I think both things can be true to be honest.

It’s a shame, but I can also understand why - council meetings and other open events are increasingly security risks, full of wingnut conspiracy theorists.

But, the way we designed the transformation of Sam, we called it sort of colloquially in the writers room, “Sam 1.0” and “Sam 2.0.” Sam 1.0 was just a couple months old and was a baby in so many different ways. And the contrast that you start to see in episodes 9 and episode 10, but in a big way in season 2, is that Sam 2.0, while she does carry the memories of Sam 1.0, she really is a totally different person. She feels things that Sam 1.0 never felt.

I’m very curious to see how this plays out.

it is weird that they did not introduce a trained psychiatrist/counselor

Ake did say the cadets had been attending counselling sessions, and that they weren’t working (actually, I think she said that they “weren’t enough”).

Maybe they could have included a scene or a montage of those ineffective settings - IIRC, the most comparable “classic” episodes, “Family” and “It’s Only A Paper Moon” showed them, however briefly.

It’s wild to think that this SFA season finished filming a year ago, and was written even earlier than that.

True, I did forget the Must Reply To Everything in the Hot Feed rule.

Wandering the internet to loudly declare your disinterest in things?

Besides time-consuming (it’s a big Fediverse, so you must not get a lot of sleep)…yeah, kind of toxic.

Hey look, it’s the guy from the article!

Understandably so.

Here’s my question: is it better to boycott the company outright, or to show them that you are willing to pay for progressive content?

I don’t have an answer. I think you can make a good argument for either.

If they downvote, it means you’re an unappreciated genius.

A second watchthrough is on my to-do list this weekend, there’s always something I missed the first go-around…

What you said doesn’t make a whole lot of sense, so I’ll grant you that.

Sam wasn’t present for the theatre classes that are being criticized here, so I’m not sure what the relevance is.

It’s isn’t science-fiction at all, it’s drama set in a techno-fantasy world.

This, however, is hot nonsense.

That’s the perfect scenario for science-fiction.

I don’t agree at all - it sounds rather soulless to me, stripping the humanity from the story.

I would find some sort of magical “mental health technology” not only unrealistic, but rather insulting.

I didn’t expect this one to be quite as divisive as it seems to be!

But yeah, I can see why it would clang if you’re not feeling the characters involved. I’m sort of in the same space with Darem right now.

Tarima is messy, but it’s a very familiar kind of messy to me. Zoe Steiner is definitely taking a unique approach to the character, but it’s mostly working for me. I thought her scene with Caleb in the botanical lab was quite well done, and not an easy task.

Just…calm down and see a real mental health professional.

I think it’s clear that, much like Nog in “It’s Only A Paper Moon”, the cadets (particularly Tarima) have not been receptive to conventional therapy, which is extremely predictive of whether said therapy will be effective.

It hasn’t come up much, but from “Spock Amok” back in season 1:

CHAPEL: No need. This is what I appreciate about Dever. He and I are on the same page. The casual, no attachments, this-is-just-for-fun, zero commitments page.

ORTEGAS: That’s more like a book than a page. And you said the same thing about that gal on Argelius II.

CHAPEL: That was a misunderstanding. It was one time.

I only know the play from what the episode told me about it

I was unfamiliar with it too, but I feel like I got what I needed to from the description.

I unfortunately found Tarima’s messy response to her trauma very…familiar, on multiple levels.

It doesn’t not sound old and grumpy…