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  • That Klingon culture isn’t a monolith over their entire history.

    I don’t see any inconsistency between the death yell and that the body is trash. The yell is to warm of the Warrior’s spirit’s assent to Grethor. The body no longer has the spirit and is just an empty meat shell.

    Other Klingons may acknowledge that the body is empty, but still don’t want the spirit of the dead to be dishonored by having its body eaten by slowly scavengers, something famously uncommon on starships. Just like how some humans believe in Sky Burials and others believe the body must go in a tomb the same day it died.

    Or, my pet theory, Worf Lied to make Miles feel better about Enrique’s death. It wouldn’t be the first time he made up a “super serious” Klingon ritual to prove his point.




  • Honestly? This episode was a bit of a miss for me.

    Pros

    • I always like when an actor tries new accents. Sometimes it’s a swing and a miss, but I will reward risks.

    • I liked the production value of the sci fi sets

    • The Origin of canonical explanation of why the holodeck always worked whenever the power went out in Voyager.

    • What…ever…that … Shatneresque…portal of …the Cap-tain was that Kirk did.

    Cons

    • Hypotheticals never are.

    • I’m not thrilled by the amount of meta they packed in. We get it. TOS was canceled.

    • Obvious outlandish twist is obvious.

    • The holodeck doppelgangers were hard to connect with or remember their quirks.

    • Spock doesn’t need a romantic relationship.

    • The non sequitur in medias res cold open.

    • Oh no! If you die in the holodeck, you die in real life. I’d love to see a Groundhogs day style holodeck episode where the characters are functionally immortal.