Wow, that was a good episode! Poor Sam, struggling with predestination and free will as a hologram. Letting Mir mess with her programming seems like asking for trouble, but it also seems like a very real thing for older teens to do. I just loved the bit with Professor Illa (spelling?) at the end! I'd been wondering the whole time what other species she was besides Cardassian. Didn't expect Trill. That seems like a good choice for the plot--Cardassian ridges and coloring would hide the spots quite a bit. I'm also delighted to see (again, like in Discovery) that by the 32nd century the Cardassians have produced kids with enough other species that there are a whole lot of part-Cardassian people, which seems likely to mean that Cardassians now are more than they were back in DS9. I loved Jake in this episode. Now, about Sisko: i've always thought it was clear that he was alive and with the Prophets, based on Kassidy seeing him at the end of DS9 after the fire pit thing. I wonder how much Kassidy told anyone other than Jake. Or maybe her vision of him wasn't considered as real. I've always thought the only question was when Sisko might show up somewhere again, not whether he was alive (in a prophet sort of sense). I was sort of hoping he would eventually show up to somebody in the future, but oh well, I guess the writers feel it has to stay ambiguous. I so enjoyed seeing a version of older Jake who is so much happier than older Jake in The Visitor. He mostly lost his father, but in a way he could live with much better. I'm so glad he wrote his book Anslem in this future as well as in the less happy one of The Visitor. #StarTrek #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy #StarfleetAcademy

Wow, that was a good episode! Poor Sam, struggling with predestination and free will as a hologram. Letting Mir mess with her programming seems like asking for trouble, but it also seems like a very real thing for older teens to do. I just loved the bit with Professor Illa (spelling?) at the end! I'd been wondering the whole time what other species she was besides Cardassian. Didn't expect Trill. That seems like a good choice for the plot--Cardassian ridges and coloring would hide the spots quite a bit. I'm also delighted to see (again, like in Discovery) that by the 32nd century the Cardassians have produced kids with enough other species that there are a whole lot of part-Cardassian people, which seems likely to mean that Cardassians now are more than they were back in DS9. I loved Jake in this episode. Now, about Sisko: i've always thought it was clear that he was alive and with the Prophets, based on Kassidy seeing him at the end of DS9 after the fire pit thing. I wonder how much Kassidy told anyone other than Jake. Or maybe her vision of him wasn't considered as real. I've always thought the only question was when Sisko might show up somewhere again, not whether he was alive (in a prophet sort of sense). I was sort of hoping he would eventually show up to somebody in the future, but oh well, I guess the writers feel it has to stay ambiguous. I so enjoyed seeing a version of older Jake who is so much happier than older Jake in The Visitor. He mostly lost his father, but in a way he could live with much better. I'm so glad he wrote his book Anslem in this future as well as in the less happy one of The Visitor. #StarTrek #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy #StarfleetAcademy

I expect a 1000 word written essay from everyone who has watched this by the end of the day

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EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WATCH STARFLEET ACADEMY EPISODE FIVE IMMEDIATELY

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I just watched this week's new episode, and loved it! This was a truly excellent episode. I loved that Reymi stopped being a bully and a jerk long enough to truly help Jay-den with his fear, and how he did it. I'm glad Jay-Den and Mir recovered their friendship at the end. I absolutely loved Lura Thok's talk with Jay-Den, where she completely changed his perspective on the things his family had done. I really like the solution Jay-Den came up with about the planet, and that he was the one to sell it to the Federation. I was a little worried that Starfleet might not be able to hit the right balance on losing the battle on purpose while being believable and not having casualties. I think the Klingon leader grinned when they showed up and threatened him for encroaching on Federation territory--a small, Klingon grin while facing away from his crew. I was thinking Chancellor Ake and the Klingon leader would find a way to spend the night after that battle together. Maybe they did. I'm really glad that Trek revisited a well-known species we haven't heard about since 800 years ago (Klingons) and the outcome for them was not the obvious one. Who expected the Klingons to be in diaspora, living in refugee camps, and down to 8 houses, on the brink of extinction? Not me. I was really pleased that when Jay-Den started talking about Klingon culture, he started pronouncing names in good Klingon pronunciation. And Lura Thok pronounced the name "Klingon" as tlhIngan, as it should be. If we're not going to get serious amounts of Klingon language (tlhIngan Hol) like in Discovery, at least people can get coached to pronounce a few words well. That was an excellent episode. #StarTrek #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

I just watched this week's new episode, and loved it! This was a truly excellent episode. I loved that Reymi stopped being a bully and a jerk long enough to truly help Jay-den with his fear, and how he did it. I'm glad Jay-Den and Mir recovered their friendship at the end. I absolutely loved Lura Thok's talk with Jay-Den, where she completely changed his perspective on the things his family had done. I really like the solution Jay-Den came up with about the planet, and that he was the one to sell it to the Federation. I was a little worried that Starfleet might not be able to hit the right balance on losing the battle on purpose while being believable and not having casualties. I think the Klingon leader grinned when they showed up and threatened him for encroaching on Federation territory--a small, Klingon grin while facing away from his crew. I was thinking Chancellor Ake and the Klingon leader would find a way to spend the night after that battle together. Maybe they did. I'm really glad that Trek revisited a well-known species we haven't heard about since 800 years ago (Klingons) and the outcome for them was not the obvious one. Who expected the Klingons to be in diaspora, living in refugee camps, and down to 8 houses, on the brink of extinction? Not me. I was really pleased that when Jay-Den started talking about Klingon culture, he started pronouncing names in good Klingon pronunciation. And Lura Thok pronounced the name "Klingon" as tlhIngan, as it should be. If we're not going to get serious amounts of Klingon language (tlhIngan Hol) like in Discovery, at least people can get coached to pronounce a few words well. That was an excellent episode. #StarTrek #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy

I just watched this week's new episode, and loved it! This was a truly excellent episode. I loved that Reymi stopped being a bully and a jerk long enough to truly help Jay-den with his fear, and how he did it. I'm glad Jay-Den and Mir recovered their friendship at the end. I absolutely loved Lura Thok's talk with Jay-Den, where she completely changed his perspective on the things his family had done. I really like the solution Jay-Den came up with about the planet, and that he was the one to sell it to the Federation. I was a little worried that Starfleet might not be able to hit the right balance on losing the battle on purpose while being believable and not having casualties. I think the Klingon leader grinned when they showed up and threatened him for encroaching on Federation territory--a small, Klingon grin while facing away from his crew. I was thinking Chancellor Ake and the Klingon leader would find a way to spend the night after that battle together. Maybe they did. I'm really glad that Trek revisited a well-known species we haven't heard about since 800 years ago (Klingons) and the outcome for them was not the obvious one. Who expected the Klingons to be in diaspora, living in refugee camps, and down to 8 houses, on the brink of extinction? Not me. I was really pleased that when Jay-Den started talking about Klingon culture, he started pronouncing names in good Klingon pronunciation. And Lura Thok pronounced the name "Klingon" as tlhIngan, as it should be. If we're not going to get serious amounts of Klingon language (tlhIngan Hol) like in Discovery, at least people can get coached to pronounce a few words well. That was an excellent episode. #StarTrek #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy