#and they both (presumably) have PhDs which irl probably wouldn’t mean anything

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You know something that annoys me is that in the Earthspark episode Age of Evolution, we get a couple remarks from Mandroid that he’s familiar with the Malto name, and specifically that he’s familiar with Alex, recognizing his face and calling him by his first name when he sees him

But then in Prime Time, we finally get payoff to this mystery when the two finally meet each other, but all it amounted to is that they used to teach at the same university. Like that’s literally it, and I think the only new information the group gained is Mandroid’s real name of Dr. Meridian, which was entirely unneeded info and something the audience has known from day 1. Mandroid wasn’t even a cover name, nor was he hiding his identity, it’s just what the Terrans decided to call him when they met him and the name stuck, because they never bothered to learn his real one

Like what was the point of dropping the hints that they had a history if it wasn’t going to go anywhere?

I can only assume that initially it was supposed to be a bigger deal, but by the time of the reveal it got to changed to just “they used to teach at the same university” and that’s it. I’d say either they had the idea that they knew each other, but could never figure out a good payoff and/or how to work it into the story, so they just had to settle for this, or higher-ups didn’t like the idea or decided to take the story in a direction that wouldn’t have made it work, so again they had to change it

Though it also came like, super late into the season, I’m half wondering if they just had it in there so they could just get the loose thread tied up, even if it didn’t amount to anything

I don’t know, I know it isn’t important in the grand scheme of the story, but it just ticks me off, it’s a plot point that never gets used to its full potential