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I think this would be a great topic to place in c/daystrominstitute if it's still active. It's been years since I've seen this debate online.

That Klingon culture isn't a monolith over their entire history.

I don't see any inconsistency between the death yell and that the body is trash. The yell is to warm of the Warrior's spirit's assent to Grethor. The body no longer has the spirit and is just an empty meat shell.

Other Klingons may acknowledge that the body is empty, but still don't want the spirit of the dead to be dishonored by having its body eaten by slowly scavengers, something famously uncommon on starships. Just like how some humans believe in Sky Burials and others believe the body must go in a tomb the same day it died.

Or, my pet theory, Worf Lied to make Miles feel better about Enrique's death. It wouldn't be the first time he made up a "super serious" Klingon ritual to prove his point.

And I can see my face in the tiles right now

My Jeans have an elastic waist. Do I have the superior jeans now ?

Honestly? This episode was a bit of a miss for me.

Pros

• I always like when an actor tries new accents. Sometimes it's a swing and a miss, but I will reward risks.

• I liked the production value of the sci fi sets

• The Origin of canonical explanation of why the holodeck always worked whenever the power went out in Voyager.

• What...ever...that ... Shatneresque....portal of ...the Cap-tain was that Kirk did.

Cons

• Hypotheticals never are.

• I'm not thrilled by the amount of meta they packed in. We get it. TOS was canceled.

• Obvious outlandish twist is obvious.

• The holodeck doppelgangers were hard to connect with or remember their quirks.

• Spock doesn't need a romantic relationship.

• The non sequitur in medias res cold open.

• Oh no! If you die in the holodeck, you die in real life. I'd love to see a Groundhogs day style holodeck episode where the characters are functionally immortal.

I'm ready to be disappointed all over again!

The only perfect way to play the game is to restore Rome.

JK. Just have fun and don't get annexed.

IIRC She's the one who buys the first tribble at the station bar.

Gale and Shaggy both have the munchies

I think the problem is Mbenga is a character in TOS. So no matter what he does, he HAS to survive to the TOS era. He can be demoted from CMO, he can become part Gorn, but he has to be there.

Unfortunately, Ortega does not have that security.

I am calling it. The reason Bones and Mbenga know each other will be not for both being respected doctors but because they use the same divorce attorney.

Still relevant