While surveying for gallicite, Ensign Vorik undergoes the Pon Farr and chooses Torres as his mate…
Ok, seriously – why are Federation ships made from such rare minerals and metals? It just leads to serious problems for starships stranded thousands of light years from home. Meanwhile, our young Vulcan engineer begins his first Pon Farr… the shedding of all logic and emotional control and the desire to just go wild, like a school leaver going to schoolies (or spring break for my American readers..)
Torres and Paris begin their relationship here, admitting that it was unrequited for a long time but the seeds have been sowed here and things will only, slowly, grow. And this is our first allusion to what’s coming… the Borg… and what an allusion! Just dropped in at the very end with no explanation, no background… it’s just there and then ROLL CREDITS. Awesome.
We’re continuing our dive through the Talkin’ Trek mini series here on That Time When, in a special edition Larry Nemecek – Doctor Trek himself
It’s a bumper news cycle, as we gear up for all the Star Trek to come back. We’ve got a breakdown of the latest Picard
Lets flash back to That Time When we filmed a broader overview of Supanova on the Gold Coast. Catch our trip to Goldnova in full
Lets set the stage, Discovery was nine episodes old and we’d just entered that brief hiatus before the rest of the series. Now good friend
