Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x04 "Among the Lotus Eaters"

Written by Kirsten Beyer & Davy Perez

Directed by Eduardo Sanchez

LoglineReturning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.

andrybak ,
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Reed Birney’s acting is great. His soft voice is very touching.

– Be in the moment with me.

– We look out for each other. Every night we have our forgetting.

– You are guided by your emotions. They are your truth. I find them convincing. The totem teaches that we live in each moment, embrace them.

reddig33 ,

To me, this felt like the first real, original, stand alone episode of this season. I didn’t care for the courtroom drama episode, or the time travel one. Those plot lines have been done on Star Trek so many times before.

Still wishing this wasn’t a series that insisted on the “previously on” intro. You never saw that on TOS or TNG unless it was a two parter.

triktrek ,

And this “Previously on” was also not actually that useful/needed.

CCatMan ,

Great episode. Wish there was more time to explore the planet with the away team. Also, what does Una do again? I can already see why Spock replaces her as first officer…

Beefcyclone ,

Did anyone else just despise the noise though, loved the episode but for me that noise will make the episode un-rewatchable…

tdriley ,
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@ValueSubtracted second best episode of S2 so far, after Ad Astra Per Aspera. The type of setup has already been done many times but there are enough new ideas to keep it interesting. The old man is a great single-episode character.

Klanky ,
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Was it just me, or did anyone hear bits and pieces of the score from Rura Penthe while Pike and co were breaking rocks out in the snow?

concrete_baby ,

It’s good to see Kirsten Beyer back in the writer’s room. It could be her that this episode reminds me of Workforce from VOY where the away team forget about their identities and keep on working for the planet government.

I felt the pacing was a bit rushed at the end and the episode could have given more time to explore the Kalar man’s memories and history so his arch is more earned.

Calanon ,

It’s bugged me a little in previous episodes, but in this episode it really bugged me that the entire medical staff seems to be M’Benga and Chapel - I know it’s normal for Trek for the staffs to appear small but normally either it’s been a plot point (Voy), others mentioned if not seen (DS9) or that we occasionally see them (TNG, DIS, TOS). It’d be nice just to see a few others about.

StillPaisleyCat , (edited )
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We saw several more staff in sickbay in season one, especially in the episode with the contagion from the former Illyrian colony.

I found it very odd that Chapel was on her own with no other medical technicians or paramedics in this episode.

sammydee ,
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@StillPaisleyCat @Calanon She's a modern O'Brien, then. Always in the wrong place at the wrong time without backup. :)

concrete_baby ,

Who voiced the computer? It sounds like Kate Mulgrew

tukarrs ,

listed as Alex Kapp www.imdb.com/name/nm0395088/

jimternet ,

Yeah I thought exactly the same!

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