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LoglineAn accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the USS Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.


Written by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Dermott Downs

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[–] seananigans@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I enjoyed the episode well enough as a gimmick. It was clear the cast really enjoyed themselves and I’m glad we get episodes like this.

I am a fan of musicals and musical theatre. While it’s nice to see them have a go, it certainly is one of the musicals of all time. Nothing impressed me. It wasn’t particularly inspiring or interesting. Forcing that dreadful auto tune on several of the characters felt even worse. It would have felt charming for them to not necessarily nail every note. In the end, I now see in retrospect why the marketing for this episode contained none of the musical numbers; the executives might have thought it would put people off.

I never mind when a good Star Trek show does an average episode because I’m always happy to see more of the characters I love.

After last weeks episode, which in my opinion could be one of, if not the best Star Trek has done in 30 years, I feel like they can take the small L here.

[–] batmaniam@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I actually loved the bad autotune for the same reason you mentioned thatd you'd like the bad singing lol. It was kind of fun going "whelp, that actor is an actor not a singer". I guess auto-tune has been around enough it's in that "charm" category for me: "eh, they got the spirit".