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1 hour ago, Sabertooth said:

E7 picked up the pace and the stakes. A really fun hour.

Uh oh...having trouble sleeping again? 

We'll try to watch this one tonight.  Looking forward to it.

On a complete side note, we've CUT THE CORD here!  No more cable tv.  Saving a little over $100 a month and not really missing it much at all.  Or as I like to say "$1200 closer to retirement". 

 

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4 hours ago, RickR said:

Uh oh...having trouble sleeping again? 

We'll try to watch this one tonight.  Looking forward to it.

On a complete side note, we've CUT THE CORD here!  No more cable tv.  Saving a little over $100 a month and not really missing it much at all.  Or as I like to say "$1200 closer to retirement". 

 

Yep. Woke up a little before 1 am and watched this and the associated Ready Room before conking back out.

Congratulations on cutting the cord and inching closer to retirement!

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I just finished watching the episode!  Boy, talk about things revving up!  Excellent episode...

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And that Breen Dreadnought is something else!  It dwarfs the Federation HQ!  I can't see how the Federation fleet that was assembled there could have beaten that thing!

 

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OK, we finally watched E7 last night.  My wife wasn't feeling up to it for a few days.... 

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I agree with TredMD that the Breen Dreadnaught was impressive.  But other than that, I had some issues....

  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  We then see the Breen negotiate. 
  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  You'd think the second they let the Breen near L'ak....BOOM, they'd steal him away and be done.  Instead, they stand there doing nothing.
  • I understand they wanted Moll near L'ak to help his recovery.  OK.  But why not put her in shackles (arms and legs)?  Why not chain her to a bulkhead?  Why not have a double chambered force field?
  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  You'd think with that giant dreadnaught, they'd at least leave with a few "F-you" starship destructions. 
  • It takes genius Stamets and genius Tilly/Adira a LOT of time to figure out the clue.  How will Moll/Breen know where to go?  "We can track the spore drive" -- have we ever heard of that before or are did they just make it up for this plot?  OK, why not use a cloaked ship and go there slowly?  Or travel to 100 locations across the to throw everyone off the track? 
  • Staff don't even walk to a briefing room...they beam everywhere.  They beam weapons into their hands.  So Moll escapes.  And you're telling me they can't find her and beam her into a brig?  Zora knows where everyone is, right?  This makes no sense.  Escape shouldn't be possible.  Especially once they find her in the corridor.  Requesting a force field at that moment should have been the end of it. 
  • I guess I can summarize my feeling by saying I don't buy these two fugitive characters outsmarting the entirety of Starfleet. 

I like the show very much and I agree that they are finally hitting a good rhythm.  But this writing is getting a bit on the bad side IMO. 

 

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8 minutes ago, RickR said:

OK, we finally watched E7 last night.  My wife wasn't feeling up to it for a few days.... 

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I agree with TredMD that the Breen Dreadnaught was impressive.  But other than that, I had some issues....

  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  We then see the Breen negotiate. 
    • I think this was colored by the commander's prior experience and more a reflection of what happened to him and his family.
  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  You'd think the second they let the Breen near L'ak....BOOM, they'd steal him away and be done.  Instead, they stand there doing nothing.
    • It seems they could have done this since they were beaming through the Federation shields.  Unfortunately, that didn't work for the plot.
  • I understand they wanted Moll near L'ak to help his recovery.  OK.  But why not put her in shackles (arms and legs)?  Why not chain her to a bulkhead?  Why not have a double chambered force field?
    • She had her hands shackled.  They must have been overconfident that was enough.
  • "Breen don't negotiate!".  You'd think with that giant dreadnaught, they'd at least leave with a few "F-you" starship destructions. 
  • It takes genius Stamets and genius Tilly/Adira a LOT of time to figure out the clue.  How will Moll/Breen know where to go?  "We can track the spore drive" -- have we ever heard of that before or are did they just make it up for this plot?  OK, why not use a cloaked ship and go there slowly?  Or travel to 100 locations across the to throw everyone off the track? 
    • That is indeed the first time this is mentioned BUT let's not forget this is the 31st century.  They might have developed tech to track such a drive.
  • Staff don't even walk to a briefing room...they beam everywhere.  They beam weapons into their hands.  So Moll escapes.  And you're telling me they can't find her and beam her into a brig?  Zora knows where everyone is, right?  This makes no sense.  Escape shouldn't be possible.  Especially once they find her in the corridor.  Requesting a force field at that moment should have been the end of it. 
    • People just beaming in and out of places does get annoying.  Why not take a turbolift?  I guess those are becoming obsolete?  As for Moll, they did mentioned she could be using a biological equivalent of a cloacking device to mask her bio signature.  Again, something new.
  • I guess I can summarize my feeling by saying I don't buy these two fugitive characters outsmarting the entirety of Starfleet. 

I like the show very much and I agree that they are finally hitting a good rhythm.  But this writing is getting a bit on the bad side IMO. 

 

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