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* When Pike admits he's having to force himself to be optimistic, La'an eases up on him considerably and cheers him by complimenting Batel's toughness with a joke at his expense.
* Ortegas helps M'Benga out treating injured colonists and there share a moment worrying about Chapel before remembering she would be encouraging them to help as many people as possible if she were there.
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* When Pike admits he's having to force himself to be optimistic, La'an eases up on him considerably and cheers him by complimenting Batel's toughness with a joke at his expense.
* Ortegas helps M'Benga out treating injured colonists and there share a moment worrying about Chapel before remembering she would be encouraging them to help as many people as possible if she were there.
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* When La'an arrives on the bridge and heads to her station during the finale, she and Jim Kirk smiles warmly at each other. As awkward and painful as their conversation was, there's still a connection there, and it was an emotional breakthrough for her.
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* When La'an arrives on the bridge and heads to her station during the finale, she and Jim Kirk smiles smile warmly at each other. As awkward and painful as their conversation was, there's still a connection there, and it was an emotional breakthrough for her.
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* At ''Star Trek Celebration'' at Las Vegas, Creator/ZacharyQuinto talked about his experiences playing Spock in the Kelvin Timeline films before he was unexpectedly joined on stage by Creator/EthanPeck, the current Spock. Quinto spoke nothing but high praise for Peck's take on the iconic Vulcan.
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* When La'an arrives on the bridge and heads to her station during the finale, she and Jim Kirk smiles warmly at each other. As awkward and painful as their conversation was, there's still a connection there, and it was an emotional breakthrough for her.
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** In the same song, Pike and Batel are probably the best at resisting the field's effects and not saying anything truly hurtfully true to each other, sticking to a refrain of 'this is a private conversation' to ward off the effects at first.
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* La'an is not having the whole confession by musical thing, cuts the transmission to the ''Cayuga'' and abruptly cutting off Pike's song "A Private Conversation" for his sake as his lyrics make it clear he doesn't want to do this in front of his crew.
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* La'an is not having the whole confession by musical thing, cuts the transmission to the ''Cayuga'' and abruptly cutting off Pike's song "A Private Conversation" for his sake as his lyrics make it clear he doesn't want to do this in front of his crew.
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* The Orion captain is shown throughout the episode to despise the connotations of Orions as [[PlanetOfHats all being space pirates]], and repeatedly responds with exasperation to the ''Enterprise'' crew treating them as such. When Boimler explains that this stereotype is [[DiscreditedTrope effectively discredited in his time]] and that his crew is remembered as the scientists they are as a result of the discovery, he looks to be on the verge of tears.
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* The Orion captain is shown throughout the episode to despise the connotations of Orions as [[PlanetOfHats all being space pirates]], and repeatedly responds with exasperation to the ''Enterprise'' crew treating them as such. When Boimler explains that this stereotype is [[DiscreditedTrope effectively discredited in his time]] and that his crew is remembered as the scientists they are as a result of the discovery, he looks to be on the verge of tears. He's also touched when Pike agrees that discovering the portal will be credited to Orion scientists.
-->"That's all I've ever wanted."
-->"That's all I've ever wanted."
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** At the line "Uhura, you saved us", she gives a quick, cheerful curtsy.
* When the finale hits the line "Cause we work better all together", Jim Kirk points to Sam, who smiles back. For all their quarreling, they're still brothers.
* When the finale hits the line "Cause we work better all together", Jim Kirk points to Sam, who smiles back. For all their quarreling, they're still brothers.
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* One of Number One's songs is advice to La'an to open up and not keep secrets because she'll be much better for it. After La'an has confided to her in general terms about her issues with Kirk. Noticeably while Una sings, she doesn't drag La'an into a duet, honouring her preference to keep quiet.
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* After finding her purpose a orchestrating the grand finale song, Uhura is the happiest that she's been seen so far in the series.
* After finding her purpose a orchestrating the grand finale song, Uhura is the happiest that she's been seen so far in the series.
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*Ortegas and Uhura have an discussion about the Klingons at the start of the episode but when it gets heated Ortegas immediately takes a moment to calm down and reassure the younger officer that she values and respects her and her point of view while not backing down on her own.
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* One of Number One's songs is advice to La'an to open up and not keep secrets because she'll be much better for it. After La'an has confided to her in general terms about her issues with Kirk. Noticeably while Una sings, she doesn't drag La'an into a duet, honouring her preference to keep quiet.
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*Ortegas and Uhura have an discussion about the Klingons at the start of the episode but when it gets heated Ortegas immediately takes a moment to calm down and reassure the younger officer that she values and respects her and her point of view while not backing down on her own.
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* One of Number One's songs is advice to La'an to open up and not keep secrets because she'll be much better for it. After La'an has confided to her in general terms about her issues with Kirk. Noticeably while Una sings, she doesn't drag La'an into a duet, honouring her preference to keep quiet.
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* Mariner coming through the time portal after Boimler; no matter the rules or the risks, he's her cha'Dich and she will always look out for him.
