Agree for the most part with what jimdarling and MrGoog have said in their reviews. Best episode for me since "Home." Pleased to see no significant emphasis on romance in this episode. What impressed me most was the music. There were many threads of melody which appeared to me to be from such Trek masterpieces as "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and the Klingon segments in several of the movies. I honestly don't know how they got around copyright laws, this music was so similar, especially in the space flight scenes.
SPOILER SECTION: This show also paralleled the original Star Trek in its portrayal of social inequalities and prejudices. We have prison camps for people with the wrong astrological sign rather than unfavored national or religious origins. Surprised at the apparent machine-gun killing of prison guards by Bortus and Kelly. No mention of this in the balance of the episode. Doubt the Union would favor this.
Weak points as mentioned in other reviews include the pseudo star made and launched within 12 hours, and literally just seconds before Bortus and Kelly were to be executed by firing squad! See jimdarling's scientific explanation. Also, if negotiation by the captain could have prevented Bortus and Kelly from being sent to the prison camp in the first place, there wouldn't have been a story.
Overall, if one doesn't overthink the science or logic of the episode, it was best of season to date.
SPOILER SECTION: This show also paralleled the original Star Trek in its portrayal of social inequalities and prejudices. We have prison camps for people with the wrong astrological sign rather than unfavored national or religious origins. Surprised at the apparent machine-gun killing of prison guards by Bortus and Kelly. No mention of this in the balance of the episode. Doubt the Union would favor this.
Weak points as mentioned in other reviews include the pseudo star made and launched within 12 hours, and literally just seconds before Bortus and Kelly were to be executed by firing squad! See jimdarling's scientific explanation. Also, if negotiation by the captain could have prevented Bortus and Kelly from being sent to the prison camp in the first place, there wouldn't have been a story.
Overall, if one doesn't overthink the science or logic of the episode, it was best of season to date.