It would be a rough journey even without incidents of memory loss and confusion. Which is cool, but can get boring,” she tells her personal log, so it stings when Pike tells her she’s still needed up above, thanks to some unexpected obstacles.įortunately, Pike has more than a little piloting experience, and after they land safely, in full Kalar dress, Pike, M’Benga, and La’an start to make their way through hostile territory to the Kalar castle, sans the usual equipment in order to avoid even more cultural contamination. It’s the perfect job for Ortegas, who is excited to join the landing party for once. It’s a big mess too, one that involves piloting a shuttle down through a rough atmosphere. (They follow the Prime Directive for a reason.) After receiving some advice from Una about not pushing Batel away like he has others in his life, Pike focuses again on Rigel VII. Now, having realized they contaminated a culture, they need to go correct their mistake. An aerial photo reveals a landscape reshaped in the form of a Starfleet delta. In the briefing room, Una refreshes the executive officers’ memory about a visit to a planet called Rigel VII five years back, one that ended in an emergency evacuation when they ran into a pre-warp society called the Kalar, which promptly attacked them, killing three crew members. It’s also about to take a turn for the dramatic. They clearly want to be together but, for many reasons, can’t. They don’t see each other enough, and the fact they do see each other is hurting Batel’s career. If they thought they were keeping it casual, they were lying to themselves. This is not what Pike had planned, and the turn of events makes him question whether their relationship is on the right course. What’s worse, he’s kind of the reason why, thanks to the outcome of Una’s trial a few episodes back. As Pike correctly surmises, Batel’s been passed over for promotion to commodore. Then, after Batel gives Pike the extremely thoughtful (and crucial to the plot) gift of an Opelian Mariner’s Keystone, Batel gets called away for a message that can’t wait and returns obviously on edge. First, they’re both very much in demand and keep getting hailed with questions. Photo: Michael Gibson/Paramount+/Michael Gibson/Paramount+įor a couple with a supposed on-again, off-again relationship of convenience, Pike and Batel spend an awful lot of time together, don’t they? Or at least they try to: As “Among the Lotus Eaters” opens, the two captains have carved out some time for a nice romantic dinner, but one thing after another gets in the way.
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