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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x09 "Subspace Rhapsody"

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An accident with an experimental quantum probability field causes everyone on the USS Enterprise to break uncontrollably into song, but the real danger is that the field is expanding and beginning to impact other ships—allies and enemies alike.

Written by Dana Horgan & Bill Wolkoff

Directed by Dermott Downs

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  • Thoughts/Observation as I watch:

    • Where will this stand in the long history of Star Trek gimmick episodes? After all, this is the franchise that gave us "Trials and Tribble-ations", "Take Me Out To The Holosuite", "In a Mirror, Darkly", the OG "Lower Decks", and most recently... "Those Old Scientists". Holy shit, that was just two episodes ago and in between we got the darkest Star Trek thing in years!

    • Uhura having to be the operator sounds like the most stressful thing to do that doesn't involve imminent danger.

    • "Even if it's not fully necessary." That basically sums up every contrivance to get Kirk on board.

    • KORBY ALERT

    • Ah, spatial distortions, the cause and solution to everything.

    • The facial acting as they enter musical-land is priceless.

    • Acapella theme song!

    • "So... that happened."

    • "Quantum uncertainty field". That's some Hitchiker Guide type stuff.

    • Ah, they brought back the Gilbert and Sullivan stuff.

    • I like how they are hanging a lampshade on just how BIZARRE it is that people sing out their biggest secrets and deepest feelings in musicals.

    • Good save, La'An.

    • "Surprisingly beautiful baritone"

    • It could have been worse for the crew. Imagine if Uhura had broadcast opera into it, then they'd ALWAYS be singing.

    • Shaxs would suggest blowing it up by ejecting the warp core.

    • Gratuitous zero-gee is gratuitous.

    • Oh god, singing Klingons.

    • Yeah, the Klingons would also like the "let's just blow it up" plan.

    • Wait were those extras twins?

    • Apparently the improbability field also affects the lighting of the bar.

    • Isn't K'tinga the later type of Klingon ship? Ah, screw it, musical rules.

    • "I don't love rules but I think you're about to break a big one."

    • This totally is going into Temporal Investigations Kirk file.

    • CAROL MARCUS REFERENCE

    • Oh shit, David Marcus reference!

    • "I'm the Ex" standing as if X in a math question is a good bit of workplay.

    • Kind of surprised it took this long to give Celia Rose Gooding a full-on solo.

    • Grammy-Award winning singer!

    • A grand finale. How meta!

    • Boy Band Klingons was not on my bingo card.

    • Lol, playing the TOS theme as a curtain-closer

    • "You sang about lying to me."

    • "Sorry, Earworm."

    • All-and-all, it was a good enough gimmick episode. But it was no "Take Me Out To The Holosuite." ("DEATH TO THE OPPOSITION!")

    • Isn’t K’tinga the later type of Klingon ship?

      The three Klingon vessels that got rekt by V'Ger at the beginning of TMP were K'Tinga class ships. That was less than 20 years after this episode was set. However, the K'Tingas did remain in service well into the 24th century, likely for the same in- and out-of-universe reasons that the Excelsior class did.

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