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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x06 "Come, Let's Away"

Another excellent episode from SFA. Honestly for me the show is firing on all cylinders.

  • The opening intimacy between Terima and Caleb was the right combination of sensual and sweet for me. I liked that more attention was paid to the "pillow talk" afterwards with Terima's story about her experience with a Deltan and Caleb's reaction to it
  • I also feel like the end of this scene shows Caleb's character growth a bit. We understand why he reacted the way he did to Terima suddenly seeing his childhood. Yes he's an ass at first as the defenses instinctively trigger, but I like that he quickly stands down and realizes (as Terima is leaving) that he messed up and one of the first things he says to her when they get back into contact is an apology. I don't think we would have seen that, or at least as quickly, from Episode 1 Caleb.
  • Caleb rooms with Ocam, right? I don't care how supportive Ocam is of Terima's relationship with Caleb, that had to be an awkward conversation when Caleb asked for the room for the night. Or maybe Betazoids are more open about that kind of thing, they do have naked weddings sooo... Idk
  • Nooo! Bobby! B'avi!
  • The Kyle/Jay-Den ship is sailing along I see
  • I like how the officers on the bridge let the cadets help and didn't shove them aside when shit hit the fan.
  • Paul Giamatti and Holly Hunter were just absolutely amazing this episode. They are both multiple award winning performers and they showed it here. Giamatti in particular is chewing the scenery all over the place. It takes a great actor to make a great villain and Giamatti doesn't disappoint here. I genuinely hate Braca after this episode.
  • Terima thinks Caleb is going to hate her after she went all psychic Black Canary. I don't think so, I think Caleb (after all the trauma resolves and Terima gets out of a coma) is going to be like "My girlfriend is BADASS"

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Does the "White Power Ranger" seem like an odd title?

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To be fair, Walter Jones (Zack) was given a choice of which color to be. After thinking that there was no way in hell they would let him be Red, he chose Black so he could be a Black superhero/role model.

Thuy was also the second one cast for the Yellow ranger after the original quit when she saw how shitty they were getting paid (which would eventually lead to Austin, Walter, and Thuy quitting in the second season when contract negotiations fell through)

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Texas power prices briefly soar 1,600% as a spring heat wave is expected to drive record demand for energy

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Yah the taxes in NYS (not NYC) are one of the problems I mentioned, but on the other hand I've seen what they paid for. As an Upstate NY resident I have a love/hate relationship with NYC. On one hand it causes a lot of funky laws to be passed at the state level. On the other hand it brings in a FUCK TON of tax revenue that Upstate benefits from