Second Contact
- Episode aired Aug 6, 2020
- TV-14
- 26m
Ensigns Mariner and Boimler run into difficulty on Galar. Meanwhile, an alien virus infects the crew of the Cerritos.Ensigns Mariner and Boimler run into difficulty on Galar. Meanwhile, an alien virus infects the crew of the Cerritos.Ensigns Mariner and Boimler run into difficulty on Galar. Meanwhile, an alien virus infects the crew of the Cerritos.
As a pilot I think it did a adequate job setting the tone and giving us enough character beats with the main characters to give us an idea of who they are and what they are about. Obviously at under 30 minutes it was very fast paced and having to introduce everyone nothing got deep but there were interesting kernels in each of the characters that I think can develop into something special.
On the down side, it is a little to frenetic and high octane. I hope it will take some moments to breath and let the characters slow down and not spew their dilaouge at warp 9.5.
The character animation was decent as far as modern shows of this type go but the real star is the ship design. Beautiful attention to detail in animating a TNG era ship. The LCARS interface was spot on, the holodeck was perfect, the external design was beautiful. Wonderful all around.
All in all I quite enjoyed the pilot. I have high hopes that it will get better as it goes along and become something special that lovingly lampoons Trek while actually being Trek. This is a nice diversion between Picard and Discovery.
- SethaWhenTheWallsFell
- Aug 8, 2020
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe stardate (57436.2) places this episode about 2.5 years after Voyager's return to the Alpha Quadrant in Endgame (2001).
- GoofsWhen Captain Freeman is talking to Ensign Boimler in her ready room, she gets up and looks out her window. Her reflection is correct, showing her uniform reversed with her combadge on her left side and rank insignia on the right. However, Ensign Boimler's reflection isn't reversed. His rank insignia appears the left and his combadge on the right.
- Quotes
Ensign Tendi: I can't believe we are going to serve side by side. Scientists and commanders, an elite team.
Ensign Mariner: Yeah, no, we're not really elite. We're more like the cool, scrappy underdogs of the ship. You know, we don't wash our hands, we're doing kick flips all the time.
Ensign Boimler: But with focus and dedication, you could be chief medical officer someday.
Ensign Mariner: Ugh, senior officers are overrated. They're always like stressed out and just yelling about directives. It is better down here where the real action is.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Star Trek: Lower Decks: No Small Parts (2020)
Details
- Runtime26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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