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LoglineAn accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the USS Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.


Written by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Dermott Downs

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[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hated it, because I hate musicals, but I love that it happened. I loved watching it and hated every godamn second.

Please... no more... but I'm glad this happened and I'm glad people that like musicals seemed to more or less have enjoyed it.

Just... I'm begging.. no more.

edit: it was incredibly charming. I still hate it. It's cannon and I wouldn't have it any other way, but I hate it. There is no way I am the only person like this.

[–] CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You're not alone. I hate musicals. Love that they can have fun like this in Trek, but please never again please because I'll have to watch that one too.

Edit: Chapel's number was pretty cool though.

[–] const_void@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There were some excellent bits, but I wish it didn't take up one of the ten-episode slots. They did loop in Kirk's kid, so that was an excellent plot beat, as was the TOS soundtrack. I didn't have a problem with the concept ("Wha if..."); Spock / Chapel / Pike / M'Benga had great tunes and didn't mind Ortegas and Klingons doing Tope 40 boy-band is 20 yrs of meme material. The finale was uneven.

Outside of the individual elements and the "Strange New World" concept ... it was rough, especially knowing how good the show can be, and it took one of the spots for THAT goodness. Wish we had 15 episode seasons.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear you on the "ten episode" bit. I HATE that that became standard. It's some real garbage and has hurt a lot of different shows. The Last of Us was generally amazing, but suffered from rushing a bit. Without spoilers, there's an episode where they expand on a minor gay character from the game, and the main characters aren't in it much. The episode is amazing, and also got a ton of hate because the internet is awful, but one very valid critique is that in spending the entire episode in that wonderful little vignette, you had to rush beats of other episodes. That could have been fixed by simply having more episodes in the season.

Point is, somewhere shrinkflation hit our TV shows and I hate it lol.

[–] astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Right there with you on 10 episode seasons. I wish we could go back to 22 episode seasons.