If The Diviner managed to replicate the protostar containment in the 24th century, could the Vau N'Akat have developed the DMA by the 32nd century? It's a weird shot in the dark, but something about that rings oddly close to the Protostar Engine on Star Trek: Prodigy. The savior complex is not unique to him (as President Rillak's run-down of Burnham's file on Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 1 made clear), but as ship's counselor, he risks losing himself to a multitude of emotional cuts as he provides individualized attention to everyone on his couch. Culber, having actually resurrected from the dead, has a more extreme case of it, to be sure. In truth, every member of Discovery's 22nd-century crew probably suffers from survivors' guilt. : Whether or not you are a miracle, Dr.Kovich: Whether or not you are a miracle, Dr. How’s that for brutal honesty?Ĭulber: Do you have a recommendation to go along with that sparkling analysis? And that led you to a savior complex because if there is no reason, if there is no purpose, then your very existence is a middle finger to anyone who has ever lost someone. No one else gets a second chance so why me? That led you to the idea that there was a reason for your survival, a purpose you’re meant to fulfill, right here, right now. ‘Why me?’ It’s the question you ask yourself every morning and every evening. Your file is stunningly generic as to your feelings on this rather unique fact of your existence, so allow me to fill in some blanks. Not sure how much Kovich's "brutal honesty" differs from the Qowat Milat's Absolute Candor, but they both serve a purpose. And I saw how you were with Georgiou when she was in crisis. With Tilly gone, Culber's struggle to keep it together as ship's counselor becomes the new trauma focus on the crew.Ĭulber: Well, you’re familiar with my duties as ship’s counselor. I'm always here for a Kovich visit, and he does not disappoint with his Culber consultation. This could be a new wedge in their relationship that widens the crack that grief created. While Burnham and Book agree that the Examples should not die because they are prisoners, their opinions diverge on whether an Example can choose to die. It has proven most effective in preventing crime.īook: Doesn’t matter who they are. Six offenders chosen to demonstrate the costs of misbehavior. There is also a tragic layer to the absurdness that they'd rather be pushed into the sun than remain prisoners.īurnham: They need to be evacuated immediately. There is an incredible absurdity that Burnham has to negotiate with the Examples to convince them to let themselves be rescued from the DMA. One could easily swap Kirk or Riker or Kira into the scenario, and it would play out 90% the same. He may find it a bit more challenging to get her to roar with him.īurnham and Book's rescue of the Examples from the Radvik-5 prison is an away mission ripped from the Trek Handbook. Every line Tig Notaro delivers makes my sardonic nerd heart beat faster.Īs Tarka's bound to be on board for the foreseeable future, I look forward to his interactions with Burnham. Tarka: Great science was never accomplished with caution. That he was able to kill it when even Stamets was caught up in the potential data they could collect, once again demonstrates Saru's steadfast sense of cautious exploration in the face of emotional and machismo-fuelled pressures. Saru's supervision of the working model DMA Tarka is raring to create is the perfect example of his ability to balance experimental science against the crew's well-being. The best five seconds in the history of #StarTrek. For Book to be silently raging the way he is, he's easily shot to the top of Tarka's list of "Crew Members Who'll Lose Control With Me." I suspect that Tarka pushed Stamets on purpose to see how risk-aversive he is, and Stamets may have failed that test. Tarka sees the anger driving Book immediately, and he's quite delighted. But if his reaction to Kwejian's destruction still clouds him, his empathy is probably impeded. That gift should've made him aware of Felix's intentions on an emotional level. It's hard to accept from Book because his gift is empathy. It's understandable from the perspective that he's seen the DMA destroy his entire planet and family and the personal mission he's taken on to prevent it from taking any more lives. Book's moroseness at not being allowed to force Felix to give into being rescued is both understandable and hard-to-parse.
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