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** Number One was singled out as one of the reasons ''The Cage'' was rejected (as a woman in command would ostensibly not be accepted by audiences), and it took over 50 years for her to appear again in ''Discovery'' and eventually this series, where she's set to become "literal poster woman" for Starfleet. ''Ad astra per aspera'' indeed.
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** Number One was singled out as one of the reasons ''The Cage'' was rejected (as a woman in command would ostensibly not be accepted by audiences), and it took over 50 years for her to appear again in ''Discovery'' and eventually this series, where she's set to become the "literal poster woman" for Starfleet. ''Ad astra per aspera'' indeed.
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* Fans of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' get thrown a bone here; a piece of the ''NX-01'' containing horonium was used in construction of Pike's ''Enterprise'', per ship-building tradition on legacy vessels. Ortegas and Uhura get a chance to gush about helmsman Travis Mayweather and communications officer Hoshi Sato respectively; while ''Enterprise'' was a controversial show, it's nice to at least see it acknowledged, and know that the crew was fondly remembered in-universe, if nothing else.
** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be considered underutilized in the series itself. Even if ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' didn't give them their due, at least in-universe it's confirmed they're now considered Starfleet legends.
** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be considered underutilized in the series itself. Even if ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' didn't give them their due, at least in-universe it's confirmed they're now considered Starfleet legends.
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** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be consideredunderutilized [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter underutilized]] in the series itself. Even if ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' ''Enterprise'' didn't give them their due, at least in-universe it's confirmed they're now considered Starfleet legends.
** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be considered
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* Ransom inadvertently reveals to Boimer than Mariner had volunteered and pestered to go on the mission to the portal rather than it just being chance and a pain as she'd been telling him until then.
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** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be considered underutilized in the series itself. Even if ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' didn't give them their due, at least in-universe, it's confirmed they're now considered Starfleet legends.
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** The fact that it's Hoshi Sato and Travis Mayweather SPECIFICALLY who are cited is all the more heartwarming, since they are often among the most cited elements of the series by fans that tend to be considered underutilized in the series itself. Even if ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' didn't give them their due, at least in-universe, they're confirmed to be considered legends of the fleet.
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* There's some poignant RealitySubtext to be found in Mariner and Boimler's respective adoration of Uhura and Number One:
** Uhura in ''TOS'' has gone down in history as a positive Black woman role model for many young girls who watched it growing up (including Tawny Newsome herself, as she's spoken about on multiple occasions). Seeing a younger version of her speak to a Black woman ''main character'' of another ''Trek'' series, the latter alluding to how important she'll eventually be, holds great emotional weight, particularly after the passing of Creator/NichelleNichols.
** Number One was singled out as one of the reasons ''The Cage'' was rejected (as a woman in command would ostensibly not be accepted by audiences), and it took over 50 years for her to appear again in ''Discovery'' and eventually this series, where she's set to become "literal poster woman" for Starfleet. ''Ad astra per aspera'' indeed.
** Uhura in ''TOS'' has gone down in history as a positive Black woman role model for many young girls who watched it growing up (including Tawny Newsome herself, as she's spoken about on multiple occasions). Seeing a younger version of her speak to a Black woman ''main character'' of another ''Trek'' series, the latter alluding to how important she'll eventually be, holds great emotional weight, particularly after the passing of Creator/NichelleNichols.
** Number One was singled out as one of the reasons ''The Cage'' was rejected (as a woman in command would ostensibly not be accepted by audiences), and it took over 50 years for her to appear again in ''Discovery'' and eventually this series, where she's set to become "literal poster woman" for Starfleet. ''Ad astra per aspera'' indeed.
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* La'an suggests that Boimler avoid making any attachments during his time travel misadventure, confiding in him that she made that mistake herself and doesn't want him to get hurt in the same way.
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* Boimler mentions that Pike's birthday is coming up, something the crew did not know about, and convinces them to throw him a surprise party. Pike finds out and tries to put a stop to it because it will be his first birthday where he is older than his father ever was. Boimler suggests it will mean a lot to his crew one day that they were able to celebrate it with him when they were all still together, which convinces Pike.
* Much of Boimler's bungling of the situation is due to him knowing that Tendi's ancestor is on the Orion ship. Despite knowing better than to interfere with the past, he convinces the crew to find peaceful solutions with the Orion ship because he's afraid they'll [[RetGone accidentally erase his friend from history.]]
* Much of Boimler's bungling of the situation is due to him knowing that Tendi's ancestor is on the Orion ship. Despite knowing better than to interfere with the past, he convinces the crew to find peaceful solutions with the Orion ship because he's afraid they'll [[RetGone accidentally erase his friend from history.]]
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* Fans of ''Series/StarTrekEnterprise'' get thrown a bone here; a piece of the ''NX-01'' containing horonium was used in construction of Pike's ''Enterprise'', per ship-building tradition. Ortegas and Uhura get a chance to gush about helmsman Travis Mayweather and communications officer Hoshi Sato respectively; while ''Enterprise'' was a controversial show, it's nice to at least see it acknowledged, and know that the crew was fondly remembered in-universe, if nothing else.
