ā¢ The title refers to the Gorn Hegemony, the name of the polity from which the Gorn hail. It was first mentioned on screen in the ENT episode, āBoundā, but it as used non-canon as early as the 1992 novel, āThe Disinheritedā.
ā¢ Captain Betelās log gives us the stardate as 2344.2. Seeing as weāre in the season finale, letās look at both seasons.
Season | Episode | Stardate |
---|---|---|
S1 | āStrange New Worldsā | 1739.12 |
S1 | āStrange New Worldsā | 2259.42 |
S1 | āChildren of the Cometā | 2912.4 |
S1 | āGhosts of Illyriaā | 1224.3 |
S1 | āMemento Moriā | 3177.3 |
S1 | āMemento Moriā | 3177.9 |
S1 | āSpock Amokā | 2341.4 |
S1 | āLift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reachā | 1943.7 |
S1 | āThe Serene Squallā | 1997.7 |
S1 | āThe Elysian Kingdomā | 2341.6 |
S1 | āAll Those Who Wanderā | 2510.6 |
S1 | āErrand of Mercyā | 1457.9 |
S2 | āThe Broken Circleā | 2369.2 |
S2 | āAd Astra per Asperaā | 2393.8 |
S2 | āTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrowā | 1581.2 |
S2 | āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1630.1 |
S2 | āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1630.3 |
S2 | āAmong the Lotus Eatersā | 1632.2 |
S2 | āCharades | 1789.3 |
S2 | āLost in Translationā | 2394.8 |
S2 | āThose Old Scientistsā | 2291.6 |
S2 | āUnder the Cloak of Warā | 1875.4 |
S2 | āUnder the Cloak of Warā | 1875.8 |
S2 | āUnder the Cloak of Warā | 1877.5 |
S2 | āSubspace Rhapsodyā | 2398.3 |
S2 | āHegemonyā | 2344.2 |
ā¢ The USS Cayuga is visiting a world outside Federation space, Parnassus Beta, which a colony built on the āsmall town model,ā and it was āmade to look like the old Midwestern United States,ā and certainly not like a backlot in Pickering, Ontario, just outside Toronto. In āSub Rosaā, we were introduced to the Caldos colony, which was modelled to look like a Scottish village.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Like an authentic midwest American town, the Parnassus Beta colony is having trouble making sure everyone is vaccinated.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ The Parnassus system is named for the mountain in Greece, and all the businesses we see are also named for Greek mountains or mountain ranges.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Despite being outside the Federation, the medical clinic still features the Starfleet Medical caduceus.
ā¢ Several the officers on the planet are wearing excursion jackets, and we get close up enough on Batel to see that the patch on her shoulder reads āUSS Enterpriseā.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Based on the length of the word, it also looks like ensign Dougās shoulder patch is also the Enterprise one, we donāt get a clear enough look at it that I saw.
ā¢ Nurse Chapel has tagged along for the ride so she can reach her fellowship with Doctor Korby. Korby was first mentioned in āWhat Are Little Girls Made Ofā as Chapelās fiancĆ©e. His expedition will go missing on the planet Exo III approximately two years after this episode.
ā¢ āIām not busting into song every ten minutes, so thatās a minor victory.ā Pike is referring to the events of the previous episode, āSubspace Rhapsodyā.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Pike is fidgeting with the Opelian marinerās keystone Batel gifted him in āAmong the Lotus Eatersā.
ā¢ A Gorn Destroyer, previously seen in āMemento Moriā breaks through the atmosphere.
ā¢ āIāve seen them up close and personal, and theyāre not hard to understand, Bob. Theyāre monsters.ā In āArenaā Kirk monologued of the Gorn, āLike most humans, I seem to have an instinctive revulsion to reptiles. I must fight to remember that this is an intelligent, highly advanced individual. The Captain of a starship, like myself. Undoubtedly a dangerously clever opponent.ā
ā¢ According to Spockās display, the Cayuga was a Constitution-class Heavy Cruiser, which settles the question as to whether or not it might be a second Sombra-class starship.
ā¢ We previously saw the Gorn Hunter ship class in āMemento Moriā.
ā¢ The Gorn have sent Starfleet an image with a demarcation line separating the Parnasus system. According to Tim Peel, the motion graphics designer for SNW, the intent is that as planets move through the system theyāll end up on the Federation side, tempting Starfleet to engage in rescue or reconnaissance missions, and eventually the planet will cross back into the side claimed by he Gorn, at which point any stragglers will be fair game to use as food, or breeding incubators.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ According to display of the planet, Parnassus Betaās year is 402 days. Whether thatās Earth days, or the 26.5 hour Parnassus Beta days is not explicitly clear.
ā¢ The crew has duct tapped random bits of scrap to a shuttlecraft so theyāre disguised as debris to fool the Gorn Hunter. In āLower Decksā Geordi and Taurik marked a shuttle with phaser burns to fool the Cardassians.
ā¢ āDonāt worry, I did this a hundred times during the war.ā It was established in āThose Old Scientistsā that Ortegas served on the front during the Federation-Klingon War.
ā¢ āI thought you were a test pilot.ā Pikeās first assignment out of the Academy was test pilot, as per āLight and Shadowsā.
