Strange New Worlds: The noir episode was pretty good Trek, but the setting was a gimmick that brought nothing extra. Fine as long as the script is decent, and this one was, but they’re not a fun little bonus anymore, just kind of tiring.
Ted Lasso: Should have left well enough alone. The conceit of s3 is fine, but so far the execution has been lacking, full of flanderized hijinks and distracting levels of fan service that seem done mostly to remind us that this used to be a better show. Each episode is slightly better than the one before, but we’re starting from a very clunky and underwhelming place.
Ninth Jedi: I’m just over halfway through. Pretty good, a more “meat and potatoes” reworking of Star Wars themes than I expected, but the style holds up and I’m curious to see how they tie it all together.
The most recent episode is a puppet episode. Ugh. I feel like you either love these episodes, or hate them the way I do. There’s no in between. Shut it off as soon as I realized.
I am almost caught up with Strange New Worlds. I just finished S04E02, and then I went back to watch it again because people mentioned that there are things in the background that you need to watch for.
I only caught two
spoiler
The figure to the right when they first beam onto the ship, and the figure in the background when they get to the med bay.
I didn’t understand the ending though.
spoiler
If La’an can still see the ghost, does that mean she is still infected? Or is the ghost the only entity that isn’t a hallucination?
If La’an can still see the ghost, does that mean she is still infected? Or is the ghost the only entity that isn’t a hallucination?
I’d say, “Maybe?” That just seems like a horror trope, right? To dial the unease back up a little after the traditional catharsis? It’s honestly part of my issue with doing a different theme in most of the episodes. ST writers have never been as obsessed with consistent lore as the fans, but things like this go to the heart of what your audience wants from your show.
Strange New Worlds: The noir episode was pretty good Trek, but the setting was a gimmick that brought nothing extra. Fine as long as the script is decent, and this one was, but they’re not a fun little bonus anymore, just kind of tiring.
Ted Lasso: Should have left well enough alone. The conceit of s3 is fine, but so far the execution has been lacking, full of flanderized hijinks and distracting levels of fan service that seem done mostly to remind us that this used to be a better show. Each episode is slightly better than the one before, but we’re starting from a very clunky and underwhelming place.
Ninth Jedi: I’m just over halfway through. Pretty good, a more “meat and potatoes” reworking of Star Wars themes than I expected, but the style holds up and I’m curious to see how they tie it all together.
The most recent episode is a puppet episode. Ugh. I feel like you either love these episodes, or hate them the way I do. There’s no in between. Shut it off as soon as I realized.
The episode has its moments, but it’s very much worse than the Noir one, and for better or worse…
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It turns out it was all Spock’s anxiety dream
I am almost caught up with Strange New Worlds. I just finished S04E02, and then I went back to watch it again because people mentioned that there are things in the background that you need to watch for.
I only caught two
spoiler
The figure to the right when they first beam onto the ship, and the figure in the background when they get to the med bay.
I didn’t understand the ending though.
spoiler
If La’an can still see the ghost, does that mean she is still infected? Or is the ghost the only entity that isn’t a hallucination?
spoiler
I’d say, “Maybe?” That just seems like a horror trope, right? To dial the unease back up a little after the traditional catharsis? It’s honestly part of my issue with doing a different theme in most of the episodes. ST writers have never been as obsessed with consistent lore as the fans, but things like this go to the heart of what your audience wants from your show.