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guiltyofnothing t1_jclee02 wrote

The season is pretty good. Not perfect (too dark, still don’t like all the cursing, so much time on M’Talas Prime) but holy shit does it feel like they’re actually doing something with these characters and the plot is pretty compelling.

Also need to commend them for giving Crusher more to do than she ever got in 6 seasons of the show and 4 movies.

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DMPunk t1_jcktvar wrote

Its interesting that they're leaning so heavily on DS9 for this season when little bits of plot and dialogue suggests that the writers haven't actually watched DS9. Like in this week's episode where Riker says the Maquis aren't the enemy anymore. Which is technically true, but an odd way to phrase it since the Maquis were exterminated by the Jem'Hadar. They're not the enemy anymore because they're all dead. And Riker's statement that Changelings can only do surface details but not the deeper changes, which is just straight up not true. Maybe it's just that Riker is a complete idiot?

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RealMayKing t1_jcke15y wrote

You are correct. I just recently watched this and no one actually cared about his dad, the cops just spun his head. When chibs tells jax the cops were using juice cus his dad was black, jax says “it’s about time we change some bylaws.” They are all kinda dumbfounded that’s why he would turn on the club.

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Mattyzooks t1_jck23ys wrote

Yep. You have a good handle on Penguin when he's done right.
Plus, I'll add, the general theme of Batman's early years is things just escalating and getting worse. Batman is gonna take a lot of wins but there are gonna be a lot of tradeoffs in the process that aren't necessarily beneficial for the city. The mob will fall but at least they had order. Penguin likes order and is one foot in the old mob way of things and one foot, reluctantly, in with the freaks.

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