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williams_482 Jun 18, 2023

Episode Analysis | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x01 “The Broken Circle”

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This is the Daystrom Institute Episode Analysis thread for Strange New Worlds 2x01 The Broken Circle. Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the content of the latest episode, this thread is a place to dig a little deeper.

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changingfmh Jun 18, 2023

I think the premise is interesting. Klingons are interesting. Spock in command is interesting. M'benga and Chapel fist fighting Klingons? God save us all. And then to face no consequence. It's a shame such an interesting premise is muddied with all of the nonsense.

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Continuumguy Jun 19, 2023

From what I understand based on what they said in BTS stuff, the fight was partly inspired by the fact that Babs Olusanmokun is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Why they had to have him be juiced-up fighting Klingons, I don't know. Lord knows he could have been fighting humans without steroids.

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Lockely

I think the reason was simply that klingons (like vulcans) are usually depicted as significantly stronger than humans on a baseline, which is why we usually deal with them with weapons rather than fist fights. That being said, I think it was an answer looking for a question, and agree it wasn't entirely necessary for the plot.