The Serene Squall

So far I'm enjoying the series far more than the emotional cluster frack of STD & the complete let down of STP. Like the crew, but the writers or the visual FX guys need to know what part of the ship does what, the big tubes either side of the dish are for the WARP DRIVE! The glowy red things at the rear of the dish are the IMPULSE ENGINES. Hit what the order says please or just shoot the mess hall who cares it's pretty right!

This episode was so frustrating to watch. Considering the Enterprise is the flagship of the Federation, it was so easy for pirates to take over control of it. This is like Somali pirates taking over a US Navy destroyer, let alone a flagship, an aircraft carrier.

Aren't any of the Enterprise crew trained in firearms or arm-to-arm combat? It just makes the crew look incompetent, and/or the Federation starship's operational procedures inadequate or substandard at best. Shouldn't there any internal security protocols in place for such an eventuality? Perhaps have an automatic instant containment shield engulf anything/anyone beaming unauthorised onto the ship, thus preventing these types of scenarios.

Why are most shows/movie with a transgender person on it always have to question someone that they may not be, (in this case), Vulcan or human. Why can't the transgender person or lgbtq just play a regular role without the intention to formally or not formal have implementations of their personal sexuality. I do not see this necessary. I am pro any lgbtq and personally a child, now adult, transgender. I just don't see why it is questionable only from a lgbtq and not any other character... they could of had the role of questioning this in episode 7.

This was a fine episode. Not the best. Not the worst. But another good installment of Strange New Worlds. For the predictable comments about "woke" this, or "not real Star Trek," or "If Gene Roddenberry were alive" I suspect you've never actually understood Star Trek at all. I suggest you start with the Star Trek (The Original Series) way back in 1966. When you get to the season 3 episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield," we'll talk again.

This episode was an epic fail. So easy to take over the Enterprise? So easy to take it back? Mean pirates but no clue at the end? Captain Pike cooks his way out of captivity? C'mon. I've seen EVERY episode of EVERY iteration of Star Trek. This was scrap heap material. Sorry but let's never speak of this one again. They get a mulligan.