RED ALERT! This roundtable dialogue consists of spoilers for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 episodes 11 via 20. In the event you haven’t seen this extremely beneficial collection but and want to keep away from spoilers, all 40 Prodigy Season 1 and a couple of episodes at the moment are accessible for streaming on Netflix.
Lastly, Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 has arrived for streaming on Netflix! With a fortnight since all 20 episodes had been dropped, it’s time for Comics Beat’s Star Trek Away Staff to debate the second half of the season.
What did you consider the latter half of Prodigy Season 2? Ensure and tell us within the remark part.
What did you consider Prodigy Season 2 half 2?
AVERY KAPLAN: I particularly respect the best way the second half of the season had such a special vibe, and the parallels between Prodigy Season 1’s construction and this one (like alternating management figures, or the iterations of the story circle traced by our heroes).
TAIMUR DAR: It was undoubtedly a bittersweet viewing expertise understanding that this might very nicely be the top of Prodigy…in the meanwhile. Clearly this wasn’t the intentional in any respect, however I couldn’t assist however see Starfleet ceasing its exploratory and rescue missions as a metaphor for Star Trek: Prodigy itself however the best way father or mother firms have been pulling again on the animation trade as a complete. The primary half launched plenty of nice new materials that I don’t suppose had time to correctly develop. Don’t get me unsuitable, I feel the second half of the season continues to be nice. However the Zero and Maj’el relationship considerably fell to wayside resulting from how a lot that they had happening this season. So I assume my solely grievance is I wished extra episodes!
Did you will have a favourite episode from Prodigy Season 2 half 2, and/or the season as a complete?
GEORGE: I’m all the time going to rep for the Mirror Universe, the place “even their whales are evil,” Subsequent Gen and Voyager missed out on crossing over. When the Protostar crew lastly get again to their universe, the Janeway and Chakotay reunion is close to excellent, it’s humorous, honest, and method overdue.
TAIMUR: By way of half 2, I’m a sucker for Tribbles so I gotta with “A Tribble Referred to as Quest” particularly because it featured the unimaginable Jorge Gutierrez voicing a Klingon scientist. However for Season 2 as a complete, unquestionably “Imposter Syndrome” was not solely comedic gold however such a intelligent tackle acquainted duplicate tropes with holograms.
AVERY: Gutierrez’s supply on the road the place expresses his doubt that Rok-Tahk can efficiently genetically modify the Tribbles is pitch excellent!
Do you will have any particular ideas on the inclusion of Wesley Crusher on this season?
AVERY: I very a lot loved the inclusion of Wesley, who’s certainly the unique “Star Trek prodigy.” Since this season was so carefully aligned with Star Trek: Picard, it felt like a pure connection there, too. I particularly loved attending to see him benefit from the coaching room for Gary Seven. Who knew Wes can be concerned in fixing this decades-long thriller from Star Trek: The Authentic Sequence’ “Task: Earth,” eh?
However what I used to be shocked by was how nicely Wes functioned as a member of a Starfleet crew. Contemplating what an enormous deal was manufactured from his selecting a non-Starfleet path in Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology Season 7’s “Journey’s Finish,” I discovered it considerably cathartic to see Janeway pull him into motion anyway. He did very well! And hey: you don’t see Starfleet bailing out of the universe as a result of there’s an issue, TRAVELERS.
GEORGE: As a first-run watcher of The Subsequent Technology, I wasn’t the most important fan of Wesley Crusher within the early seasons, my appreciation for him as a personality would come as he heads off for the Academy and his subsequent visitor appearances. And I agree, his look within the Picard season 2 finale was a cute bridge to the Authentic Sequence, and to deliver him again for this can be a sensible strategy to incorporate him into the Prodigy/Voyager mythos.
TAIMUR: I didn’t develop up watching TNG however I used to be nicely conscious of the love/hate relationship in the direction of Wesley Crusher among the many fandom due to popular culture like this basic Robotic Hen sketch. However from my understanding, the character has been redeemed the previous couple of years. So based mostly on my restricted prior expertise with Wesley Crusher, I loved this Physician Who impressed model.
