So, episode 6 is out.
Spoiler Space..... do not read this post if you have not seen it.
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So...... it turns out that Kirk was not the first "horn dog" captain of the Enterprise!
Heck, makes me wonder now about Admiral April.
We saw in episode 1 that Pike already has a love interest. Or, a "fellow friendly officer with benefits", at least.
I suspected something was up, but not just what, that the female Majalan leader might be hiding something. Certainly did not want them to investigate the ship that fired on them and they destroyed. BTW - I'd think a bigger reason to investigate, according to Starfleet regulations, would not be as much about the ship that shot at them, but the fact that Enterprise (unintentially) caused it to crash after shooting it, and apparently killed everyone on board.
Beyond the ship thing though, she was not exactly trying to hide other stuff. That she thought Pike would have no problem watching the boy "ascending" in that way, eventually dying sometime. Of course, some similarities with TOS' "Spock's Brain" episode, the kid seems to be sort of like "The Controller".
So, this episode had a frustrating ending for Pike. Regulations would not allow him to interfere. And unlike other situations where he, Kirk, other ST captains (and even Spock) break regulations anyway.... this time... no.
As for the boy, a shame that had to happen. I was expecting a different thing. That the other planet 2 light years away, might have a more legitimate claim for him, like say he might have been from that other planet and was kidnapped. And/or had special unique powers. But that wasn't it.
I did half expect, once things ended at Majalan, that Pike would have Enterprise go over to that other planet, to speak with their leaders and perhaps try to smooth over destroying their ship, and that he was not attempting favoritism (at least not outside of the bedroom).
I kind of expect that Enterprise will return to Majalan, but not this season.
Good to see that there may be progress on solving Dr. M'Benga's daughter's medical issues. Even though not a cure in sight yet. I do now sort of wonder if Number one told Pike about the daughter or not.
Uhura was learning security stuff this week. Then got put to use in her specialty in translating that data and discovering elements of common language between the two planets.
And we saw Sam Kirk for a few seconds. He didn't get gravely injured this time, either.
And now, I stay up a few more hours to see the first episode of the 3rd season of "For All Mankind" (drops at 3 AM Eastern time Friday morning). I've got the day off.....