STAR TREK: Strange New Worlds S01E10 REACTION/REVIEW
Added 2025-03-29 00:00:09 +0000 UTC 
Episode 10 'A Quality of Mercy'
• Available to All TV Tiers 26.04.25
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1By8BXR5L_QHvM2Sih2kTHYKFo2O96oA-/view?usp=sharing
Comments
Earlier on in this season you wondered if this series would change anything from the original series timeline and I refrained from commenting then because I knew this episode was coming and it really answers that question. This is the "prime" Star Trek timeline. They are following it exactly. Even with the Gorn they expanded on what we saw in "Arena" with the humanoid Gorn and now by showing that the Gorn develop inside a host body and the DNA of the host species affects that development. You are right in saying Discovery did not follow that when it began and changed a lot of things, particularly the Klingons. But I think when Captain Pike was introduced in season two (which sets this show up) it was an attempt to course correct for that series by incorporating things that we knew about him from "The Cage" and "The Menagerie" two-parter.
Ron Hubbard Jr
2025-04-28 14:48:31 +0000 UTCThis episode was a remake of the TOS episode "Balance of Terror" (beginning with the wedding of the two crew members). They even recreated the mood lighting and positioning of the bridge crew from the original episode.
Ron Hubbard Jr
2025-04-28 14:38:45 +0000 UTCThis is a interesting way to revisit balance of terror, which was such a beloved TOS episode
Jonathan
2025-03-30 01:20:46 +0000 UTCEverything that applies to this show from Discovery I’m pretty sure you know. now I’m watching this along with you, so I don’t know about future episodes, but there isn’t a whole lot of world building in discovery. It’s it’s own story and the Pike situation is what was outlined here he saw the future he was told the future cannot be changed.
Jonathan
2025-03-30 01:20:21 +0000 UTC
