Considering her half Lanthanite heritage with a long lifespan, I was left wondering why Ake also didn’t stay to raise Sam in the time dilated planet. They never address it, but I suppose it’s just unspokenly weird to suggest to co-parent a child with your subordinate coworker.
The Deus Ex Transportia near the end felt like a copout, like they couldn’t really figure a proper ending for the incident’s culmination before showing some aftermath.
It doesn’t matter that I love Doctor Who so much that it’s been inspiring my username for a decade and a half, that reference in this episode felt too out of pocket.
I didn’t like the time loop with such big stakes, but overall I liked this episode and the diplomatic A-plot. The scene regarding Translator mishaps was my favorite.
Also, I know feathers on Dinos is a bit of a hot button issue, but was it even the case for therapods?
Yeah, the T-Rex thing could’ve just been convergent evolution, like with cough cough all the humanoids. Plus, how’d they know about the Martians after the Enterprise was tethered?
That awkward moment when you lock eyes and see the driver slowly back up out of the crossing.