Logline
A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the USS Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.
Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman
Directed by Chris Fisher
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Not a terrible start but sadly not one of my favorite episodes for sure.
I don’t really know how to describe what I didn’t like, but I think it boils down to just how disjointed and rushed the pacing feels. For something so high stakes, it all felt really easy and predictable and just a bit boring.
It also felt like they were really really aggressive about making sure you understood the message about Spock. Seriously felt like a character was going to wink at the camera whenever they said something like “you’re not a normal Vulcan!”.
If I had to describe it, I’d probably go with Saturday morning cartoon surprisingly. A lot of story crammed into not enough time, with a heavy handed message about a character.
I didn’t hate it, don’t get me wrong. It just wasn’t unique or interesting like so many episodes are.
Yeah, same goes for me. It was good, but it felt inexplicably “off” when compared to the first season.