Star Trek Continues ”Come Not Between The Dragons” - Detailed Analysis & Review

On this 100th episode of the Nerd Heaven Podcast, I discuss the Star Trek Continues episode "Come Not Between The Dragons" a deeply thematic episode starring aussie sci-fi royalty - Gigi Edgly of Farscape Fame. Join me as we discuss the episode and it's themes, and then reminisce a little over the last 100 podcasts.

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Transcript

Welcome to Nerd Heaven. I’m Adam David  Collings, the author of Jewel of The Stars

And I am a nerd.

 

And it’s a big moment. This is episode 100 of the podcast. How insane is that?

When TV shows make it to 100 episodes, it’s a big deal and they usually celebrate by doing something special. 

 

I’m going to spend a bit of time reflecting on the past, and maybe having a little fun, at the end of this podcast, But first, we’re going to be talking about the Star Trek Continues episode “Come Not Between The Dragons”.

 

The description on IMDB reads

A troubled creature pierces the Enterprise hull, pitting the crew against a pursuer that threatens to tear them apart.

 

The teleplay was written by Greg Dykstra, James Kerwin and Vic Mignogna

The story was by Greg Dykstra

It was directed by Julian Higgins

And it first aired on the 28th of May 2016.

 

And just a little warning, this episode deals with themes of violent abuse by a parent.

 

The first thing you’ll notice that’s special about this episode is the presence of Aussie sci-fi royalty - Gigi Edgley. Most famous for her role in Farscape as Chiana.

In this episode, she plays Ensign Eliza Taylor.

And the cool thing is, they let her keep her Australian accent for the role. I don’t hear many familiar aussie accents in Star Trek, so I found that pretty cool.

 

While I gave up on it too early back in the day, I’ve become quite a fan of Farscape, so it’s very cool to see her here.

By the way, I can’t believe I didn’t notice it, but a few episodes back, in The White Iris, the character of Amphidamas, the alien representative, was played by another member of sci-royalty, Colin Baker, who played the 6th Doctor on Doctor Who. I’m unbelievably embarrassed that I didn’t notice and comment on it. Sorry about that.

 

This one starts off seeming to be a monster story. But we’ll soon learn that it’s not. This is a real thematic message show, but one with a real difference.

 

Scotty is currently in command. Eliza Taylor hands him a padd.

And then Kirk enters.

8 ships have been destroyed studying an accretion disc. But the crew have been rescued

 

It’s very telling of Scotty when Kirk says “at least there were no casualties” and Scotty says “there were - the Lexington.”

 

With the shift over, Smith and Eliza leave the bridge. Smith and McKennah are heading to the rec room, and they invite Eliza to join them. I get the impression she’s not quite part of their little friendship circle, but they’re welcoming her in. And isn’t that just the way a friendship group should work? I know it’s not easy. You really need an extrovert in your group to do the inviting, but cliques are not healthy, and being excluded can be quite hurtful - even for an introvert.

 

The Enterprise suffers a hull breach from a meteorite travelling near light speed. 

As Chekov says, “that should be impossible.” But I’d have to believe that an object travelling that fast making impact with the ship would have to completely destroy it, so there must have been some substantial and rapid deceleration.

 

Whatever it is, is moving through the ship, from Deck to deck. Scotty can’t find it.

As we end the teaser, we see that whatever it is has broken into Eliza’s quarters.

But we don’t see it, only her reaction.

 

This is an okay use of the ‘hide the mons