Season 1 - Episode 4 - Vox in Excelso
I thought this was OK, and I appreciated that the show is already showing restraint instead of being some TikTok-paced nonsense (I was worried after the pilot) that gets exhausting within the first 20 minutes of every episode. This one told its story without panicking that the kids (who are almost certainly not watching this show as much as they wish they were) might get distracted on their phones.
A nice character piece that does its job of endearing us to Jay-Den while also fleshing out the post-Burn Klingon situation. I thought it did fine on both fronts.
The debate format was a good way to bring the other characters into the episode, and yeah, I thought it worked reasonably well overall.
I still find what I call the preachy-speechy style this show leans into a bit too much for my taste. It happens a lot. Once or twice it can have real gravity, but when every character is monologuing these deep existential soliloquies it gets pretty grating. I also still don’t like how much modern vernacular the show uses, but it’s obviously not going away, so I’m trying to get used to it.
I still can’t stand the Federation ship designs in this era, but the Klingon warp-in effects were neat. The resolution was fine, but maybe a bit too neat and tidy. Everyone exchanging knowing smiles after averting an extinction-level event by pretending to have a battle stretches credibility, but it is what it is.
Better than last week’s episode, though. If they can keep leaning into character pieces alongside the whizz-bang stuff and the YA-leaning dialogue, I'm still in for now.
I've noticed things in every single episode that should not have passed the edit. It's weird considering how much money is being spent on other aspects of this show.
I thought this was OK, and I appreciated that the show is already showing restraint instead of being some TikTok-paced nonsense (I was worried after the pilot) that gets exhausting within the first 20 minutes of every episode. This one told its story without panicking that the kids (who are almost certainly not watching this show as much as they wish they were) might get distracted on their phones.
A nice character piece that does its job of endearing us to Jay-Den while also fleshing out the post-Burn Klingon situation. I thought it did fine on both fronts.
The debate format was a good way to bring the other characters into the episode, and yeah, I thought it worked reasonably well overall.
I still find what I call the preachy-speechy style this show leans into a bit too much for my taste. It happens a lot. Once or twice it can have real gravity, but when every character is monologuing these deep existential soliloquies it gets pretty grating. I also still don’t like how much modern vernacular the show uses, but it’s obviously not going away, so I’m trying to get used to it.
I still can’t stand the Federation ship designs in this era, but the Klingon warp-in effects were neat. The resolution was fine, but maybe a bit too neat and tidy. Everyone exchanging knowing smiles after averting an extinction-level event by pretending to have a battle stretches credibility, but it is what it is.
Better than last week’s episode, though. If they can keep leaning into character pieces alongside the whizz-bang stuff and the YA-leaning dialogue, I'm still in for now.
I've noticed things in every single episode that should not have passed the edit. It's weird considering how much money is being spent on other aspects of this show.
