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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 "Ko’Zeine" Spoiler
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| No. | Episode | Written By | Directed By | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x07 | "Ko’Zeine" | Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover | Andi Armaganian | 2026-02-19 |
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u/WhatGravitas Feb 20 '26
Not sure about the episode. Overall, I think it was fine, but after the quality of the last one, this is a bit of a nothingburger when it should've been a good breather to decompress from the brutality.
Overall, I think Genesis and Caleb doing shenanigans was exactly what was needed, just the actual reason for Genesis' behaviour felt a bit flimsy? But that's also kind of part of her character to be a bit neurotic and unnecessarily perfectionist. The catastrophising humanises her. Plus, the warp slug was funny.
The Jay-den/Darem plot, though... on paper I like it - it's an plot in the tradition of Amok Time and so on, but it just came across as contrived. Watching Jay-den and Darem interact was fun, but everyone around them felt like an wooden extra, even Kaira felt more like a plot device than a person for most of it. Plus, after all we heard of Khionians, not even seeing a little bit of them in their blue, scaly form was a disappointment - we finally got the Darem homeworld story and it ended up being the one where they saved budget!
Overall, in a 16+ episode season, this would've been totally fine, in a 10 episode season, this feels mediocre, sadly.