Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War" - eviltoast
Logline

Captain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the USS Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.


Written by Davy Perez

Directed by Jeff Byrd

  • Eva!@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I would have liked M’benga’s ending monologue to be less final. Instead of “things break, we fix them, but they’ll break again,” even just leaving it as a question-- “can we ever truly fix these things?” would feel like it leaves more room for hope and redemption in the future.

    • VindictiveJudge@startrek.website
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      1 year ago

      I interpreted that a bit differently, but I definitely see what you mean. I got, “The biobed/M’Benga needs some extra maintenance, but that’s fine since it/he can always be fixed up.” The overall darkness of the episode and the ambiguity of the ending makes that fuzzy, though.

      I hope that this is the middle part of a three episode arc, like with Una’s modifications and trial. If there’s a part 3 I think it will end more positively, but we’ll have to wait and see.

    • const void*@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Oooh—good pt!

      Could be foreshadowing!!! I am not tracking the significance of the busted sick bay but I’m sure there is something there!