Why did the subtitles always spell it as "high jinks" instead of hijinks? Is that some dialectal variant I was unaware of?

29k km didn't seem that far in terms of "more than two days away" space travel.

I liked Pelia's noodle hair. I also guess I never particularly noticed her bare feet before, now that Starfleet Academy started emphasizing it as a Lanthanite trait or quirk. Or was it not a thing before and they made it a thing for this season?

When Scotty got free from the weight, I thought the answer would have been Looney Tunes style cartoon physics. Like they can win, but so long as it's a gag / funny. Maybe they tried doing that and it didn't quite land.

I liked the insight into Orion culture, and the way the second in command acted. Sometimes I too just want to be told what to do. Like a vacation for my brain.

The "it was all a dream" felt like a betrayal. Just kind of wasting my time. At least Spock was developing a little bit.

Maybe it was because I kept getting interrupted and watched this spread out over a couple days, but I kind of don't think I like this one.

It felt a tad too familiar and not gimmicky enough if you're going to go for a Noir style, Casablanca inspired setting. I craved color (finding the explanation unsatisfactory considering shutters and artificial light), and I got tired of the hushed tones or whispering.

Oh well, next.

It tries to be fun, but some of the jokes didn't land. That said, I'm not going to fault them for trying "The Hangover" in Space as it feels like at least it's something different and not so much by committee, and I still enjoyed most of the episodes. This is probably the best of the very rare "Ortegas Episodes" and I particularly liked seeing an "It's green" scene yet again.

I think the only ones who wouldn't inherently trust a Star Trek fan over a Star Wars fan are the Child Exploitation Section of the Toronto Sex Crimes Unit circa 2005.

Ah, yes. We've all asked for this.

That awkward moment when you lock eyes and see the driver slowly back up out of the crossing.

Considering her half Lanthanite heritage with a long lifespan, I was left wondering why Ake also didn't stay to raise Sam in the time dilated planet. They never address it, but I suppose it's just unspokenly weird to suggest to co-parent a child with your subordinate coworker.

The Deus Ex Transportia near the end felt like a copout, like they couldn't really figure a proper ending for the incident's culmination before showing some aftermath.

It doesn't matter that I love Doctor Who so much that it's been inspiring my username for a decade and a half, that reference in this episode felt too out of pocket.

I didn't like the time loop with such big stakes, but overall I liked this episode and the diplomatic A-plot. The scene regarding Translator mishaps was my favorite.

Also, I know feathers on Dinos is a bit of a hot button issue, but was it even the case for therapods?

Yeah, the T-Rex thing could've just been convergent evolution, like with cough cough all the humanoids. Plus, how'd they know about the Martians after the Enterprise was tethered?

Usually Star Trek takes a little more than the first season to get good but this did it somewhat early.

The B-plot with the ambassadorial dinner thing felt a bit incomplete, and too comic-relief without quite landing. I guess it might keep going with the next episode, but overall this one was a decent exploration about the expectations of life and bearing being thrust into a role.