Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 3x03 "Shuttle to Kenfori"

a year ago by ValueSubtracted to c/startrek

Written by: Onitra Johnson & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by: Dan Liu

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Stormygeddon 4 points a year ago

Eh, I get a horror episode is something ST does all the time but I just didn't like this Plant et Zombies episode.

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usernamefactory 8 points a year ago

I don’t mind zombies, but they didn’t even factor into real story. Why not have the tension come entirely from the Klingon hunting M’Benga? Then they could have spent more time building up her motivation and their ritual combat at the end would have felt like a culmination of the hunt instead of an awkward distraction from the zombie hoard surrounding them.

I didn’t hate the episode, but it could have felt a lot more cohesive.

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dethstrobe 7 points a year ago

Yeah, it is a bit weird to introduce zombies but then to only use it as window dressing instead of dealing with the scientific ramifications of creating the walking dead that are invisible to tricorders. They're a distraction to M’Benga's more personal story of him needing to confront the consequences of his actions.

Not to like completely say the episode was bad, it's just with a bit more thought it could have been better and more impactful to the meta narrative.

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benfell 5 points a year ago

@dethstrobe this M’Benga fellow seems like the most interesting character of the lot, with a backstory we’ve only seen bits and pieces of. It’s a shame Paramount will probably kill off its Star Trek franchise before we see more of it.

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