07-18-2025, 12:07 PM
S3ep1 was the conclusion of the cliffhanger from last season's conclusion. The Enterprise is fighting off a Gorn invasion. Like the Klingon mutation, the new Gorns are like Aliens, mostly CGI. I need to rewatch Arena because this totally messes with canon. Uhura is there in SNW so she sees the Gorn, but when she sees them on TOS she recoils in disgust and surprise. Plus TOS Gorns wear clothes. I enjoyed the adventure of it - big space battles - but the Gorn anomaly is annoying.
S3e2 is an alternate episode where Spock marries Chapel. It's manipulated by a Trelane-like being played by Rhys Darby. The monster Easter egg here is that the story ends like The Squire of Gothos (TOS) with the energy ball being 'parents' coming in the rectify all the problems caused by their 8000+ year old child. That is voiced by John de Lancie, who played Q. I have always thought that Trelane was a being like Q. It's been asserted in ST Beta canon. This ep was on the silly side, but the Trelane connection is never detailed - I respect that. For those who know trek, it's obvs and brilliant. It just warps over the heads of nooBs. Additionally, there's a point when Spock punches out Chapel's fiancee. That's also never explained but true Trekkies can connect it to the emotional state Vulcans enter in the kal-if-fee. The Spock/Chapel romance is also defiant of TOS canon, but the new cast is owning their variation like the Kelvin timeline. And TNG Chapel is uber hawt.
S3e2 is an alternate episode where Spock marries Chapel. It's manipulated by a Trelane-like being played by Rhys Darby. The monster Easter egg here is that the story ends like The Squire of Gothos (TOS) with the energy ball being 'parents' coming in the rectify all the problems caused by their 8000+ year old child. That is voiced by John de Lancie, who played Q. I have always thought that Trelane was a being like Q. It's been asserted in ST Beta canon. This ep was on the silly side, but the Trelane connection is never detailed - I respect that. For those who know trek, it's obvs and brilliant. It just warps over the heads of nooBs. Additionally, there's a point when Spock punches out Chapel's fiancee. That's also never explained but true Trekkies can connect it to the emotional state Vulcans enter in the kal-if-fee. The Spock/Chapel romance is also defiant of TOS canon, but the new cast is owning their variation like the Kelvin timeline. And TNG Chapel is uber hawt.
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