Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x06 "Lost In Translation"

LoglineUhura seems to be the only one who can hear a strange sound. When the noise triggers terrifying hallucinations, she enlists an unlikely assistant to help her track down the source.

Written by Onitra Johnson & David Reed

Directed by Dan Liu

Electricorchestra ,

Does anyone know if these are new Hemmer shots and if the Hemmet actor was also the zombie?

Hogger85b ,

I remember seeing articles that Bruce Horak was acting in season 2 so think he was back for hemmer shots, I assume zombie shots too as why not.

reddig33 ,

Still pissed they killed him off.

knotthatone ,

I’d really like to see them bring Bruce Hemmer back as a new character. That’s what I hoped for when I first heard we’d see him again in Season 2.

reddig33 ,

I’m hoping they just bring back the old character. I mean if Bobby Ewing can come back on Dallas, surely a sci fi show can find a way.

Hogger85b ,

Pull a shax from lower decks. Not sure exactly which old trek that story line was based on but shows it is well troped.

(Senior Bridge officer "dies" on away mission andin next ep just returns with no explanation to rank and file)

const_void ,
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A little sleepy w/ exposition over showing BUT had some nice moments.

CCatMan ,

I forget, but where is Uhura from?

alex ,
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    CCatMan ,

    This will be the thing we need mentioned at least once every season.

    End0fLine ,
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    I feel it was appropriate in the context of how it was used. She was trying to humanize herself to a man who thought everything around him was fake.

    CCatMan ,

    I do agree, but I feel like we need this every season.

    UESPA_Sputnik ,
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    An okay episode.

    Finally Una got to do something instead of being completely on the sidelines. The whole ensemble got something to do, except Ortegas who slowly turns into SNW’s Travis Mayweather: that one cast member that is just there physically but doesn’t get anything to do.

    My personal highlight was the scene were Spock and Chapel play chess, and he passive-aggressively pushes her to play faster. Very Vulcan.

    What irked me: everyone and their mother immediately started calling the First Officer of another Starfleet ship by his first name. That was weird.

    The Canon defenders will complain that Kirk and Pike met face to face, although there was that throwaways line in The Menagerie that they’ve never met. But it was kinda inevitable that it would happen sooner or later. At least we got that out of the way.

    Borgzilla ,
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    It was a good episode, but there are a few things I didn’t like:

    • Blowing up a space refinery on a whim.
    • Too much romance/interpersonal stuff, still.
    • Pike needs to grow a spine and be more assertive.

    I give it a 6/10; not bad, not great. I’m looking forward to the new episode.

    c4lm ,

    Alright, one of the weaker episodes.

    Not a fan of this Kirk, he reminds me more of Carrey than Shatner. Neither he, nor the Farragut needed to be in this episode.

    electrorocket ,

    You don’t activate the bussard collectors. They are always on. And most nebulas are the birthplace of stars, stop being so amazed. Literally unwatchable.

    ValueSubtracted OP Mod ,
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    The Bussards are an emergency backup system for use when fuel replenishment via tanker is not possible, and are not normally active.

    khaosworks , (edited )
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    From the TNG Technical Manual (for the Galaxy class, but one can safely assume operations haven’t changed that much):

    In the event a deuterium tanker cannot reach a Galaxy class starship, the capability exists to pull low-grade matter from the interstellar medium through a series of specialized high-energy magnetic coils known collectively as a Bussard ramscoop. Named for the twentieth-century physicist and mathematician Robert W. Bussard, the ramscoop emanates directional ionizing radiation and a shaped magnetic field to attract and compress the tenuous gas found within the Milky Way galaxy. From this gas, which possesses an average density of one atom per cubic centimeter, may be distilled small amounts of deuterium for contingency replenishment of the matter supply. At high relativistic speeds, this gas accumulation can be appreciable, though the technique is not recommended for long periods for time-dilation reasons (See: 6.2). At warp velocities, however, extended emergency supplies can be gathered.

    [my emphasis]

    In those three places there are the qualifiers “in the event…”, “contingency” and “emergency”, which indicate that the Bussard collectors are only activated when needed and are not always on.

    The reason is simple: the amount of deuterium that can be gathered is usually in negligible amounts unless you’re in proximity to a dense source of the element, like in a nebula. So it’s just not energy efficient to keep the collectors on all the time.

    goGetF1 ,

    Half of all TNG episodes started with them being amazed looking at a relatively common phenomena. Those old scientists were just passionate about their job.

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