Logline
An accident while investigating a time portal sends Ensigns Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler through time from the 24th century, and Captain Pike and his crew must get them back where they belong before they can alter the timeline.
Written by Kathryn Lyn & Bill Wolkoff
Directed by Jonathan Frakes
Thoughts and observations as I watched over at the “other place”, special Saturday night/early Sunday morning edition:
- AHHHHH, WE’RE DOING THIS ON A SATURDAY!
- AHHHHH, WE’RE GETTING THE CROSSOVER!
- AHHHHH, A CROSSOVER BETWEEN A CARTOON COMEDY AND A LIVE ACTION DRAMA!
- AHHHHH, IN GENERAL!
- First off, that they have “Those Old Scientists” as the title is (chef’s kiss).
- Previously: Nyota had a really bad day, La’An got a bad case of Kirk hotness, and Chapel/Spock had a bad case of hotness for each other
- OH GOD WE’RE STARTING ANIMATED
- “Numero Una”
- Tendi would like to remind you all that the Orions have a rich and varied history.
- “You guys look… very realistic.”
- AHHHH, ANIMATED OPENING CREDITS!
- Hahaha, the thing that eats the Ceritos Nacelle!
- AHHHH, THE KOALA AT THE END OF THE CREDITS! WHY IS IT SMILING, WHAT DOES IT KNOW!?!?
- “But flipping it open is the best part”
- “Computer, end program.”
- “Worf’s honor.” DANGIT!
- I wonder if Frakes showed Quaid how to properly do a Riker maneuver
- “You just… laughed.”
- Ah, we’re tying in with what Tendi said.
- Boimler is a toddler knocking over furniture.
- “We have jetpacks now”
- Pike’s birthday is a holiday… CRAP!
- Boimler freaking out over the fact he made Spock laugh is such a Boimler thing.
- Hey, a reference to his sehlat!
- I like how they are using this episode to also move the other plotlines forward.
- HE MENTIONED PIKE’S REALLY GREAT HAIR
- Triticale, as opposed to Quadritriticale.
- I totally saw Mariner coming.
- Dystopian San Francisco!
- “Have you noticed their references are weirdly specific?”
- “Hot Spock agrees with me”
- “It’s a poster that is pinned up”
- I feel like Tawny herself probably demanded a scene with Uhura
- Ah, there’s the Boimler scream!
- “Holy Q!”
- “They had a Trelane thing going on.”
- “He had to contour the hell out of the jawline”
- “Oh, I already know.” Hahaha, they finally got out-future knowledged.
- Oh god, are they going to steal a piece of an NX?
- Oh, just a piece of it in the Enterprise.
- The “Mistress of the Winter Constellations” strikes again!
- Of course Ransom calls Una the hottest first officer in starfleet history.
- Hahaha, 2D animation Enterprise crew because they are drunk!
- All-time classic.