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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 "Under the Cloak of War" (startrek.website)
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LoglineCaptain Pike and his crew welcome a Klingon defector aboard the USS Enterprise, but his presence triggers the revelation of some shocking secrets.

Written by Davy Perez

Directed by Jeff Byrd

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but the depth was great, I really felt m'benga was a badly developed character till now, and this fleshed him out in ways that made him now one of my fsvorites, before he made no sense.

Also loved bunny's work as the klingon, that is ALWAYS a hard role, but he managed to nail him as

Spoiler

  1. A klingon, 2. A klingon defector 3. A klingon defector turned pacifist diplomat for the federation 4. A klingon defector, coward liar war criminal turned pacifist diplomat for the federation. He also had to seem like he could be betraying starfleet the whole time, AND that he genuinely believed and wanted redemption.

People will undersell how hard that is to pull off, m'benga's actor had 1.5 seasons to lay the foundation for aspects of his character (though honestly it was mostly done here) while bunny had this episode, to cram in all of that.

Help! How do you do spoilers!!? K, figured it out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed on the Klingon ambassador! The acting felt weird at first but his demeanor made sense at the end.

And I feel similarly as you about M'Benga. I didn't care much about him until now, he was simply the doctor that speaks strangely. But now I really want to find out what's next for him.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

M'benga was so intense for no reason, and the fighting thing was overplayed, his whole demeanor was off.

Now it kind of plays, the doctor who hates himself because he had to kill.