Among the Lotus Eaters

This episode was pitch-perfect TOS Trek. I honestly had to go back to make sure they didn't just recycle an old TOS episode. It hits all of the TOS tropes: the crew up against a seemingly impossible situation, the captain escapes through some brute force tactic, the episode's central problem resolves neatly and quickly. The captain is virtuous throughout despite all indications it might resolve otherwise.

This episode was a perfect chicken noodle soup for those of us who really loved TOS, which, I think, was the target for this series. To be a classic reimagining of the "problem of the week" series.

One of the best SNW episodes by far, this is what Star Trek should be, this is the kind of episode that always carried the show: sci-fi scenarios on other planets, with other races, holding up a mirror and having us ask the deepest questions about the human condition.

Sure, the tinnitus-like ringing was horrible for those of us who already have the real thing - we had to watch the whole episode with our finger stuck to the mute/unmute button, but that inconvenience was not enough for me to lower the score for what this type of episode represents: Star Trek with a Brain, the essence that always gave Star Trek shows their greatness.

This season so far has been superb, the first episode was good enough, setting several things to follow, the second was excellent, in the vein of TNG classics, the 3rd one again, truly different and a great classic time travel adventure like ST IV or Voyager Future's End.

But this episode is somehow hard to watch. I saw other people say the same thing, maybe it's a pacing issue, especially in the first half. Despite that, it's a good idea and I like the characters. Compared to Conundrum (TNG S05E14), which was a lot more fun to watch, this episode is the weakest of the season so far. It's not bad, but it's hard to get into. Even so, I gave it a good rating, because overall, I like the idea, and how it goes at the end.

Although I enjoyed this episode, as someone who suffers from tinnitus, I found the show difficult to listen to. As the synopsis explains, some crew members suffer memory loss while exploring the planet. What you should be aware of, especially if watching in full surround sound, is the sound engineers chose to depict memory loss with a high-pitched tone resembling ringing in the ears. Personally, I found myself blocking my ears to get through these scenes. There are MANY of these scenes.

I just thought I should give that heads-up to fellow sufferers.

I enjoyed the story and liked that part of the episode revolved around Lt. Ortegas. From a storytelling perspective, the writers did a nice bookend with her character. Otherwise, the episode has nothing groundbreaking to add to the overall series, but it's decent filler.

I think I agree with most everyone on here...it could have been very very good with another half hour to age correctly. The premise was a great one, and most of the execution was great, but it did wrap up a little too easily.

A great look at memories and what remains when you lose them. It was about as good as NuTrek has gotten...but the downfall of the eventual "baddie" wasnt fleshed out enough.

It surprised me how low this episode got...but it more than lived up to the name Strange New Worlds.

Oh, and yes, the tinnitus sound was too on the nose. But it does give non-sufferers an idea what its like to have it. But they could have dialed it back a little.