ā¢ Laāan relates her memories of surviving on the Gorn breeding planet as a child. Laāanās history with the Gorn was established in the series premiere, āStrange New Worldsā.
ā¢ Laāan questions why the Gorn āyounglingsā arenāt fighting for dominance, which they apparently did in her experiences on the breeding planet, as well as when we saw them in āAll Those Who Wanderā.
ā¢ Itās Scotty! From Star Trek! Montgomery Scott first appeared in the second TOS pilot, āWhere No Man Has Gone Beforeā played by James Doohan. Since then the character has been played by Simon Pegg in the Kelvinverse films, as well as Matthew Wolf briefly offscreen in the alternate future Pike experienced in āA Quality of Mercyā. Here heās played by Martin Qinn, who, unlike all the previous actors, is Scottish.
ā¢ Doctor MāBenga and Ortegas discuss having learned that Nurse Chapel beamed back to the Cayuga right before the Gorn arrived in system. āIām not sure how Iām going to tell her sister,ā Ortegas mentions having once met Chapelās identical sister who is named Kristine, and happens to also be a nurse serving in Starfleet.
ā¢ āIf you had answered like that in my class, I would have given you an A+.ā Number One received a C in Peliaās class at the Academy, as per āLost in Translationā.
ā¢ āPlacing those rockets is a near impossible task. No human can do this.ā Spock was a huge influence on Captain Solok, introduced in āTake Me Out to the Holosuiteā, who published over a dozen papers on the relative merits of humans and Vulcans.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ āā¦I am the only member of the crew who can pull this off.ā Apparently itās not just humans, but also Tellarites, Andorians, Illyrians, Lanthanites, Bolians, Denobulans, and whatever other non-Vulcan crew people are serving aboard the ship whom Spock looks down on.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Spock was right; no human could possible place a rocket on to the ship, wait for it to adhere itself, and move on to the next spot to repeat the process, which is what we see Spock doing on the wreck of the Cayuga.
ā¢ We see an adult Gorn with a rather lengthy tail. Or at least a mechanical tail built into its space suit. In previous episodes where weāve seen adult Gorn ā āArenaā, āThe Time Trapā, āIn a Mirror Darkly, Part IIā, āVeritasā, and āAn Embarrassment of Dooplersā ā none of them have had tails.
Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ We also saw a Gorn skeleton in āContext is for Kingsā and no signs of tail.
ā¢ Batel has been infected by Gorn eggs. She claims it takes āabout a day and a halfā for the eggs to mature. According to the records aboard the USS Peregrine in āAll Those Who Wanderā it took days for the eggs to mature in a human host.
ā¢ Batel invokes Hemmer and his sacrificing his own life for the good of everyone else in āAll Those Who Wanderā.
ā¢ The saucer of the Caygua crashes into the surface of Parnassus Beta, destroying the Gorn interference field tower. Fortunately Chapel was certainly the only one aboard the ship at the time of the attack who survived, and Spock didnāt just send a bunch of others still unconscious or trying to work their way off the ship to their deaths.
ā¢ We see a Gorn transporter effect, and it is green.
ā¢ Pelia is the only person this episode to call lieutenant Scott āScotty.ā
ā¢ Admiral April orders the Enterprise to withdraw from the Parnassus system, despite the fact that Starfleet officers, and human colonists, were just beamed up by the Gorn. In āSaints of Imperfectionā Pike gave a speech: āStarfleet is a promise; I give my life for you, you give your life for me, and no one gets left behind.ā
ā¢ In the final scene of the episode, Scotty and Pelia are working on his jury-rigged Gorn transponders in sick bay when the eggs in Batelās arm hatch, exploding out out and spattering emerald viscera all over Scottyās face. We get an extreme close up on his hundred yard stare, as he whispers hoarsely, āItās green,ā echoing lines spoken in āBy Any Other Nameā, and āRelicsā.
Like an authentic midwest American town, the Parnassus Beta colony is having trouble making sure everyone is vaccinated.
Not sure if Iām missing something but I do not have that last scene at all. I even rewatched the last few minutes and I do not see the gorn hatching. The last I see of Batel is Chapel engaging the stasis field, her arm squirming a bit, and thatās it. The actual last scene for me is Pike on the bridge unable to give orders. Are there multiple versions of the episodes?
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Iām confused as well, just finished watching it and it ends with āorders, captain?ā
Several the officers on the planet are wearing excursion jackets, and we get close up enough on Batel to see that the patch on her shoulder reads āUSS Enterpriseā.
Fake it 'til you make it!
They probably wouldnāt want to wear the Cayuga jackets; those are collectors items, now!
ITāS GREEN
and we get close up enough on Batel to see that the patch on her shoulder reads āUSS Enterpriseā.
I figure Pike got her one from the Enterprise gift shop. Sheās probably got one of Pikeās pajama tops too.
It would be cute if Pike had a Cayuga patch on his arm as well.
ā¢ Like an authentic midwest American town, the Parnassus Beta colony is having trouble making sure everyone is vaccinated.
So authentic!
Pikeās look to camera in the final frames of this episode echoes the same look in the transporter room at the end of the season one finale.
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