Wedding Bell Blues

... Every single episode of TOS and TNG as well as DS9, VOY and ENT. And yes I still hated this. Please stop acting like our low ratings are because we don't get it.

You want to rank it 8+ because you love fan service, then you do you. I liked certain parts of it, and nothing wrong with some silliness (Hell, I loved the musical even) but this was bad.

OMG all I want is some fun episodic Star Trek. Why do we have yet another relationship episode when we already had one last season. Why more dancing lessons and Spock angst? Ffs can we not have some slightly original slightly interesting episodes that at least pretend to be classic trek??

I can't wait until the kurtzman era ends.

The problem I have is that episodes are finite for this series. Only a couple more seasons left at 8 episodes a season. So I get pretty annoyed when they WASTE one by rehashing an old episode. Why do they insist or repeating plots? I think it's just laziness. I've seen many good original episodes, so it's not like they can't write new stuff. We need PIKE episodes, not rehashed KIRK episodes! Sure it was well acted and "fun", but people who remember the old episodes probably figured out the plot before 5minites passed. This is a great show, with a great cast. I want all fresh episodes for out limited time left.

Well, I'm only prompted to write this after seeing the terrible review submitted. They are wrong (sorry). After the trauma of Hegemony 1&2 this is a great, light hearted change of pace. There are some laugh out loud moments too. It ties nicely into two episodes of TOS (settling a long held fan theory in the process) and also rather neatly into TNG without being in your face obvious. It deals with Nurse Chapel and Dr Korby her fiance from TOS with some rather hilarious shenanigans from an unexpected source. I shan't put any spoilers here because the biggest fun of the episode is from that "No way!!!" moment when the pin drops and you realise who/what was behind it all (If you know your Trek). My advice - kick back, relax and enjoy!

This whimsical episode gives fans a chance to see the beloved crew off -duty and opening up a bit, but the screenplay by Kirsten Beyer and David Reed is a fantasy that never takes flight.

What unfolds like Spock having a dream of marrying Nurse Chapel instead plays like a weak carbon of the classic Star Trek episode "Charlie X", in which Robert Walker Junior so memorably played a child-like alien who wreaks havoc with the Enterprise performing his often violent whims as a brat with super powers. Several elements of the original are carbon copied here.

But this time it's a Wedding Planner who's the culprit, played in okay fashion by guest star Rhys Darby in a role that cries out for the comic mastery of a Nathan Lane. He creates an alternate reality that traps Spock and conveniently creates rom-com cliches as Spock vies with Chapel's new boyfriend Cillian O'Sullivan.

Spock simply is too stiff to be funny here, and the jokes and pleasures of the over-produced segment are few. A tolerable entertainment, but overall lame.