I just finished episode seven of the third season of Strange New Worlds, What Is Starfleet? There were parts I didn't like, particularly some of the documentary-style questioning. Eventually, though, I loved it.
I knew before the end that the Jikaru would die, although I didn't think of it flying into the sun. I was emotional at its death, and, for me, it became the best episode of the season, easy.
We got to see Pike's strong command style and his compassion, plus the crew's faith in the mission, even though they didn't know everything until late in the episode. In the end, we saw the crew's camaraderie, and we saw Erica Ortegas's brother Beto grow a bit.
The Jikaru reminded me a bit of Tin Man on The Next Generation, and I thought of the flying jellyfish in TNG's Encounter at Farpoint. Those creatures, though, didn't have to die. That made this more powerful and painful.
The documentary style reminded me a bit of a M*A*S*H episode from the 1970s.
I hate to give episode seven a nine out of 10, but I will, for now.
EXTRA: I was just watching a ScifiNatics video about the episode, and the speaker hated the episode. He didn't like the questions (I didn't either), and he didn't like the drones' camera shots (I didn't care).
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