Logline
While our cadets compete to join an elite team at the Academy, a battle of escalating pranks breaks out between Starfleet Academy and a rival school. Tensions rise fast, threatening their newly-emerging bonds and a blossoming romance.
Written by: Alex Taub & Kiley Rossetter
Directed by: Doug Aarniokoski
Episode was funny and I loved it!
I’m loving this show
Same here! It’s interesting and well done so far and honestly has a charm to it.
I mean personally the only 2 Star Trek stuff I’ve not liked at all is Section 31 & Star Trek Nemesis.
I haven’t seen all of Trek. I’m basically catching up on it still.
For context I’ve seen The Next Generation (and all the TNG movies), Deep Space Nine, Discovery, Picard, Strange New Worlds.
Currently watching TOS and I’m on the last season for that.
Right there with you. Section 31 kind of hit a so-bad-it’s-good again for me. And even Nemesis has the very cool space battle scene.
I could do without Enterprise Season 3, but it’s also not like I’m skipping it during a rewatch!
Nemesis did have a cool space battle and I agree with you there! I was just so disappointed with characters not acting like how they normally are like though.
I watched 28 minutes and decided I’m gonna let this show go. I feel like I gave it a shot, the first two episodes weren’t terrible. I wouldn’t even say this episode was terrible (the ½ I watched), I just got very bored.
If like Lower Decks this show turns around to be great, do let me know and I might go back and watch it.
Honestly, healthy choice!
Not a lot to say about this one - I’m just glad Reno found someone.
And we have a stardate!
868858.7 - that puts it pretty definitively after DSC season 5 (coda excepted), assuming stardates are, you know, linear.
868858.7 - that puts it pretty definitively after DSC season 5
Was that in question Reno being an instructor would seem proof enough that it was after her time on Discovery.
Kurtzman has made some nebulous comments about there being some overlap, so I was open to the possibility that this was happening between seasons or during season five or something.
I wonder if the production staff just couldn’t make up their mind to begin with honestly, because if you look close at Lura Thok’s personnel file from E01 it says she’s born in 3145 and is 50 years old, so you’re back to 3195 again.
Personally I don’t really trust relying on stardates for years in this future era since DIS wasn’t really consistent about it, so I’m hoping someone will actually cite a year out loud at some point and get rid of the wondering.
In general, I’m a firm believer in “stardates were made to be nonsense, and should be treated as such,” but they’re fun to puzzle over once in a while.
And I was right!
I love Nahla so much
Annotations for 1x03 are up at: https://startrek.website/post/34543028
First episode was a bit rough at the start, but the second and third are pretty decent. While this isn’t really trekking beyond the campus right now, I just wonder where this show will go at it progresses.
Episode three is definitely strong (so far) and keeps pace with the end of episode two. I like that there are a few extras on the team at the end of the episode. Are we getting some red shirts ready? 😃
I’ll be watching for more. 👍
I don’t like teen dramas and I don’t particularly like romance plots, can someone explain why I’m loving this show so much?
The teens arent vapid socialites and theres enough Trek Universe mixed in that it really doesn’t align with the typical teen drama.
I like seeing the personal growth of these characters kicking in early. And that we don’t only focus on Caleb. When’s my Jay-den episode coming?
And while I didn’t think I‘d like the post-burn setting, it gives our characters a reason to reiterate what Star Fleet and the Federation stand for. In the classic shows, there wasn’t really a reason so argue what the federation is supposed to be (because it was objectively extremely successful the way it was). I enjoy seeing our characters rebuilding this utopia.
This one was a bit better than the first two, but still not my cup of tea.
Spoiler
I appreciate the idea of moving the starfleet headquarters, I always found the Earth (US) centricity to be unrealistic.
I still hope this whole future created by DIS to be retconned away, though.
So first, Jay-Den is my favourite character. I would love to see some Klingon standup comedy lol
Second, after Kelrec gave his small speech about his students to Ake, I was hoping she’d reply “That’s like your opinion, man”
Besides the concerning number of shots with bare feet in them, I really enjoyed this episode. A true classic rival school plot! I particularly enjoyed that other people were at the center of the plot this time. The next episode is the Jay-Den one I think and I’m really looking forward to it
That was a really fun episode, I’m enjoying this show way more than I expected.
I want some warp core pajamas.
I want some warp core pajamas.
Right? Glad I’m not the only one! I also want Thok’s workout jacket thing.
This episode started rough with the gym lens flare being so strong I couldn’t even look at the TV. The War College gave up a little easy, but I expect them to be back harder and stronger, I hope they get a big win just to help even things out.
Also something I appreciate is all the security this episode and the previous episodes have had. So many Star Trek plots would have been fooled with even the most basic of security, so seeing someone need proper authorization or cloning an eyeball is surprisingly new for Trek.
Why is there lens flare everywhere in this series?
I think I might have liked this series more if it came out like 15 years ago. Right now it just comes off as immature and overly quirky/comedic.
probably because it targets people 15 year younger than you.
Or older.
My partner and I are old enough to feel comfortable laughing at our young adult selves.
sure. I don’t mean only young adults will enjoy it (I am enjoying a lot) but the show is clearly targeted at that group
And they fixed the endless empty void within the turbolift tunnels!!
I want to see more of Kyle!
He’s a central character in the upcoming comic book so I’m guessing that means we will.
He’s got some serious chemistry with Jay-Den, too.
