Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x04 "Among the Lotus Eaters"

Thoughts as I watch:

• So, I'm wondering: is Cayuga a reference to Rod Serling? He named his production company that in reference to the lake in New York.
• Relationships suck when you are a Starfleet captain who knows your destiny to one day be in a beepie chair.
• Rigel 7, a deep cut!
• We have gone (ZERO) days without some sort of Starfleet prime directive problem.
• Finally, some Ortegas action!
• "THE HAT IS SUPREME." I'm going to have to use that in conversation.
• Oh man, at least she keeps the hat.
• "Subdermal universal translators" are the new translation microbes
• Oh boy, they have starfleet tech.
• Ah, we've got a good old-fashioned "Federation citizen takes over a world" episode!
• "This is a cage." Heh.
• Forgetting is a scary side effect for a planet.
• I get that they were only on there for like four hours, but shouldn't they have noticed stuff like this their last visit? Or maybe... THEY LOST
• "Welcome to Memento/50 First Dates Planet"
• Can still remember how to fight!
• So I'm guessing Spock is probably one of the more resistant to all of this due to his Vulcan-ness.
• Man, La'An is having a REALLY bad pair of weeks.
• Captain Pike even without his memories is still Captain Pike. Makes sense.
• Okay, I guess Spock isn't immune.
• Glad to see the Connie class had GPS.
• I gotta admit, I feel like Pelia would be good in this episode given just how many memories she has to lose and how many skills she has.
• SHE FLIES THE SHIP
• The ship's computer is great this week.
• Damn, that is some tough silverware, standing up to phaser blasts.
• Is it just me or is that a fresco or whatever of Alexander the Great... Zac-ized?
• Okay, that logic doesn't quite seem sound, but whatever.
• So, uhm, be careful about telling her about the Beepy-chair, Chris.