It’s somewhat difficult to think of a
series like Star Trek: Short Treks as having seasons. CBS All Access doesn’t seem to group them as
such, although IMDb does have a four-episode first season and a six-episode
second season. The final episode of the
second season serves as prelude to Star Trek: Picard.
It centers on two girls, Kima and
Lil. They go to the same school and seem
to have an adversarial relationship.
Kima is antagonistic towards Lil.
(Lil misses the school bus because Kima tripped her.) They get into fights and generally don’t seem
to like each other.
The one thing they have in common is
that each has a parent working on or in orbit of Mars. Then, the androids revolt. It serves as a bond between them. We see them holding hands in support of each
other.
It does answer a few questions I’ve
always had. It does look like they have
formal schools in the future. I always
wondered what Jake Sisko would have done had Keiko O’Brien not opened the
school. I know starships have teachers,
but what did he do for education on Deep Space Nine before the school opened?
It also looks like rivalries still exist
in the 24th century. Like
schools, fighting will still exist several hundred years from now. I do find it odd that they just make up
because of the attack. I know that they
each had a parent involved, but I don’t think it would be that easy for me.
Another oddity is that Lil’s father
didn’t get a break. It’s implied that he
hasn’t been home for over a year. Given
that Mars is so close, shouldn’t he at least be able to go home on the weekends? Maybe get a holiday or some vacation
time? It seemed like that was added just
for the emotional effect.
It’s an interesting episode. It has very little dialogue and isn’t
necessary to watch Star Trek: Picard.
Granted, you have to have All Access to watch either, but I would imagine
that they’ll be coming out on DVD eventually.
If you can get Picard first, don’t worry about this episode.
IMDb page
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