This show seems to be only able to throw lightning fast references at people, and thinks it equals good writing and humor. Yes, I remember David Warner torturing Picard and the "There are four lights!" line, yes I remember Gary Mitchell... you proved you can use Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) resourcefully, writers, that does not mean you are fit to write a good show.
For starters, we begin with Mariner being awesome as ever, escaping from a Cardassian prison - this is all a holo-play she is doing as exercise, because she is so badass, prison escapes relax her. And while she got what she wanted all last season, acceptance by her mother, now she finds her TOO doting and wants her to dial it back. I swear she is the most insufferable character in Star Trek... and I endured 4 seasons of Archer.
Commander Ransom gets randomly zapped with "strange energy" (ha-ha, great joke, but that's not how Starfleet talks) and immediately gets a god complex declaring everyone else puny mortals, yet just using his powers to flex his muscles. Again, Gary Mitchell, whom they keep mentioning... he did not turn into some godlike being feeling himself over mere human morals in a heartbeat. It took half an episode and we saw how ultimate power ultimately corrupted him. But Ransom gets no such character development, no, we are here for spoiled brat Mariner who is more worried about resolving the boring mission than a potential god being born, and then defeats Ransom by... repeatedly kicking him in the balls. Yes, you heard it right. This is the show's level of humor.
In the secondary plot, we have T'endi again break all barriers of personal space, and obsess over Rutherford dating another crewman. This woman supposedly graduated Starfleet Academy - yet she cannot handle that she is in love with her teammate, and also breaks any and all medical rules when she subjects him to ridiculously stupid experimental treatments without even consulting with a real doctor. She is needy and possessive and is willing to tamper with the brain of another Starfleet member for selfish reasons. HOW did she not get expelled long ago?
The show continues its Teen Titans Go levels of "comedy" while not having the characters evolve at all - Mariner is back where she started in season 1, again, because these writers fear change.
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