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Confident is the word that comes to mind after watching this premiere.

This community has convinced me to start delving in to all of this stuff, but I'm nowhere near this current season, but I just wanted to say that I love this.

You can really tell when a show knows what it's trying to be, and executes it.

If they downvote, it means you're an unappreciated genius.

I think any platform has its share of colourful characters. The Fediverse is largely pretty good, IMO, even when we don't always agree.

A second watchthrough is on my to-do list this weekend, there's always something I missed the first go-around...

What you said doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so I'll grant you that.

Sam wasn't present for the theatre classes that are being criticized here, so I'm not sure what the relevance is.

It’s isn’t science-fiction at all, it’s drama set in a techno-fantasy world.

This, however, is hot nonsense.

That’s the perfect scenario for science-fiction.

I don't agree at all - it sounds rather soulless to me, stripping the humanity from the story.

I would find some sort of magical "mental health technology" not only unrealistic, but rather insulting.

I didn't expect this one to be quite as divisive as it seems to be!

But yeah, I can see why it would clang if you're not feeling the characters involved. I'm sort of in the same space with Darem right now.

Tarima is messy, but it's a very familiar kind of messy to me. Zoe Steiner is definitely taking a unique approach to the character, but it's mostly working for me. I thought her scene with Caleb in the botanical lab was quite well done, and not an easy task.

Just…calm down and see a real mental health professional.

I think it's clear that, much like Nog in "It's Only A Paper Moon", the cadets (particularly Tarima) have not been receptive to conventional therapy, which is extremely predictive of whether said therapy will be effective.

It hasn't come up much, but from "Spock Amok" back in season 1:

CHAPEL: No need. This is what I appreciate about Dever. He and I are on the same page. The casual, no attachments, this-is-just-for-fun, zero commitments page.

ORTEGAS: That's more like a book than a page. And you said the same thing about that gal on Argelius II.

CHAPEL: That was a misunderstanding. It was one time.

I only know the play from what the episode told me about it

I was unfamiliar with it too, but I feel like I got what I needed to from the description.

I unfortunately found Tarima's messy response to her trauma very...familiar, on multiple levels.