snowydayIs the next episode a comedy? S204 "Charades"
Looks like it. The last Spock and T’Pring episode was that fun body-swap one, I think.
maegul (he/they)Probably a smart and distinctly SNW move to use all the Vulcan stuff for comedy.
BrooklynManthe whole show is a bit goofy, and it works in their favor most of the time, as it did with TOS. DSC tries to be so serious, and I find it to be insufferable, mostly because the writing staff doesn’t have the talent to pull it off.
To be fair to other series, plenty of them tapped into the Vulcans’ potential as comedy straight men. This is arguably why we had the recurring conflict of goofy alien Neelix vs. Tuvok on Voyager. Lower Decks doesn’t see a lot of them, but get a lot of mileage making fun of their uptight nature in Wej Duj.
But yeah, it’s kinda crazy seeing the shenanigans come from the Vulcans themselves in this show.
Just like how Data was often comedy relief. His misunderstandings (and poetry) may have been comedic, but he himself was never the joke or comic (ironically, when he tried stand up comedy, he was at his least funny. Let’s all pray that Spock never meets Joe Piscopo)
So we might be in for more hijinks?
Will the hijinks ensue?
Trek Culture referenced in their last video that Spock has become the comic relief, this series.
Madison_rogueThat episode is forever known as the "Enterprise Bingo" episode. I absolutely loved the sub-plot with Una and La'an. It's one of my favorite episodes of Season 1.