Star Trek

Thoughts as I watch:

• So, I'm wondering: is Cayuga a reference to Rod Serling? He named his production company that in reference to the lake in New York.

• Relationships suck when you are a Starfleet captain who knows your destiny to one day be in a beepie chair.

• Rigel 7, a deep cut!

• We have gone (ZERO) days without some sort of Starfleet prime directive problem.

• Finally, some Ortegas action!

• "THE HAT IS SUPREME." I'm going to have to use that in conversation.

• Oh man, at least she keeps the hat.

• "Subdermal universal translators" are the new translation microbes

• Oh boy, they have starfleet tech.

• Ah, we've got a good old-fashioned "Federation citizen takes over a world" episode!

• "This is a cage." Heh.

• Forgetting is a scary side effect for a planet.

• I get that they were only on there for like four hours, but shouldn't they have noticed stuff like this their last visit? Or maybe... THEY LOST

• "Welcome to Memento/50 First Dates Planet"

• Can still remember how to fight!

• So I'm guessing Spock is probably one of the more resistant to all of this due to his Vulcan-ness.

• Man, La'An is having a REALLY bad pair of weeks.

• Captain Pike even without his memories is still Captain Pike. Makes sense.

• Okay, I guess Spock isn't immune.

• Glad to see the Connie class had GPS.

• I gotta admit, I feel like Pelia would be good in this episode given just how many memories she has to lose and how many skills she has.

• SHE FLIES THE SHIP

• The ship's computer is great this week.

• Damn, that is some tough silverware, standing up to phaser blasts.

• Is it just me or is that a fresco or whatever of Alexander the Great... Zac-ized?

• Okay, that logic doesn't quite seem sound, but whatever.

• So, uhm, be careful about telling her about the Beepy-chair, Chris.

I'm primarily curious about Batel's job responsibilities. Her main job seems to be as a JAG officer but she also has a field command on the Cayuga?

Damn I love this show. I can't help but wonder if Hemmer would have been affected differently by the radiation if he wasn't a gorn egg popsicle.

I wrote this as I was watching:

• Since when have Batel and Pike have a history? Was she in season 1?
• I wish they had a tone warning at the beginning of the episode, also I thought the tones went for a little too long each time.
• Lol this is the anti-Spock world. "Your emotions are your truth." Maybe Spock should have been on the planet surface as well.
• Did Spock forget how to read?
• Did the Enterprise not feel the effects in the previous mission? Did they forget to record it or make personal logs?

• Still somewhat annoyed that there is no seat belt on the shuttle, even if it is to maintain continuity with TOS. M'Benga looked like he was going to bang his head and get a concussion when they were landing.

• La'an: They won't see us coming.
  Zac: We totally saw you from the other side of the planet a hemisphere away.

• What was Zac trying to accomplish? He lured them there with the Starfleet Delta, but he was not going to hitch a ride home. He expected whatever ship that comes to inspect to... forget and go away, or suffer some disastrous result when the crew become unable to function? Why not just stay low and be king if he wasn't planning to leave?