Antimatter Pod

227. Moving at the Speed of Plot (SFA 1.10)

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Anika and Liz toast some marshmallows in the Atrium's brand new open fireplace (Nus Braka: Interior Decorator) and discuss the first season finale of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Rubincon". 

  • A finale where the good guys don't fire a single shot, and where we apply the lessons learned through the whole season
  • Stakes? Too high? Just high enough? Is Star Trek actually good at telling small scale stories? 
  • "What is Starfleet?" Caleb finally gives Anika a satisfying answer. 
  • A handsome, arrogant guy with neglectful parents and a crush on a Klingon? Darem has been Tom Paris all along! 
  • Nus is too solipsistic and misogynistic to realise that Anisha isn't on his side
  • Anisha was never the villain, but she is an antagonist, and with good reason
  • Nahla, Anisha and restorative justice
  • Nahla punching Nus: ma'am, you do not get to have little a police brutality as a treat, that felt ill-considered and out of character
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