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Top Secret, again.
Edit: well, this was certainly worth waiting for:
Mariner faces her past in the season four finale.
Written by: Top Secret (May Darmon)
Directed by: Top Secret (Bob Suarez)
Is this the first time we’ve seen Starfleet deploy a kinetic missile?
If Locarno had kidnapped like Harry Kim or Geordi or some shit and put them on that viewscreen like he did Mariner, we would have had a full episode’s worth of them interminably trying to find a way to play along and send a secret message out and agonizing over the situation, when just yelling “this guy’s an idiot and his plan is stupid” is genuinely a vastly better plan.
Amazing TWOK references as always. And again they do stakes without leaning too much into combat. But it did feel like it would benefit from more time, some bits felt rushed. I’d also have liked to see the reclaimed BoP help in some way. It didn’t feel right that he wasn’t in the picture to get back at Locarno. The paywall was amazing.
Interesting coincidence that Tom Paris and Not Tom Paris both have a penchant for designing ships
The Ice Debris field have me Titan AE vibes, especially with making a new planet at the end.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that!
Basically an Expanse-episode:
- Nicholas Locarno ≈ Marco Inaros
- Mariners pet Genesis Device ≈ Millers pet nuke
spoiler for The Expanse finale
- Battle inside trinar shield ≈ battle inside ring space
This episode seems full of subtle allusions or homages, albeit possibly accidental, considering how much that ice field scene looked so much like Titan A.E.
