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That episode was certainly a marvel of set decoration.

Had they known this was going to be the final season, I wonder if they would have considered more guest stars. Seeing Hannah Cheesman as Airiam again was neat, but a Lorca and/or an Ash Tyler would have been pretty special.

I wonder if the sequence set in a possible future is the closest we're going to get to a "Calypso" tie-in...

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His description of finding out about Hugh's impending death in season one is pretty rough:

I didn’t know right away [that Hugh would be coming back]. In the first season, I was not a series regular, I was a recurring character. I also had another gig at the time, 13 Reasons Why. Star Trek shot in Toronto and 13 Reasons Why shot in Northern California. I was shooting both at the same time. They called me on my first day of shooting the second season of 13 Reasons Why. I had just gone through makeup, my phone rings, and I see it’s [showrunner] Aaron Harberts. I was like, “Maybe he’s calling to wish me luck on my first day.” He was not. He was calling to tell me that my character on Discovery was going to be killed.

I lost it. I couldn’t even fake it. I tried really hard to keep it together and be professional, but I literally lost it because the character of Hugh had already meant so much to me, and I got to work with my friend Anthony [Rapp]. I had bonded with this cast. I had to shake it off because it was my first day at work on 13 Reasons Why. They had to put my makeup back on because I had ruined it.

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This is more of a !quarks!quarks topic, as it's not actually about Star Trek.

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That's not an easy question to answer - I like it so far, but then again I've liked every season to one degree or another.

This one is structured as more of an Indiana Jones-style adventure. There's a thing that they need to find, other people are also looking for that thing, and we're following them from planet to planet as they try to find it.

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You should probably get that looked at.

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Episode title

"The Chase"

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That's not nearly enough close-up shots of Rayner...

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Tangentially, the season four VOY episode “One” does not share it’s name with the Borg drone named One; that episode was called “Drone” and was part of season five.

Trips me up every. Single. Time.

Jett keeps her collar open, and the closure is bisected in half, but when we see Culber with his collar open, the closure remains a single piece.

Magical Starfleet uniforms keep me up at night.

Tuvok showed Janeway a a hybrid he made using a favinit and an orchid in “Alliances”.

Tuvok and hybrids involving orchids, name a better trio.

Edit: obligatory picture of the Star Trek Online Tzenkethi. Look upon them and tremble.

A picture of the Tzenkethi as seen in Star Trek Online. There is one close-up, one picture of the back of the creature, and one picture of the front, from the top of the head to the knees. The Tzenkethi are purple, four-armed reptilian creatures with a horn in the centre of their forehead. Portions of their body are covered in high-tech armour, while other portions are left exposed.

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Those Tzenkethi are from the North.

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You know, though. You know.

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The performances here were exceptional all around.

Wilson Cruz's Jinaal immediately put me on edge, but he turned out to be a very interesting character. It's a shame we apparently won't get to see Jinaal inhabit Moll or L'ak.

I also came away really impressed with Ian Alexander. I haven't been overly invested in Adira and Gray's story, but this development of them as "two kids who moved to attend different schools" was well-executed, and fairly low-key.

Captain Commander Rayner continues to delight, and I'm glad they're allowing him to grow gradually, rather than having him learn his lesson all at once.

I guess we won't be seeing Nilsson again - I hope she's having a good time on Voyager.

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On the one hand, I see your point.

On the other hand, yes.

A photo of a smiling, shirtless Wilson Cruz, clearly displaying that he does, in fact, work out.

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I know people sometimes complain about a lack of DS9 references, but I do think the new shows show respect for the world created by that series.

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Looks like we'd better savour it while we can.

If you guessed "painted a director out of a non-vfx shot" was on the list for us today, you were correct. :)

#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #vfx_footage

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Saru implies to Burnham that she should consider making Book the new first officer on Discovery. Book is not a part of Starfleet or any other similar hierarchical organization. Presumably Saru makes the suggestion so that his own choice of ensign Tilly as his first officer in “Unification III” is no longer the wildest choice of in the history of Starfleet.

On rewatch, I wonder if he was on the way to suggesting someone like Book when he was interrupted. But then again, he's known for his, uh, original thinking when it comes to XOs, as you noted.

”Diary’s Romulan; Federation’s got no claim to it.” it was established in “Unification III” that the Romulans had reunified with the Vulcans at some point during the in the past, and in “All Is Possible” Ni’Var rejoined the Federation.

Ni'Var may or may not be considered the legal successor to the Romulan Free State, which in turn may or may not be considered the legal successor to the Romulan Star Empire. I think "ownership" of these ancient artifacts could be very murky indeed. And no one even mentioned how salvage rights work in the 32nd Century.

Quick, get Alex Kurtzman on the phone so I can pitch Star Trek: Space Maritime Law.

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There’s coffee in that cash grab.

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I don’t modify headlines because I have 🖖 in 🖖 teg 🖖 ri 🖖 ty 🖖.

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Mellanoid slime worms, such as Murf.

Intriguing…

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I don't think so - "The Chase" is pretty standalone.

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A closeup of Zefram Cochrane wielding a shotgun during first contact with the Vulcans in the Mirror Universe.

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Over 800 years, and they still don’t know what they’re for…

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A Taupe Directive is just nap time.

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I think at this point I’d rather see one of the Isa Briones characters, were they to go that route.

Fred’s Data cosplay walked right up to the line of silliness for me, but honestly he probably represents a legitimate stage of…Soongvolution.

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I can’t believe I forgot to mention today’s biggest revelation: a Type 3 phaser is just a Type 2 phaser stretched out!

I wonder if the whole thing can be squished into a convenient, easy-to-conceal Type 1…

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The computer was telling her the the warp failure was imminent, the collapse of the field risked tearing the entire ship apart, and she had to get clear of it in order for Discovery to rescue her.

So…yes, I guess I can?

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By your own admission, she was working on taking out the ship’s engines…when she got the warning that it was down to 70%, she said, “come on, come on.” That was her project, not the tractor beam. She told Rayner to let go so the Antares could get clear and not risk destruction.

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Somehow you think I think “her project was the tractor beam”, whatever that means.

No, but this helps me understand how you found this scene so confusing.

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You are my hero.

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Most of the crew would have no idea who Picard was either which is kinda funny.

Culber had a bit of a moment like that when explaining the Soong mind transfer he was going to perform on Gray last season.

“Soong first used it on a a Starfleet admiral - Picard was his name - but the success rate was so low that eventually people just stopped trying.”

Overall, though, the Discovery crew seems remarkably well-educated about the time they skipped over.