Logline

With Moll and L’ak finally in custody, the Federation is pulled into a diplomatic and ethical firestorm when the Breen arrive and demand they be handed over. Meanwhile, a frustrated Book looks for ways to help as Tilly, Adira, and Reno work to decipher the latest clue.

Written by: M. Raven Metzner

Directed by: Jon Dudkowski

  • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMEnglish
    11·
    6 months ago

    Okay, I was certain for a quite a while that L’ak’s death was a fakeout…up to a certain point. L’ak said Moll wasn’t going to like his plan, which made me think that dying, or appearing to die, was part of it.

    But…that was before a Breen medic showed up to help - they should be a lot harder to fool than Culber, who has only a rudimentary understanding of Breen physiology. And the episode certainly framed it as real. And they’ve dangled a possible motivation for Moll, in a desire to use the Progenitor technology to revive him.

    And yet something still screams “bluff” to me. Thoughts?

    Edit: also…SEVEN OF LIMES

    • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
      10·
      6 months ago

      I really think they just overplayed their hand, and he really did overdose by accident - or because he thought it was the only way for Moll to get away. I don’t believe either of them are basing a strategem on the Progenitor tech actually being able to resurrect him, but Moll is desperate now, so she’s willing to believe it might work because it’s the only hope she has left.

      • Value Subtracted@startrek.websiteOPMEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        They have gone out of their way to portray L’ak as a doofus (and writer Carlos Cisco even gave an interview where he suggested that Breen are dumber in their fleshy form), so you may be right.

      • CeruleanRuin@lemmings.worldEnglish
        10·
        6 months ago

        It’s definitely a a nice nod to the character. If bar patrons 600 years later still get the reference, that speaks well of her lasting influence on the Federation.

    • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      That’s what I thought was happening as well. The camera cutting back and forth between their expressions is what convinced me as well.

    • cybervseas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      I wonder what Culber will think of bringing more people back from the dead other than himself.

      Maybe using it to revive L’ak will exhaust the progenitor tech, so they can totally neatly wrap up this season’s McGuffin.