S1E5
Kosinski keeps saying he's got everything approved from star fleet commmand. Is there no way for the Enterprise to verify that? Who does the Enterprise get their orders from?
Last episode we Geordi so excited to go Warp 9, which made me think it was the fastest the ship could go. Turns out it wasn't. They broke the all-time speed record by going "over warp 10". It feels nice to witness some Star Trek history.
There was some interesting philosophical discussions about time, space, and thought all being the same thing. It's an interesting concept that I can't say I've thought of before. Only issue is space is tangible. We've been there. It's unlike the other two in that way. Eh, not worth getting in to.
We got shown more of Yar's rape gang backstory. Apparently she stopped for a cat while running from one of those gangs? I mean, okay? On the flip side there was a nice moment with Picard and his mom. It seemed like they had a good relationship.
There was certainly an urge at first to explore but I thought Picard shut it down perfectly and logically. The interaction was something along the lines of: "So many opportunities for new studies!" "But who would we report our findings to?"
I really liked how they handled Wesley's promotion. Having the alien tell Picard he really is a savant but that he needs time to learn is a solid way to justify promoting such a young kid. So now we have Wesley, Acting Ensign, who has an opportunity to become permanent, which is cool.
Felt like the overall theme of the episode was that when we all work together towards a common goal we can break records. We can accomplish great things as a team. Picard got everyone on the ship to focus on The Traveler and getting them home and because of that they were able to return.
Last episode we Geordi so excited to go Warp 9, which made me think it was the fastest the ship could go. Turns out it wasn't. They broke the all-time speed record by going "over warp 10". It feels nice to witness some Star Trek history.
There was some interesting philosophical discussions about time, space, and thought all being the same thing. It's an interesting concept that I can't say I've thought of before. Only issue is space is tangible. We've been there. It's unlike the other two in that way. Eh, not worth getting in to.
We got shown more of Yar's rape gang backstory. Apparently she stopped for a cat while running from one of those gangs? I mean, okay? On the flip side there was a nice moment with Picard and his mom. It seemed like they had a good relationship.
There was certainly an urge at first to explore but I thought Picard shut it down perfectly and logically. The interaction was something along the lines of: "So many opportunities for new studies!" "But who would we report our findings to?"
I really liked how they handled Wesley's promotion. Having the alien tell Picard he really is a savant but that he needs time to learn is a solid way to justify promoting such a young kid. So now we have Wesley, Acting Ensign, who has an opportunity to become permanent, which is cool.
Felt like the overall theme of the episode was that when we all work together towards a common goal we can break records. We can accomplish great things as a team. Picard got everyone on the ship to focus on The Traveler and getting them home and because of that they were able to return.