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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x10 "Hegemony"
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No, that's how they get back to the canon. Sad. I'm as confused as you about the Gorn, though. I'm also wondering about the affable/bloodthirsty crew and trying to make sense of the title, "Hegemony." Here's one way might make sense: The demarcation line was a power play, kind of like NATO moving to Russia's back yard or Russia reclaiming Crimea. Pike crosses it, another power play. Are we looking at a battle for unipolar power? Depicting the crew as both affable and bloodthirsty might be a way of holding up a mirror to ourselves. The Gorn are from hell. Demonizing people makes it easier to kill them. Interestingly, toward the end of the episode, Pike has a sentence about understanding the Gorn. Don't groan. All Star-Trek series have included social commentary. (Remember Pelia's comment, a couple of episodes ago, about holding onto valuable art in case this no-money experiment in socialism were to fail?)