Have been there any non-Star Trek references you particularly loved in Prodigy Season 2?
AVERY: Look: as soon as a Again to the Future fan, all the time a Again to the Future fan. I beloved the DeLorean Time Machine vibes the USS Infinity was channeling earlier than it received eaten. And talking of which, after I was a child, I used to be traumatized by The Langoliers. I’m glad that the Loom is right here to make sure a complete new era of kids can undergo comparable trauma.
GEORGE: If we’re going with Again to the Future, the facility cable that must be plugged in was cool. After which there have been the Star Wars like fighters and even a little bit of pilot jargon that jogged my memory of the Loss of life Star runs to associate with the flying round asteroids.
AVERY: And I perceive The Final Starfighter was an affect, as nicely? This one’s truly a longstanding hole in my private viewing historical past, and perhaps this season is lastly my catalyst to amend that. Plus in keeping with IMDB, Wil Wheaton is in Final Starfighter, too? Ouroboros all over.
TAIMUR: Again to the Future was undoubtedly my favourite bits. Although I’m not a Whovian myself, I’m acquainted sufficient with the franchise particularly since plenty of my pals are large Physician Who followers. So I undoubtedly had some appreciation for the affect of Physician Who on this season of Prodigy.
Any ideas you will have on a possible Prodigy Season 3?
AVERY: I feel it’s wild to go to such effort to contextualize this collection with Decrease Decks and Picard all through this season, to not point out Quick Treks, after which to squander that simply when the dividends are poised to repay.
GEORGE: From what showrunners Kevin & Dan Hageman said in Avery’s interview with them, it appears like they’ve some concepts that I might be excited by watching, and now that Paramount has their merger points behind them perhaps Prodigy can come residence and we will get that Decrease Deck crossover, the Cetacean Quest.
AVERY: Matt, Kimolu and Gillian all on one vessel? Be nonetheless my coronary heart.
TAIMUR: In Avery’s aforementioned interview, I’m very taken with the concept of an adolescent Murf in the identical vein as we noticed Groot in Avengers: Infinity Battle. Once more, as I discussed within the earlier dialog, I need to see extra growth with “Maj’ero.”
If this does find yourself being the whole story, what’s your opinion on the total Prodigy bundle?
GEORGE: To me this felt like an ideal and closing cap for the Protostar crew’s story. We received two full seasons of enjoyable adventures that would have labored as an “grownup” present, the truth that it was animated solely provides to the attractive design work completed on the characters and settings, if this had been a Disney property you recognize there can be some sort of experience based mostly on this present. Everybody’s arc was accomplished and the story leaves us happy that whereas this half is completed there will be extra adventures down the transwarp conduit. As a lot as I need extra, if the present ends right here I’ll be pleased and content material.
AVERY: One factor that does soften the blow for me if that is certainly Prodigy’s finish are the 20 episode seasons. In an period when so many exhibits get 10 episodes per season tops, I used to be glad Prodigy received sufficient room to breathe. I nonetheless don’t suppose 40 episodes are sufficient for this present, however it’s positive higher than simply 20.
And George, you’ve left me as soon as once more wishing Star Trek: The Expertise was nonetheless a factor. Would a Prodigy experience be a Star Excursions-style simulator that places you on the bridge, a curler coaster original after the Runaway or perhaps a water experience that recreates “The Final Flight of the Protostar, Half II”? Plus, they might promote these Murf plushies everybody’s all the time asking about within the experience’s reward store. Qapla’!
TAIMUR: Finales for giant properties are all the time a tough factor. On the one hand, you need to give some sense of closure whereas concurrently leaving the door open for brand spanking new tales on the prospect years (or a long time later within the case of X-Males ‘97) the present does return. Undoubtedly suppose the Hageman brothers and everybody concerned in Prodigy must be pleased with what they achieved. They had been capable of play with acquainted ideas in addition to add new issues to the proverbial toy field that I’m hoping can be picked up by future creators down the road.
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