User Reviews

The whole person we thought was legitimate turns out to be the bad guy has been done so many times before.

Everyone on this show seems to be required to act stupid in order to ensure the bad gal gets her way, including not checking into her background more.

I didn't find the plot to be interesting even when you ignore the plot holes. Hopefully next episode is better.

Speaking as someone who is gay, and had never had a problem with it, I found this episode - which I was initially (first ten, or so minutes) was enjoying.

Yes, I could even tell the person playing Dr Aspen want a biological woman - big deal.

But, when this person uses nothing but very tired schtick for attention , it quickly bored and annoyed me.

This person's acting is nothing more than silent many people are familiar with; sitting around with someone who's watched way too many Joan Crawford films (not as a compliment).

Am actor's am actor's am actor, and by this I mean sexism persuasion has nothing to do with one's ability, but; to make it their sole 'talent'is ridiculous.

I can name many actors - male, and female -who are not straight, but have talent, and one's sexuality is not something which should be relevant in any job, least of all acting, where one's supposed to become someone else.

When this 'actor' finally (sorry for the pun) came out as this episode's villain, the nightclub quren schtick got very tired very fast.

I gave up.

I know everything takes time to settle down, and one day casting directors will wake up and realise they need an actor - not a gimmick.

This person's nothing more, and I'm willing to bet; after a few more appearances in the media, they'll disappear.

This series just keeps on getting better and better. Being a TOS fan since the early 70's I didn't think I would like this new incarnation, but it's growing on me. This was a clever episode (SPOILER)

with a real twist at the end that brings in a controversial character we saw in one of the TOS films. It was a real surprise! Really looking forward to what they do next. And it looks like there is a new charismatic villain I hope we see again.

Thai episode starts out merely okay and ramps up in enjoyability, becoming a pleasant romp with a kicker ending.

An ending which re-canonizes the worst part of Star Trek V: Spock's half-brother, Sybok. In The Final Frintier, Sybok is just another kind of stupid element in the kind of stupid movie. Here, his reveal actually produces a thrill and a promise of menace.

So far, Strange New Worlds has managed to mix callbacks to previous Trek (without undue nostalgia) and new ideas into a refreshing blend, and it's that success rate that makes Sybok exciting. Will the storyline to come fulfill this expectation? It's impossible to say for sure, but this series has been knocking or out of the park- for the most part. The rest of this episode isn't a strike, but it's a good base-hit. Maybe even a double.

Still the best Trek show currently on TV.

As much as i love Anson Mount and Number One, the episode feels weird. The villan of the episode does not have a single scene without preaching about identity and self discovery. While the topics are relevant to Spock, this is not a way to explore them. This comes off as cheap and demeaning. Star Trek has always been progressive, but it has been more intellegent about it. These topics are usually explores through experiences and metaphors. Not litterally shuved in your face like a social studies lecture or a steict talking to by your parents. I love everything else about the show, and with very few exceptions the season has beem great so far. We do however need the writers to dial it down. Pushing political views is fine, but at least make an effort to make it seem like the entire show simply exists entirely to do so. Tell good stories first, and infuse them with the themes you are looking for. Not the other way around ...

Real Trekkies will know that the show itself has always gone boldly where no one has gone before. Same applies to the transgender villain in this episode. I have to admit that I was slightly distracted by it at first, simply because I am not used to seeing transgender people so prominently on screen. But it made me think and I reminded myself that the original show had the first black woman in a leading role which was controversial for it's time.

That being said, I gave it only an 8 because of the plot which could have been better.

It seems its a walk in the park to overcome security on a STATE OF THE ART federation ship. Fine, incapacitated the ship, inside help or sth. But once first officer says lockdown why doesnt anything change ? Remember the security force fields on EVERY ST ship ever. Remember numerous security options, locking doors, putting up barriers,LOCKING TURBOLIFTS, if needed sucking out oxygen etc...

Here they just waltz in with guns and everyone starts fighting like in a local dive bar. How convenient their inside help ,still not sure man or woman, was it seems one of the best system hackers in the whole known universe who no problem hacked the most advanced ship humans ever produced. I see no other explanation.

Also we have again bridge crew talking like high schoolers, "kaboom", "blind date","listen to gut" (directed at Spock naturally for later forced lame introspection) and acting anything but a professional crew.

Again we have someone with past personal trauma regarding the problem and they know the insights as in every episode so far.

Most episode again is not focused on sci.fi foundations and again using super cheap 20th century locations like downtown warehouse for off-ship mission, adding a little sci-fi prop here and there

Captain Pike again different than in his Disco episodes, trying to be quirky, funny and mischevious instead of professional. And again using some tactics from the past.

