Star Trek: Metamorphosis (First Watch: S2E9)

[madimpossibledreamer]

Death/hurt count: Spock electrified. Choking Kirk & Spock.

Epsilon Canaris?

Wants to get back to her job.

I’m surprised you still try.  It always moves right with you.

“You already know as much as we do” –Kirk (good response to every single freaked out person demanding more reports about, say, science ever—example ‘why don’t they know who did it yet?’”)

The Galileo seems to have issues.

Well, it’s pretty, anyway.

Doesn’t follow orders.  Good job.

W-wait, is this—

Yes, it is, hi.

That’s awkward.

They had Vulcans back then.

Even more awkward.  Random past!dude hitting on a lady the second she walks into sight.

(I read the book Federation recently, so I know the name & kind of how it ends.  I skimmed parts that were, I thought, too spoilery, but this one isn’t totally blind either.)

Noticed she needed a bath, really??

Bones touching Nancy’s shoulder.

Antiques, huh.

Not sure alcohol is a good idea for Miss Sick.

“You’ll find I have a low tolerance level where the safety of my people is concerned,” understatement.

Kirk and his ‘expert’ worship strike again.

Spock looks normal, Bones is wide-eyed.

87?  Old?  At the time, maybe.

You could try talking to it first, rather than shooting it.

Now “talk to it”.

“It’s like this” “no it’s not” “agreed” what are your conversations, Bones, Kirk?

It’s an electric lifeform.  (shorting it out.)

Red = angry?

“I’m in command, Bones, that makes it my fault.” –Kirk

“Maybe you’re a soldier so often that you forget you’re also trained as a diplomat.” –Kirk Maybe??

Universal Translator, 1^st time.

Scott in control.

“Not 100% efficient, of course, but nothing ever is.” –Kirk (THAT IS ACCURATE SCIENCE/TECH!!)

Zookeeper?  Is that a reference to the Keeper?

There’s still a woman dying.  However cool the science and culture.

“The idea of male and female are universal constants” Uhhh, well, that’s ancient and outdated.

Yeah, we’re saying interspecies.

You’re being xenophobic.  Randomly.  Why?  Didn’t you realize it wasn’t human ages ago?

A job only is a perfectly fine lifestyle choice.  Yes, even for women, as if that’s a thing needed to be said.

Humans need obstacles to live.

The differences between species.

“Love sometimes expresses itself in sacrifice.” (if you love it let it go, good thing to reference)

The Maker of All Things, huh?

Are babies possible?  How would that work?

How do you standard orbit in an asteroid field?

I’m not sure how I feel about the story, though.  Like “can’t love an alien until she looks human”?

Why does it have to be a woman who’ll stop the war?