This is the fourth episode in a row to center around psychotic psychics, and - you guessed it - also the fourth in a row to have secondary plot revolving around a dude trying to bang a chick. This is, I should note, the fourth episode. They're all so same-y. I am hoping that they are doing the opposite of running out of ideas, and just haven't had any yet. It has to branch out at some point, doesn't it?
I keep getting reminded of the Cold War vibe. The female half of the sexy-plot is a textbook 'Soviet spy,' in that she's blonde, kinda hot, stern, labeled-as-frigid, professional, and even a psychologist, which is one of those disciplines that's always had a socialist sort of taint in genre stuff.
And when shit goes down, she's not thinking of saving the Enterprise or of saving humanity, she's thinking of all the good that a master race that transcends humanity could do. Of course, because she's a girl, she also can't help getting emotionally attached, despite her best intentions, and bla bla bla cliche plot.
Basically, the crew of the Enterprise are the first (second!) people ever to venture outside of the galaxy, and immediately upon so-venturing, they get hit by some cool looking purple field that affects people who have pre-existing relatively strong ESP. Shit goes awry, in typical fashion.
Plus side: Scotty! Yay! That's not really a very convincing Scottish accent sometimes, is it? I don't care, it makes me happy. He's a lot thinner than I expected, though. And also, his hair still has color. Am I remembering totally incorrectly, or is he grey haired and a bit portly in most of the films?
Stats: 3 shots of Aristocrat vodka (hey, I have shit to do tomorrow!), 1 amazingly beautiful if entirely unconvincing matte painting of an automated mining base, 2 people on their way to being gods like C-Tec said, 4 episodes about sex and fearing superior minds.
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