227. Moving at the Speed of Plot (SFA 1.10)

Anika and Liz toast some marshmallows in the Atrium's brand new open fireplace (Nus Braka: Interior Decorator) and discuss the first season finale of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, "Rubincon".  A finale where the good guys don't fire a single shot, and where we apply the lessons learned through the whole season Stakes? Too high? Just high enough? Is Star Trek actually good at telling small scale stories?  "What is Starfleet?" Caleb finally gives Anika a satisfying answer.  A handsome, arrogant guy with neglectful parents and a crush on a Klingon? Darem has been Tom Paris all along!  Nus is too solipsistic and misogynistic to realise that Anisha isn't on his side Anisha was never the villain, but she is an antagonist, and with good reason Nahla, Anisha and restorative justice Nahla punching Nus: ma'am, you do not get to have little a police brutality as a treat, that felt ill-considered and out of character