#side not if anyone’s reading all this it’s not an indictment on Ethan’s acting either I thought he and everyone else did well
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Posting this now because I know how often my full recaps make it out of my drafts, but shipping aside and no hate on Christine (in fact I really want character development for her!), and this is 100% not about Spirk either, this was hands down the most disappointing episode of snw so far by a lot. Not just because of this needlessly white and hetero relationship but because of the incredibly indelicate way Spock’s major character conflict was handled? I was ok with it being played for laughs in the beginning with him coming off as a moody teenager but why are the writers conflating bigotry he’s faced since his childhood with his love life? Also I’m really not trying to bring up Discovery because I’m well aware they did the going into the future plotline to never have to bring it up again, but Spock’s sister was killed in a terrorist bombing and we’re bringing up moms being mean at the playground? Absolutely think Amanda suffered through a lot but what the fuck kind of writing is this? I’m glad Spock is seeing things from her perspective, I’m happy they got where they are even though the last time we saw her she was feeling bad about borderline emotionally neglecting her son…., but the way this was handled was genuinely so bad.
#snw spoilers#strange new worlds spoilers#listen I’m trying to objectively criticize here#because I am determined to examine this show by its own merit#but to quote both Spock and Tilly now what the *fuck* was that#I know snw has a drama with a side of silly vibe to it#and there were a lot of parts I appreciated#but their obscured by the overall execution being straight up terrible#just gonna get my opinion out before I go into the tags because hey I guess I’m a hater#but I’m allowing myself to fully be for once because this show has been solid to middle grade so far but this episode was kind of shit#and not in the why is Pelia not there sort of way like I thought I would be disappointed by#but overall as the middle of the season episode having me question how much I like this show at all given all the eps thus far#side not if anyone’s reading all this it’s not an indictment on Ethan’s acting either I thought he and everyone else did well#with what they were given
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