STARFLEET ACADEMY: S1E7: KO’ZEINE (Spoilers)

 

STARFLEET ACADEMY: S1E7:

KO’ZEINE (COSIGN really?)   SPOILERS

 

Another really bad episode. A character study again and a truly bad, unfunny one. I mean is this supposed to be funny? It’s not.

 

Romantic? It’s not.

 

Exciting? It’s as far from exciting as Alpha Centuria is from our sun.

 

No one is making good choices, especially not the writer.

 

Jay Den: doesn’t know his friend is to be married, doesn’t know the customs of his friend and decides to abandon him but then does not.

 

Darem: been a fake to his people almost his whole life; would rather placate them than to do what he really wants to do and at the Academy is an asshole. For sure. You can’t have it both ways. He’s either a nasty person who abandons his people to get his own way or he’s not.

 

Genesis: the biggest disappointment. Poor her. She had a Starfleet daddy. She faked her reference letters? How? Why? And if her letters all said she was operating on her fear, how did she get in? Did she get the slug killed? And really, playing games with toxic material? Ewl. She and Caleb should be kicked out.

 

Reno: ewl. Luva’s rants are annoying even for a few moments.

 

Ake: let’s Caleb and Genesis off the hook too easily. Both should be expelled. They could have gotten someone killed. And it’s that easy to get into a starship bridge? And the ship is kept at the academy? With no actual people guarding it? No, no and no.

 

Caleb: the actor is 6’2 and near Holly Hunter’s 5’2 unimposing frame, he looked as if he’s optically made into a giant even though I suspect he has not. He IS very hot though with his 5 percent body fat, muscles, abs, and near naked scenes again. BUT he hasn’t called or reached out to Tarima in FOUR weeks?!!! And he’s still, even after SHE saved his life (while letting two others die first)? What a total jerk. And his speech at the end is so pandering and cry baby.

 

SAM: she leaves for a spa. A hologram going to a spa. Nuff said.

 

Kyle: almost a non character. Jay Den doesn’t show up but Kyle sun tanned anyway. How did they communicate? Were there any other buildings on the fish world which was dried up, a lot like the episode. Kyle is actually rather boring and when being insulted, almost too nice. He feels like a cardboard cut out.

 

This show is filled with great visuals and an impressive cast (at least the cadets, I can’t say much for Holly Hunter, though she’s okay but the lady playing Reno is terrible). But that’s all it has. It has almost no meaning. The planet looks okay with the CGI but the scenes there take place in one area and look cheaper than a Sat Morning Kid show like THE FAR OUT SPACE NUTS or LAND OF THE LOST, which actually looks better than this unmoving, boring set.

 

This show does not deserve a second season, let alone a third. It has such promise but it’s such a disappointment.

 

Another boring, annoying, badly written character study where almost nothing happens except one character almost ruins her dream, another had his dream girl but doesn’t appreciate it, and the other abandons his duty for what he wants and his love abandoned too to be …alone at Starfleet. Because of a speech made by Jay Den. Did Jay Den make that speech with the intention of getting Darem to leave? It’s not made to look that way but who knows. And who cares. This is not a space adventure show, it’s a soap opera and not one of the good ones.

 

I almost want this show cancelled here and now. And yes, it is that bad, boring, and pointless.

 

Or is so pointless? Someone reviewed last week's ep as being bad and claiming that maybe Caleb's mom is behind the pirate attacks and SHE is leading them. I can see that happening because the whole thing has been about abandoning your family and their values for Starfleet and what you want to do and being loyal to your friends instead of what your family wants you to do so yeah, I can see the show going that way: Making Caleb have to choose between his mom and Starfleet and seemingly choosing mommy to get her away from his friends and then in season two's opener turning against her. So bad and predictable.

 

You can see that theme of abandon your family with Jay Den, Genesis, SAM, and Darem. And probably soon Caleb, too. And Ake let her son die. It's as if the writers want to get away from their family and their family values. Shame on them all. 

But what's worse is that it seems to say you have to choose your friends and the gov't establishment over your family AND your own desires over your promises that you made. Some of that is fine because sometimes as a child you are manipulated to make promises by your family so I can see that message but overall the feel of this show is nausea. 

 

Next week: HYPOTENUSE.