And then a man child had a temper tantrum and destroyed galactic civilization single-handedly. Sure. Okay. Have fun with the rest of the show, but that’s where I turn in for the night.

I felt the same way, at first. Then I realized that we have other things in the Trek canon that asks as much suspension of disbelief:

• “God” lives at the center of the galaxy and is a right bastard. Also happens to resemble Chuck Heston as Moses.
• Psychics and psychic abilities are a thing
• V’ger
• Q and the continuum
• Whatever species Guinan is, and their supernatural temporal sensitivity
• Tachyons and the rest of the fictional subatomic zoo
• Mirror Universe
• Time travel, but mostly to whatever year the show was made, and for the occasional Deus Ex Machina device
• SPACE FUNGUS

Not just aliens. Alien, aliens.

While hardly a first for Star Trek, it’s always a treat when alien-looking, and alien-acting, aliens show up.

The season had a good pace, but in my heart, I wanted more. I really feel like it would have made a fun (if not nerdy) season if we had a few more episodes decoding mysteries and getting to know this new culture and species.

I know I’m reading too much into this, but Badgey’s ascension kind of says something very thought provoking.

I can’t let go of the fact that Badgey had his personality stripped down to little more than pure vengance. Yet when he achieves omniscience, this is immediately put aside by a feeling of being something greater, then ascends to points beyond. Is this a deliberate story point to suggest the possibility of asension being a process outside of morals, inner peace, and logic, or is that an accident? Or did Badgey somehow summon new facets to his psyche out of this experience? Or is the door left open for a malevolent presence to come crashing down on everyone later?

Then again, we already had one gag where ascending was a “wait, it’s that easy?!” moment, so maybe that’s all there is to it.