This show is so badly writen by unimaginative people who have no passion for ST.

This episode has brought out some extreme emotions from lots of reviewers, and that's okay. This series takes its cues from the original Star Trek, which I loved and still love. Part of the fun of TOS was not every episode was whiz-bang, knock it out the park great. Some of the episodes were just fun. This particular episode had a lot of that and brought up some major plot lines that definitely need exploring.

I loved the episode, especially the focus on fan favorite Mr. Spock. His is one of the most interesting characters, and T'Pring ambushing him with 20th Century novels that explore different modes of sexuality was funny. Spock's identity as a larger metaphorical question was certainly interesting. And I liked seeing Nurse Chapel being scrappy and smart in dealing with the pirates. TOS always had hints of chemistry between Spock and Chapel and the previous episodes have been building up to some kind of display of affection between them. I look forward to exploring the relationship further. Of course, Ethan Peck and Jess Bush are so good in their parts. It's a delight to watch them.

The character of Captain Angel is brilliant and a bit over the top. I had no idea who the actor was, and to me at least, it really does not matter. The character was well played and their motive, to free their lover, doesn't seem too remote especially considering we are talking about Sybok, a zealot, the Cain to Spock's Abel. Will the see Capt. Angel and Sybok in season two? Fingers crossed.

The guest star this week that plays the captain of the Serene Squall, is not a very good actress or she just couldn't connect because her lines were cheesy and pretty awful, especially after the reveal. She's supposed to be the leader of this super badass band of pirates, but acts like a petulant, snotty teenage brat. There are so many great actresses they could've gotten for that part, that could've given that part the sarcastibitch badass competency it needed.

The rest of the episode was excellent, and up to the standards of the series so far, but I had to knock off three stars for the parts from where she reveals herself to where she transports off the Enterprise, leaving the rest of her crew to be taken into custody.

Incidentally, Star Trek sure loves their implausible story lines. An unarmed nurse takes out like eight pirates, while the bridge crew can't seem to shoot a single pirate, and all get taken hostage, leaving the Enterpise in the pirate's hands.

S/o to all the whiners in here being mad about trans people existing, get a grip.

I found the episode to be pretty great from start to finish both on its own and as allegories for Star Trek's usual plotlines. Spock relating to Angel about his "human or vulcan" struggles. It's been interesting to see a flip of Spock's TOS arc where he had more fervently embraced his vulcan heritage and how SNW is leading up to him choosing to do that before eventually embracing his identity that is (say it with me!) not binary between his two parent species.

Angel as a villain was campy. Over the top? Sometimes maybe but honestly when was Gul Dukat ever not campy, or Q, or Mudd, or any other random guy I could probably name from any show. Star Trek villains ARE CAMPY, because Star Trek IS CAMPY. So Angel played this into perfection as someone who was reveling in their victory over the flagship of the Enterprise in order to further their own goals.

And the takeover of the Enterprise is not the main conflict of this episode so I was never bothered by how "easy" it was to take over (again something that has happened repeatedly to literally every ship/station in every show this is not unique). The main conflict of the episode IS Spock's arc so it makes sense that it has lower emotional stakes than the ship's takeover. Begging people at this point to learn some critical thinking.

All in all, I enjoyed it. It felt like an episode that could've easily happened in any other show as an ongoing exploration of a character's arc as well as some good old fashioned campy pirate nonsense.

I absolutely cannot stand Jesse James Keitel so she was distracting in all the worst ways in this episode, but I won't let that bring down my enjoyment for tonight's broadcast which was actually quite fine. When this show digs deep with Spock and has him encounter the absurdities of the situation and the complexities of life, that is Star Trek at its truest essence and we saw that here. He had to use wits and trickery, two tools that do not come easy for those unfamiliar with.

An enjoyable episode here and if only every week was like this then this show might have a chance of getting a little buzz around it.

So we are all VERY clear..

We all know when you insult their acting you're just saying "I don't like this person because I don't like who or what they are" it's no different than Reva in Kenobi.

When in fact she was the embodiment of the mustache twirling villains of the 60s. Top marks.

I enjoyed the episode but later thinking about it. I sense there were issues that might not be logical.

The Enterprise go on a rescue mission, knowing there are space pirates about and Pike does not realise that it could be a trap.

The Enterprise was overcome so easily by a ragtag bunch and no one sensed who could be the actual leader.

Not even Spock could sense that here was a person who just knew a little too much about him. The conflict between hus human and Vulcan side.

It was still fun, deliberately trying to be old school but as I have said before, it should not slavishly follow the original series formula slavishly.

I do think when Spock has a family singalong. It will be, We Don't Talk About Sybok.