Give me good ST adventures, good sci-fi, please. You have 10 eps per season, don't waste them with musicals, animation crossovers (although that was amusing, it wasn't worth an entire episode when you only get 10) or puppets. Those are my reasons for asking WHY?
Oh, come on, the Opening Credits with the nacelle parasite was pretty clever. The problem with this episode was it required knowledge of the crew of "Lower Decks". I had to get my Trekker friend to watch "Lower Decks" which had never been on his radar because he's an adult and didn't have time for cartoons. Turns out, he became a huge fan of this Star Trek show with all its deep ST references that made up many "Lower Decks" episodes.
As I said, I found it amusing, but I didn't find it worth taking up 1/10 episodes that comprise a "season" now. I would've much preferred a good, solid ST episode instead. Same with the musical. Last season, for me anyway, they wasted 20% of it...
As of today, they have wasted 50% of this season. Tried to be clever and cutsey. And Scotty is over the top! At least the closing credits were kind of fun.
I'd like to see a more complete conclusion to the cliffhanger. Too much went unexplained.
