discovery is not “that bad”. Like Picard and some of the seasons of Enterprise, each season is a self-contained story arc, which I get is not for everyone. It also has a black female main character, which apparently is also not for everyone. IMO, the fifth season was not quite as good as the first four (I actually like the fourth the best), but there was still a lot to like. I do think they did better after they moved to the 31st century so they weren’t as constrained by canon gymnastics. It also (for a single season) gives us our only non-human main ship captain to-date, which I think is a good thing in a series centered on the idea of friendship with other worlds. There are definitely things I would change about the show if I could, but on the whole I think it’s a great addition to Trek.

(Also, Michelle Yeoh, Mary Wiseman, and Tig Notaro each steal every single scene any of them is in. Worth watching for those three alone.)

Maybe a bit premature to say this after only one episode, but I feel like so far this show is accomplishing what the documentary episode of SNW tried to do. It’s effectively making us think about the “established Starfleet narrative” of most Star Trek, and has a frame device that advances the story without being too intrusive.

It’s been established as far back as TOS that M’Benga specializes in Vulcan medicine, so it’s surprising they didn’t even mention it in this episode

I want to see the Spock/Pike dream dance!

I’m 99% sure that the “sandwiches from Purmantee with the fries inside the sandwich” are a reference to Pittsburgh sandwich chain Primanti Bros.

I thought this episode was a lot of fun. Haven’t really been feeling this season of SNW as much for some reason, but I think this is my favorite episode yet. Managed to fit some character development in around all the craziness, and the post-credits scene with Patton and Ethan was great.