May the rest of the galaxy have your healthy perspective.

I think they’ve managed to strike a balance with the new shows so far - each one of them feels unique enough that I don’t necessarily feel any fatigue.

Well, it’s not closed closed, as far as we know. But filming on SFA is done, and there’s nothing active until we hear something about a renewal.

SNW filmed at a different Toronto-area studio that CBS owns directly, but obviously there’s no current Trek production there, either.

Oh neat, the cookbook! We did an AMA with Chelsea Monroe-Cassel back in the Reddit days. She seemed cool.

I vaguely remember owning Best Destiny when I was a kid - that sucker was first published in 1992.

I found The Enterprise War tough to get in to, but once I did, I enjoyed it.

I supported Section 31 until I saw it.

Hey, nothing wrong with optimism.

Hell, I still think that story could have been decent, had it been a 10-episode series as originally intended.

But yeah, I think SFA has turned out a very strong first season, so far.

As long as Star Trek remains popular enough, I think it might be advantageous to not be considered one of the “crown jewels” - flying under the radar has its advantages.

I really despise having to read the tea leaves about this stuff, but in the absence of solid information here we are.

An interesting anecdote that I’ve noticed is that two podcasts (Star Trek Academy, which I recommended a few days ago, and Larry Nemecek over on his YouTube channel) have said that SFA has led to a large increase in their audience. What does it mean? Who knows!

Ah, the tail end of a season, when the publicity stills are even less informative than usual.

As the year comes to an end, Caleb must choose between the life he thought he wanted and the life he’s built for himself at Starfleet Academy. Meanwhile, Nahla breaks protocol in one final gambit to keep a promise to Caleb.

Sounds like the rumours I saw that Tatiana Maslany would be back this week are likely true.

I’m not really familiar with her past stuff - I think “Absentia” is probably the best-known?

What interests me is that she got that sole “created by” credit, and yet isn’t a showrunner. That seems…very unusual.

But, the way we designed the transformation of Sam, we called it sort of colloquially in the writers room, “Sam 1.0” and “Sam 2.0.” Sam 1.0 was just a couple months old and was a baby in so many different ways. And the contrast that you start to see in episodes 9 and episode 10, but in a big way in season 2, is that Sam 2.0, while she does carry the memories of Sam 1.0, she really is a totally different person. She feels things that Sam 1.0 never felt.

I’m very curious to see how this plays out.

It’s wild to think that this SFA season finished filming a year ago, and was written even earlier than that.

True, I did forget the Must Reply To Everything in the Hot Feed rule.

Wandering the internet to loudly declare your disinterest in things?

Besides time-consuming (it’s a big Fediverse, so you must not get a lot of sleep)…yeah, kind of toxic.

Hey look, it’s the guy from the article!

Understandably so.

Here’s my question: is it better to boycott the company outright, or to show them that you are willing to pay for progressive content?

I don’t have an answer. I think you can make a good argument for either.

If they downvote, it means you’re an unappreciated genius.

A second watchthrough is on my to-do list this weekend, there’s always something I missed the first go-around…

It hasn’t come up much, but from “Spock Amok” back in season 1:

CHAPEL: No need. This is what I appreciate about Dever. He and I are on the same page. The casual, no attachments, this-is-just-for-fun, zero commitments page.

ORTEGAS: That’s more like a book than a page. And you said the same thing about that gal on Argelius II.

CHAPEL: That was a misunderstanding. It was one time.

I only know the play from what the episode told me about it

I was unfamiliar with it too, but I feel like I got what I needed to from the description.

I unfortunately found Tarima’s messy response to her trauma very…familiar, on multiple levels.

I wonder how Sam’s personality is going to change in next week’s episode.

I was thinking the same thing. In theory, she shouldn’t have any memories of her time at the Academy to date…maybe the Doc was able to describe it to her in excruciating detail.