A Quality of Mercy

I didn't want this episode to end. Fantastic writing, acting, suspense, action, drama... all of it. And they did it without any overt or shrouded political agenda. Just good, clean, fun entertainment. PLEASE keep it coming!

Am I the only one who did not like the actor who played James T Kirk? He had no presence, had the William Shatners' cadence all wrong, and lacked his gravitas. Other than that I have really liked the casting, and look forward to the meeting the new "Scotty" we received a glimpse of.

I did not think Kurtzman and Goldman and all of the clowns responsible for singlehandedly ruining Star Trek were actually capable of producing an episode of this caliber. Where was this writing for the last six years? Finally, we get a genuinely good episode, not just by Kurtzman Trek standards, but by general Star Trek standards. I much enjoyed the Romulan redesign, which blended elements of the TNG and TOS Romulans seamlessly. They should have done something similar with, I don't know, THE KLINGONS????!!! I mean, how were these people capable of making these Romulans when they made those godawful Klingons.

The writing, too, was pretty good; there were actual stakes, believe it or not, and you genuinely cared about what would happen next. The story gripped you, and you genuinely wanted to know what happened next.

Although it isn't necessarily as good as 90s-00s trek, I'm no cynic, and I'm fine with this. It is Trek, and I cannot say that for what we have been getting so far. I hope to god that future NuTrek will maintain if not transcend this level of quality. Then, I will be a truly happy person.

At last after 50 years of waiting Star Trek has returned. Everything about this episode was off the chart, apart from one thing, the elephant in the room , the casting of James T. Kirk. I could see him as a Bones maybe but Kirk, no way. Where was the daring do, the handsome roguish good looks the oh just punch him aptitude. Admittedly the writers are somewhat to blame but and understated Kirk is not what we need.

Well done. Last week was such a mash up of story building the characters, cramming so much into one episode. This episode was well written, well paced and any authentic Trekkie knows the tragic cost in the end.