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These are the discussion threads for season two of Star Trek: Prodigy. Since people are likely to go at their own pace, use this index to join the conversation when you can!

2x01 & 2x02 "Into the Breach"

2x03 "Who Saves the Saviors"

2x04 "Temporal Mechanics 101"

2x05 "Observer's Paradox"

2x06 "Imposter Syndrome"

2x07 "The Fast and the Curious"

2x08 "Is There in Beauty No Truth?"

2x09 & 2x10 "The Devourer of All Things"

2x11 & 2x12 "Last Flight of the Protostar"

2x13 "A Tribble Called Quest"

2x14 "Cracked Mirror"

2x15 & 2x16 "Ascension"

2x17 "Brink"

2x18 "Touch of Grey"

2x19 & 2x20 "Ouroboros"

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Ouroboros" - join the conversation in the replies!

Part I written by: Kevin Hageman & Dan Hageman & Aaron J. Waltke

Part I directed by: Sean Bishop

Part II written by: Kevin Hageman & Dan Hageman & Aaron J. Waltke

Part II directed by: Ruolin Li

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Touch of Grey" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Jennifer Muro

Directed by: Sung Shin

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Brink" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

Directed by: Ruolin Li

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Ascension" - join the conversation in the replies!

Part I written by: Erin McNamara & Jennifer Muro & Diandra Pendleton-Thompson & Keith Sweet II & Aaron J. Waltke

Part I directed by: Sung Shin

Part II written by: Alex Hanson

Part II directed by: Sean Bishop

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Cracked Mirror" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Erin McNamara

Directed by: Ruolin Li

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "A Tribble Called Quest" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Keith Sweet II

Directed by: Sean Bishop

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Last Flight of the Protostar" - join the conversation in the replies!

Part I written by: Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

Part I directed by: Ruolin Li and Andrew L. Schmidt

Part II written by: Alex Hanson & Aaron J. Waltke

Part II directed by: Sung Shin

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "The Devourer of All Things" - join the conversation in the replies!

Part I written by: Jennifer Muro

Part I directed by: Sung Shin

Part II written by: Aaron J. Waltke

Part II directed by: Sean Bishop

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Is There in Beauty No Truth?" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Keith Sweet II

Directed by: Ruolin Li and Andrew L. Schmidt

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "The Fast and the Curious" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Erin McNamara

Directed by: Sean Bishop and Sung Shin

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Imposter Syndrome" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Diandra Pendleton-Thompson

Directed by: Sung Shin

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Observer's Paradox" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Jennifer Muro

Directed by: Ruolin Li and Andrew L. Schmidt

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Temporal Mechanics 101" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Keith Sweet II

Directed by: Ben Hibon

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Who Saves the Saviors" - join the conversation in the replies!

Written by: Erin McNamara

Directed by: Sung Shin

This is the c/startrek discussion thread for "Into the Breach" - join the conversation in the replies!

Part I written by: Kevin Hageman & Dan Hageman

Part I directed by: Ben Hibon

Part II written by: Aaron J. Waltke

Part II directed by: Patrick Krebs and Andrew L. Schmidt

Trip: A poop question, sir? Can't I talk about the warp reactor or the transporter?
Archer: It's a perfectly valid question.

In season one of ENT's "Breaking the Ice", the crew of the NX-01 records a video for Ms. Malvin's class of fourth graders back on Earth, and one of the questions is what happens when someone aboard the ship flushes the toilet, which Archer throws to Trip, and Trip is concerned the kids are going to think he's the ship's sanitation engineer.

Now, because Archer is an awkward goober in this episode, it seems like he's reading the questions off the cuff, with no one other than the possible exception of Ms. Malvin herself, having first vetted them. However, at the start of the recording, Archer announces that he's the one who selected the questions so he knew going in that the, as Trip puts it, "poop question," would be in there. Also before the recording Archer told Trip that he needed to there to participate as opposed to dealing with the large amount of work that was on his plate. What's more, we know from the start of the episode that Trip's nephew is one of the fourth grade students in Ms. Malvin's class.

So, my theory is that Archer made the intentional choice to have Trip answer a question he knew the engineer would find to be embarrassing, specifically to diminish him in the eyes of his nephew. Why would he do this extremely petty thing to someone who is ostensibly his friend and most loyal officer? Probably because he sucks and wanted to put Trip in his place for some imagined slight, just like he later has an outburst with the Vulcan captain whom he invited to dinner.