And Jankom Pog agrees with you.

Thanks for making me feel better bro. Late 30s. I feel ya

In my 50s and I enjoy it 🎉

They really nailed it as THE show for everyone.

Being a kids show doesn't always mean that it can't be enjoyable to adults. And Prodigy is a excellent example of that.

@@mr.fluffy770 SAME here!

Prodigy has become my favorite new Trek series and is in the running as my favorite Trek show ever (and I grew up in the time of TNG+DS9+Voyager+ENT). I was initially skeptical about both new animated Trek shows, and both of them quickly dispelled any concerns I had.

It took me aback when I'd realized they'd successfully made a puff of smoke look curiously enamored

That is the beginning of the shift away from chasing them.

I was surprised Sean didn't "up" this or even mention it after all the downs he gave Janeway

Prelude number 4...........we heard 4 back stories (or preludes) in this episode

My only down coincides with Sean's. Since there was a possible threat, why didn't Janeway have security escorting her? She's a Vice Admiral.

@@mwhalli, I don't think she connected their guest with the diviner. She is on her own ship and is going to meet with someone who is already with another Starfleet officer. I don't think she thinks he's a threat (yet) or realizes that she is going to be in a dangerous situation. She expects there to be another officer there with her who could assist if things turned violent, which, again, is highly unlikely given the state she knows their guest was in.

@@mwhalli In the real military that might be the case, but Starfleet has always been military-lite even during actual wars and we've never seen a flag officer have more than an adjutant attending to them at most.

I know I get weird when I don't have any coffee!

I would like to second this theory.

@@NorninTGK I'd go so far as to say canon supports it. Admiral Janeway in Endgame quit coffee and went with a slightly less risky plan. Once back on coffee, she considered a completely batshit crazy Batman gambit of a plan.

Can't run a diesel engine on gasoline.

This is now my head cannon i dont care.. lol

Box even shows up and gets a great moment on screen. I can't believe it didn't get a mention.

I saw those visors and the box and thought that they'd mention that in this...

Yes, quite right. And to see and treat such a beautiful, clever character that is also good-natured to the core as a monster is no less than a crime!

They read the Voyagers logs

I'll bet they lost a few crews first...

And the Kazon seem to have traveled all over the known galaxy at this point--Voyager left them in the dust multiple times with thousand+ light year jumps, yet they're showing up alongside Klingons, etc. in the alpha or beta quadrant. This is my one and only gripe to date with ST:Prodigy.

I think all the Kazon in this one were in the Delta Quadrant, but yeah, I've noticed this in previous eps too and it has irritated me slightly :p I'm headcanoning that, being post-Voyager, there may be faster routes now :P What did strike me here though is that the Kazon are involved in a bunch of their backstories; I'm wondering if this is significant in some way.

@@barshafoxman4169 Good points. And for me it is a minor nit-pick of a series which I am loving to watch! TNG took 2 full years to get really good. DS9 took at least a year. Voyager also about 2 years. Prodigy is firing on all cylinders right out of the gate and I love it!

We and he still may meet Dal’s “maker” and learn why he was augmented with his particular genetic heritage. Not quite parents, but still an unfinished plot point

The first several episodes were hard for some people to get past. They saw what they expected to see and passed on the whole series.

@@GarettHarnish Isn't a trekkie supposed to be cleverer/ smarter than that???

It's nice to see a "business partner" in what seems to be some kinda underworld, be caring/compassionate even when they can't communicate. Often these kinda characters just desire to take advantage or compete as a rival.

This show is good, but it has a glaring flaw. It requires you to have at least some knowledge of Voyager before watching. New trekkies are gonna be at a loss if this is their first show.

@@godofawesum223 or they learn about the voyager connection whilst watching and then go on to watch voyager once the season ends? My little sister loves this show and understands most of it, but she’s never seen voyager

@@godofawesum223 not really.

@@godofawesum223 this is a show that a family should and could watch together. A long time Trekkie father or mother can answer questions that might come up. If Paramount wanted to advertise "We have the show that brings families together," Star Trek: Prodigy is the one

I believe they're canonically an Aurelian (who were introduced in _TAS_ and have appeared on occasion in _LDS_ as well).

If it was coffee mode Janeway, She would have responded by ripping his arm off like a wookie

Kazon: The Dark Ferengi.

I hope that it really was an Aurelian!

According to Aaron Waltke, Commander Adreek-Hu is indeed an Aurelian.

