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Is the false premise that things rapidly freeze in space indelible Trek canon at this point? That was the biggest nitpick I had with the episode. It also seemed a bit too convenient that Spock's vital signs improved all of 0.5 seconds after he started trying to channel his emotions through music for the first time ever.

I find that the cast is again carrying this season and that it's being held back by unadventurous writing and an absence of desire to be something greater than another Trek series. TOS was remarkable because it pooled the resources of a generation of SF writing talent to bring grand new ideas to the screen, and TNG and DS9 upheld that tradition to a greater or lesser degree. SNW seems to be trying to just be a vehicle for its charismatic cast and not to become the sort of anthology SF show that draws comparisons to Black Mirror for its exploration of the possible and theoretical.

On the other hand, it's a really good vehicle for its charismatic cast, and is thoroughly enjoyable despite its limitations.

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I think the episodic nature lends itself to the anthology idea but it'd need more episodes to do it on a bigger scale. Black Mirror works because it's a genuine anthology show and no need for consistency. For SNW, you need to build and care for these characters so it makes sense they lean into the charisma. Zack mentioned filler episodes in the review and I think that's what this is missing--and where the DS9 and TNG's big ideas really came through--is the filler episode where they take a big swing and it really lands. (Duet, The Visitor, etc.) You can't get that if you only get 8-10 episodes a season.

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To be clear, if by freeze you mean turn solid, that would be inaccurate, but that would not mean they would not become very cold and that was what was meant.

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Things do rapidly (depends upon what you mean by rapidly, but i believe by any objective standard it would be rapid) freeze in space. It is a vacuum and it is a few degrees above absolute zero.

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Tell that to Harvard University: "One common misconception is that outer space is cold, but in truth, space itself has no temperature. In thermodynamic terms, temperature is a function of heat energy in a given amount of matter, and space by definition has no mass."

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2013/space-human-body/

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awesome read, thanks!

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I guess the only way heat is lost is through radiation, which would take time. Hmm.

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All considered, at least it's better than how they consistently mistreat evolution in Star Trek.

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