I see no reason that both things cannot be true.

Vulcans do go through extensive training to achieve kolinar; they also possess unique genetic traits that make it possible.

None of the episodes you cited stated that biology plays no role in the Vulcan capacity for emotional suppression.

So we have one episode that says it fits, and zero that say it doesn’t.

I asked you for a direct reference, and you provided a vague gesture.

Based on all of Star Trek.

The episode I just referenced demonstrates that this is not true.

If you want to be a canon cop, you can’t be selective.

On what are you basing this? Because it’s not the Voyager episode.

EMH: There’s a definite neurochemical imbalance in the mesiofrontal cortex.

JANEWAY: Which means what?

EMH: That’s where the Vulcan psycho-suppression systems are located.

Vulcans have biological psych-suppression systems.

Yeah, Vulcans canonically have a brain structure that makes emotional suppression possible.

perhaps more-so by the current writers of Star Trek

It was acknowledged in the episode that aired this week…

The pivot-to-movie happened well before anything was filmed.

But it does seem like the “pivot” was trying to stuff ten hours of story into a two-hour bag.

I obviously think Georgiou is a more interesting character than you do, but other than that, I agree with this list.

I think that was definitely the idea. I’m somewhat skeptical that it worked, but it would be cool if it was a gateway movie for someone.

it was ambiguous, did it really exist? Was it just one crazy guy?

This was never credible, and was never how it was presented in DS9.

Even in “Inquisition”, Sloan had two other guys standing next to him, and an entire starship at his disposal. Starfleet Command covered for him at the end - something that was noted by the DS9 senior staff.

In subsequent episodes, Admiral Ross acknowledged their existence, and Bashir worked out what he believed to be the bare minimum number of operatives required to create the morphogenic virus (73).

Later, we saw them working for the United Earth Starfleet in the ENT era.

The only suggestion that it’s just “once crazy guy” comes from Koval, who then helps Sloan fake his death and is revealed to be a S31 asset in the very next scene.

So no, that’s not really something Discovery changed. People have had to wilfully ignore the DS9 episodes to buy into that theory.

the characters that we built and the rapport that we had with each other was amazing

I have to admit, I thought Alok was a pretty interesting character. Sam Richardson was also very charismatic as Quasi, though he didn’t have much to do. And Young Garrett was okay, too.

I wouldn’t mind seeing any of those characters pop up again, with a better story.

I liked that episode quite a lot, but it definitely coasts on pure vibes in places.

The Resurgence Switch release is the main reason I shared the post.

It’s a shame the dev team seems to be gone, it’s a great little game.

Y’know, as I typed it I thought, “I should probably fact-check this…”

I don’t think that’s ever been established - in fact, I don’t think we’ve ever seen humpback whales in Cetacean Ops…

I think that’s fair. I think I enjoyed the jokes more than you, but it’s a pretty low-calorie episode.

At long last, the episode people have been anticipating/dreading since the preview scene dropped a year ago.

I dunno, I thought it was fine. It signals right from the beginning that we shouldn’t take it too seriously, and it maintains that tone through to the end. The comparison that keeps popping into my head is “The Magnificent Ferengi” - transparently ridiculous, but enjoyable if you can get on its level.

The emotional core is the four “Vulcans” revealing their inner secrets because of their transformation. SNW has gone to that well before, but it works well enough. The dance fight was very nicely done.

Not a lot of meat on those bones, but there are worse ways to spend an hour.

I think that was tucked into the SDCC panel, though it was overshadowed by the SNW and SFA stuff.

I would imagine writing what is essentially a radio serial is a unique challenge.

Somebody attended Musk Junior High School…