Yeah, I thought that was why she walked in - something didn’t sit right with her. She still could have been shocked but she seemed concerned (or maybe I read to much into it) when she found out they were in her quarters.

@@annaoutdoors which is why I agree this needed to be a down. She should have had security meet her there or escort her.

Ascensia is also like her prodigy and she respects Ascensia's capabilities a lot. She knows Ascensia has been trying to help their guest recover and he was in a very bad state the last time Janeway saw him. She has questions for him about the Diviner, but I'm still certain Janeway hasn't linked their guest with the Diviner (based on her request to security just before she entered the quarters) and it is highly unlikely she viewed the situation as dangerous since she would be there with a smart and capable junior officer.

Good point.

Maybe someone lured her in? With promises? Idk.

First contact with Solum has to happen... at least until the crew of the Protostar is retrieved from the future. We know what happens in Star Trek when a timeline changes; the future that would have been, is no more.

That's true

That makes a lot of sense.

Looks good for his age.

So he is oldest character in the show.

Yeah but Murf has to re-evolve back to Chakotay for that to happen. ;)

@@woogha - Murf is clearly working for Section 31 as part of a Borg plot to infiltrate the Romulan star empire!

@@JohnnyWednesday AND he's Chakotay. I will die on this stupid hill.

@@woogha please do

YES! I was thinking the same thing! I can't recall the timeline of Lower Decks, if it lines up, but would be cool if those birds eventually officially joined Starfleet!

@@dare2liv_nlove I think lower decks is further ahead in the timeline I'm afraid. Buut, that doesn't mean it isn't the same species, just either a one off managing to escape and meet Starfleet like Saru, or is an offshoot of them that never renounced their space faring.

@@mastere6115 Ooh i see. I didn't think of this before, but it could be Dr Migleemo's avian race!

Maybe it was the Diviner who planned it then?

Starship class Prometheus featured Multi Vector Assault Mode

I thought that this added a depth to the ST universe. In so many SF stories, the assumption is that all aliens mature on a similar timeline to Humans[1]. Years = level of maturity. This was sort of addressed with Kes on Voyager, but I don't think it's even been mentioned in other Trek. So it might be that Rak Tahk's race are much longer lived, and maturity comes much later than in Humans. It might be that Murph is only 2 years old (Earth reckoning), but is an adolescent. ========== [1] Okay... the editor in me is having an issue. All "alien" races are capitalized. Shouldn't that mean that "Human" should be capitalized?

Finally someone asking common sense questions. I have a lot of problems with the writing in this show and its internal logic. I know every rabid Star Trek fan is gonna attack me now but I'm not a hater...I grew up in the TNG era and love Trek. I watch everything objectively which is why I enjoy these reviews as they are not afraid to give downs as well as ups. I also grapple with how old each character is. I actually would have given this episode an up for showing us all the kids' backstories, but a down for lumping them all in the same episode instead of spreading them out. I understand how with this new format, there are technically less episodes per season to get the story told...they call this season 1 but come on...they split it into two definite sub-seasons with season finales. These are not hour long episodes like most other Trek shows or streaming shows that have 10 episodes per season so characterization is the first thing that suffers from the time crunch. I would have rather had their backstories sprinkled throughout, plus episodes that focused on specific characters. Another question I've always had is, why and how are they all orphans?!? It's pretty convenient that none of them happen to remember being separated from their real parents...all their stories start after the fact. And if the Diviner was trying to mine the asteroid to find the Protostar this entire time, why take trafficked children?!? It just seems more trouble than it's worth because they can't mine as well as the adults (unless they are insanely strong like Rok.)

Gwyn is a teenager (she was cloned after The Diviner traveled back in time). The Diviner is ~20 years older than "Ascensia." But the confusing bit is that The Diviner was there for First Contact, which was 50 years before the arrival of the Protostar. Look-I have no problem believing that Ascensia is 60-70 years old (the age of _ENT_ T'Pol), and that a 70yo on Solum looks only a little older than a 16yo (think: Klingons, where Aledander went from baby to full adult in, like, seven yeara), but it seems odd given those maturation cycles that the Vau N'Akat would have such an _abrupt senescence_ around Age 75.

the next episode is titled "ghost in the machine," maybe exactly that will happen?

@@therealzackrunkle Here's hoping!

I could also see the Drednok that got on board the Protostar in Time Amok being repaired and possibly turned into a body for Holo Janeway as a contingency for if the Protostar has to be scuttled (and afford Holo Janeway the same freedom The Doctor received from the Mobile Emitter).

I second this!

Could be that an Admiral always overrides door locks 😂