Prepare for a huge revelation! And it's not what you think.
0:30 - infidelity vs high fidelity
1:10 - dating this episode
2:00 - the start of a joke
2:16 - the punchline of a joke
2:39 - the reference of a joke
3:05 - Austin Powers syndrome (comment if you get THIS reference)
5:43 - Oh look, Burnham is right
6:08 - why argue with Michael?
6:29 - DEEP Star Trek cut
7:09 - Oh look, Burnham is right
7:44 - Nothing says sci-fi like talking heads
9:06 - Forget it's Star Trek and it's good!
10:38 - Trek, Wars, is anything new?
11:39 - When is Star Trek not Star Trek?
12:46 - What makes Star Trek Star Trek?
13:18 - Solving a problem, for sure
13:36 - Having time to mull it over as well
14:50 - Problem to solve AND time to solve it
16:22 - Not adrenaline, but still riveting
17:45 - Presenting the solution but not
18:46 - Proper sci-fi? Proper Star Trek?
20:33 - Alternate script ideas
21:09 - when ambience becomes superliminal (Simpsons)
22:10 - Even Poker feels Star Wars
23:02 - Barrier Galactica (Battlestar Galactica)
26:16 - our first payoff!
26:42 - is this right? Comment below!
27:07 - how wrong are we on this? This feels wrong in retrospect
27:44 - how popular is Earth pop culture of the '50s? (Gilligan's Island)
28:28 - colloquial ignorance
29:59 - dating references (Gambit)
31:20 - are we... changing our criteria??
32:27 - More deliberation?
33:29 - Watching the process! Trust the process!
34:01 - Rewriting Criteria 2
34:59 - DMA details (Corodite - He-Man)
35:17 - actual sci-fi vs technobabble
35:48 - Lack of discovery in Discovery
36:50 - Specifying Criteria 2
38:18 - Final Verdict, Bub
38:49 - Still a better love story than Twilight (Twilight)
39:24 - Star Wars tangent
40:14 - Jumping from a certain point of view
41:09 - inertial dampeners
42:32 - Paul loves to leave these insensitive water-toeing
43:00 - there was supposed to be a LONG pause here
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