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LoglineTendi is summoned back to Orion for a wedding.

Written by: Grace Parra Janney

Directed by: Bob Suarez

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly, whilst it would be nice for the mysterious ship of destruction to actually reach the central plot someone soon, I'm enjoying the little snapshots into lower deck life on other ships. It's a shame it always inevitably ends with vaporisation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I was hoping the little ship of doom is using unfamiliar tech to transport the people on the destroyed ships somewhere. Mainly because of Ma’ah and the Che’Ta’, and now the Orions. But, I'm leaning more towards destruction, than transporting. On the plus side, I have an astonishingly consistent track record of being wrong when guessing story points. Fingers crossed that my streak continues.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think they've been hinting that it transports since no bodies are visible in the debris, but a decent amount of organic material, like the wooden spear shaft, has survived.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

In this one, it looked an awful lot like they got dusted, to me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would prefer this, I think, because I've been having trouble reconciling a sitcom spending a few minutes most episodes this season racking up a body count that would now be in the hundreds, or even thousands.

As a franchise, of course, Star Trek can handle both silly comedy and lethal brutality (and even Lower Decks has successfully juggled in a few serious scenes amongst the comedy, at times), but the way these vignettes have been inserted into the A plots this season is like if in "The Trouble with Tribbles" Arne Darvin had been gang-raped just before the credits rolled.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It would explain why he needed the orb of time so bad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I thought it seemed like V'Ger's data storage attack, though V'Ger stored entire ships (even planets), leaving no debris.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

spoilerWoot! Woot! My ability to incorrectly guess a storyline remains true. LOL!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These snapshots, combined with Wej du, are the best intro for new people into different Trek species. I love them and I want as many more as possible. Give me Cardassians, Ferengi, Jem'Hadar!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Collectively, each of the races in Star Trek have their own thing that they do. Individually, some lean more into it than others, but that's the way they go, pretty much.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

“Weird is our business,” sayeth Janeway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Captain Freeman referenced it destroying the Orion ship in the intro, so it's making its way toward the plot. Or the Cerritos is making its way to the plot.