Pike’s decision to go along with a planetary genocide on a hunch was indefensible to say the least.

And I think that’s the most compelling part!

TBH, one could argue that this season has been pretty successful, if the number of discussion points is anything to go by.

Honestly, I think “A Case of Chiaroscuro” deserves another look. If you disregard the B&W “gimmick” (which I think served the story quite well, but YMMV), I think the A- and B-stories are good, classical Trek.

A little TOS-y in some respects, but I don’t consider that a knock against.

Yeah, I couldn’t be less interested in unreliable, easily-manipulated aggregate "scores, " regardless of whether I agree with what they say. This whole site is for people to share their own opinions in a genuine and intelligent way, and that’s far more interesting to me.

Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;

© conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);

(d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an overt act; or

(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.

CBC:

The Criminal Code defines treason primarily as the use of force to overthrow the government or sharing with another state information that may be used for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada.

Seems pretty much the same?

It means that spock was the only character that had opportunity for development and growth, and no-one else gets to share in that.

This is true. I do think they did a fair amount with it in that respect, though, and he’s now pretty firmly on the trajectory he needs to be on to line up with his TOS characterization. And I’ll give full credit to Ethan Peck for selling his barely-restrained panic attacks (full-blown meltdowns by Vulcan standards, I’m sure).

I thought the answer would have been Looney Tunes style cartoon physics. Like they can win, but so long as it’s a gag / funny. Maybe they tried doing that and it didn’t quite land.

Yeah, I think there was a degree of that in the final solution, with La’An running across the walls and making a perfect three-point landing and the like, but they didn’t quite commit to it.

Uhhhh you might want to skip tonight’s episode.

None of the live-action series have done one, but the images have been floating around since…July 2025, I think.

I’m definitely enjoying the season more than you, but there’s a high degree of difficulty here nonetheless.

More than most episodes, I don’t think there’s much space between “home run” and “faceplant.”

I wouldn’t put money on it either way, but I would think CBS Studios would have more say in that than Paramount+ as the “network” - the two are very intertwined obviously, but I suspect Paramount+ just wants the shows, without being too concerned about who makes them.

Chris Parnell, formerly with Apple TV and current EVP for Paramount+ Originals.

This isn’t even Star Trek’s first trip to the well.

star trek is serious business

Often themselves. The focus of the article is overwhelmingly on children who were injured in without the involvement of another vehicle.

why the D7 never detected the shuttle

I think this one can be explained by the radiation - Scotty and Ortegas had to jury-rig something to track the D7, and they had the advantage of knowing it was there.

As for the stuff with Uhura and Kor…upon reflection, I think this might come up in the season finale, which seems to feature

AFAIK, Rogers still has the brand. It just won’t be on CBC.

I don’t really have a read on Spock, but Pike certainly seemed to sense she was holding something back. I don’t know if he actually knows what, though.

One thing I forgot to mention - since the preview photos and logline were released on Monday, I’d been wondering if we might see some ridgeless Klingons, but no luck. Maybe it’s for the best, but maybe it’s a missed opportunity?

Well, I thought that was quite enjoyable.

The black-and-white gimmick was well-used, and I felt it in service of the story, and not just a gimmick.

The story itself was an enjoyable noir caper, and it was fun to see Una getting her hands dirty, Uhura learning about spycraft, and M’Benga being entirely too comfortable with the whole thing. The guest cast was pretty great, too - I last saw Andy McQueen as Jesus Christ himself in “Mrs. Davis”, a show that no one seems to have watched, and it was cool to see him in a very different role here.

Demore Barnes was very compelling as Kor…but the gravitas he brought to it was so reminiscent of Michael Ansara to me, I almost wonder if he should have played Kang instead.