* For about a quarter of the episode, Una has thought that Boimler has a pin-up poster of her in his bunk. Before they depart the ''Enterprise'', revealed that it's a recruitment poster, bearing the phrase "Ad astra per aspera"; Una tears up as she realizes that, despite Starfleet trying to jail her months earlier, both she and that phrase become iconic enough to inspire Boimler, and countless others, to join Starfleet.
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* For about a quarter of the episode, Una has thought that Boimler has a pin-up poster of her in his bunk. Before they depart the ''Enterprise'', revealed that it's a recruitment poster, bearing the phrase "Ad astra per aspera"; Una tears up as she realizes that, despite Starfleet trying to jail her months earlier, both she and that phrase become iconic enough to inspire Boimler, and countless others, to join Starfleet.
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* Although it comes after T'Pring's relationship with Spock is further strained, it's still lovely to see Spock and Christine finally acknowledge and act on their feelings for each other.
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* Pike trusts Uhura enough to summarily destroy Starfleet's new refinery nearly entirely on her say so. Afterwards he reassures her that any blowback will land on him as it was it was his decision.
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* Kirk and La'an have a talk about Kirk's dad, who was always missing in his youth. It's clear La'an understands the issues this caused Kirk while also sharing her own history underline the real good Starfleet does in the galaxy.
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* Spock gaining a new appreciation for his mother and all the sacrifices she made for him in the face of Vulcan prejudice.
* The entire bridge crew bands together to help Spock get through his dinner with T'Pring's parents, knowing how much it means to him.
* Pike and Spock commiserating after the failure of the dinner over glasses of Saurian brandy.
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* Kirk's unconditional support of Uhura throughout the episode's events. You can see why she trusted him so much after he became her commanding officer.
* Uhura introducing Kirk and Spock to each other at the end, playing a part in their friendship to come.
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* Spock gaining a new appreciation for his mother and all the sacrifices she made for him in the face of Vulcan prejudice.
* The entire bridge crew bands together to help Spock get through his dinner with T'Pring's parents, knowing how much it means to him.
* Pike and Spock commiserating after the failure of the dinner over glasses of Saurian brandy.
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* Kirk's unconditional support of Uhura throughout the episode's events. You can see why she trusted him so much after he became her commanding officer.
* Uhura introducing Kirk and Spock to each other at the end, playing a part in their friendship to come.
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* After La'an brings Neena a copy of the Starfleet Uniform Code of Justice, Neena susses out that La'an is not only afraid that a personal log of hers is what exposed Una, but that La'an is also afraid that her own heritage of genetic engineering (as well as her ancestor being a vile dictator) might make her potentially dangerous. Neena then takes a moment to gently reassure La'an that neither of these things are true, which makes the ordinarily stoic La'an visibly emotional.
--> '''Neena''': There is nothing wrong with you, Lieutenant. No hidden monster inside.
--> '''La'an''': You don't know-
--> '''Neena''': But I do. It's how they make us feel: they look down at us for so long that we begin to look down at ourselves. Genetics is not destiny, despite what you may have been taught. The fear you have of yourself, it's not your own. It was drilled into you. You're not born a monster: you were just born with a capacity for actions, good or ill. Just like the rest of us. In any case, it takes six months at a minimum after a request from a ''boatload'' of admirals to subpoena a personal log. They haven't had nearly that long. I guarantee you are not the person who leaked Una's true identity to Starfleet.
--> '''Neena''': There is nothing wrong with you, Lieutenant. No hidden monster inside.
--> '''La'an''': You don't know-
--> '''Neena''': But I do. It's how they make us feel: they look down at us for so long that we begin to look down at ourselves. Genetics is not destiny, despite what you may have been taught. The fear you have of yourself, it's not your own. It was drilled into you. You're not born a monster: you were just born with a capacity for actions, good or ill. Just like the rest of us. In any case, it takes six months at a minimum after a request from a ''boatload'' of admirals to subpoena a personal log. They haven't had nearly that long. I guarantee you are not the person who leaked Una's true identity to Starfleet.
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* Ortegas is confused and disoriented, but the Enterprise computer is helpful enough to first get her back to her quarters, and to help her realize she's the ship's helmsman (after she asks the non-intelligent computer the right questions). On a meta note, the ship's computer voice sounds more than a little bit like Majel Barrett, who voiced many of the ships' computers throughout the Berman-era Trek shows.
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-->''"I'm Erica Ortegas. I fly the ship."''
** On a meta note, the ship's computer voice sounds more than a little bit like Majel Barrett, who voiced many of the ships' computers throughout the Berman-era Trek shows.
-->''"I'm Erica Ortegas. I fly the ship."''
** On a meta note, the ship's computer voice sounds more than a little bit like Majel Barrett, who voiced many of the ships' computers throughout the Berman-era Trek shows.
