Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

[Drunk Monk]

E5 Well damn. Did I really just binge 5 hours of ST:SNW? Totally worth it. I’d binge it all if it wasn’t a work day. Spock Amok was a shore leave ep, and it was funny - got a genuine lol out of me. After last eps tension, this was a delight. There was one issue however. Chapel meets T’pring and in Amok Time, she was surprised when Spock says she’s his bride. I like this SNW Chapel but she seems so different than Majel - still doesn’t work. I’m warming to Spock - he works better if I think of Quinto’s take instead of Nimoy’s. They let Rebecca be tall, which is cool (she’s 5’11”). It’s amusing that both the new Chapel and Rebecca as #1 were both played by Majel, and here they’re played by two very different actresses.

Loving SNW. It feels the most like TOS of any of the ST series. 10 eps in season 1 so I’m halfway through already and finding it very satisfying. 

Mount’s Capt Pike is awesome. He’s got a dry wit about him that really works.