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I want the Metrons from "The Arena" to reappear in next season of #StarTrekDiscovery. If Burnham is Kirk's heir, as this finale theorizes, then we need an outside force to test that theorem.
Who better than the Metrons?
I want the Metrons from "The Arena" to reappear in next season of #StarTrekDiscovery. If Burnham is Kirk's heir, as this finale theorizes, then we need an outside force to test that theorem.
Who better than the Metrons?
In the episode "Arena," Kirk has the Gorn dead to rights. His obsidian dagger is pointed at the captain's chest and then he throws the weapon aside. The entire episode has seen Kirk fueled by righteous indignation. Remember, the Gorn destroyed an entire colony on Cestus III.
That's when the Metron appears and the Gorn captain vanishes. The Metron doubles down; he offers to eradicate the ship for Kirk and Kirk demurs, saying the most Star Trek quote ever: "We can talk. Maybe reach an agreement."
Arguably, this is Kirk's best moment in the entire original run. The entire episode saw Kirk, alone, on the run, relying on his wits and his know-how, but here... The man known as quick to action stays his hand. He shows mercy.
Now, DS9 tells us that some kind of agreement was reached. We don't know the details, but Cestus III is a thriving Federation world with no less than six baseball teams, including the Pike City Pioneers. (Presumably named after Trek's first pioneering captain, Pike.)
Then, there's this line...
"Perhaps in several thousand years, your people and mine shall meet to reach an agreement. You are still half savage, but there is hope. We will contact you when we are ready," the Metron says.
"Perhaps in several thousand years, your people and mine shall meet to reach an agreement. You are still half savage, but there is hope. We will contact you when we are ready," the Metron says.
Let's see the Metrons return to critique Burnham. Burnham is also quick to action, but she did not stay her hand: She killed Osyraa, beamed the regulators (charitably) onto the Viridian, then moments later blew that same ship straight to hell.
Remember, Kirk and Burnham are contemporaries. Like Michael, James Kirk served during the Klingon War. Their frame of references are not too dissimilar.
The Metrons, so far removed from our reference as they are, can test Michael in a way Vance can't as he likes her results.
The Metrons, so far removed from our reference as they are, can test Michael in a way Vance can't as he likes her results.
Now, I don't want this to read as a hit piece on Burnham. I like Burnham. I want, I *need* Burnham to be better.
I want her to show compassion, not just to her friends, but her enemies. I want her to reach out to her Kruge and try, one last time, to save him.
I want her to show compassion, not just to her friends, but her enemies. I want her to reach out to her Kruge and try, one last time, to save him.
At the end of season three, there's a quote from Gene Roddenberry. I want that quote to be DISCOVERY's mission statement; its "Space, the Final Frontier..."
It's easy to talk to people who share your same ethos. It's harder to do so with people diametrically opposed to you.
It's easy to talk to people who share your same ethos. It's harder to do so with people diametrically opposed to you.
But that's Star Trek. Trek has a history of taking whatever we consider "the Other" today and incorporating that into our definition of self tomorrow, whether that's in real-life (Russians; Blacks; Non-Binary, etc.) or fictionally (Klingons, Borg, etc.). #IDIC
