A glowing red signal. A forgotten Earth colony. A captain who jumps on phasers like they’re grenades. In this episode of Our Sci Fi World, Jeff and Steph dive into Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, Episode 2, “New Eden,” and everything it sets in motion.
Discovery’s mission brings them to a distant planet where survivors of World War III live without technology, memory of Earth, or even electricity. While Pike and Burnham navigate the rules of General Order One and a faith-based society, Saru manages command on the bridge, and Tilly nearly blows herself up chasing an asteroid shard with a mysterious energy signature.
Jeff zeroes in on how Discovery uses mystery and misdirection to shape its serialized arc, including what the show gains and risks by withholding Spock. Stamets confesses he saw Hugh inside the mycelial network, and Jeff wonders aloud if this is Trek’s version of Supernatural’s resurrection rules. Steph, meanwhile, focuses on the real-life dynamics underneath the sci-fi, from actor hierarchy to call times and what happens when a "wheels up" time doesn't match the paper trail.
Also in this episode: questions about Vulcan diagnosis protocols, a spirited debate over whether “starship” and “spaceship” are interchangeable, and the birth of what may become a recurring segment—the Glossary Girlies. From faith versus science to union regulations, New Eden sparks the kind of conversation only this show can deliver.
Whether you’re in it for Pike, production, or pre-warp protocol, this one’s for you.
