Kirk says NO to General Order 24! Will breaks down Strange New Worlds "Orders of Magnitude" - Kirk vs Admiral Reeger, M'Benga's sacrifice, and Uhura's battlefield promotion.
Full spoilers ahead for Star Trek Strange New Worlds, Season 4, Episode 8 "Orders of Magnitude . This is Star Trek doing Crimson Tide - a grieving admiral seizes the Enterprise, and only Kirk has lived the cost of the call before. From General Order 24 (last seen in TOS "A Taste of Armageddon" and "Whom Gods Destroy"), to cordrazine from "City on the Edge of Forever," to that Romulan Neutral Zone map tease before "Balance of Terror" - we cover the Easter eggs, George Kirk's Zeta Reticuli secret, and why M'Benga may not be CMO when Kirk takes command.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro / Welcome to the Show
0:41 Starfleet's Crimson Tide
1:52 The Sehlat Callback – Who Is In the Chair?
2:48 Kirk, the Bluff, and the Person in the Chair
3:35 M'Benga, George Kirk, and the Weight of Circumstance
7:22 Uhura Earns Her Stripes
8:04 The Praise Round
8:34 Easter Eggs
10:28 Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up
10:36 Like, Subscribe & Comment
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