Ups & Downs From Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 (Part 3 of 4)

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[DrakeAurum]

The concept of sailing a starship across a cloud sea is just so awesome.

[adambcakebread]

Ellie going full Janeway with the hair! Great job!

[JohnnyWednesday]

The CGI work on Prodigy is absolutely fantastic - the ship models are first class! I really hope there's an award coming their way!

[andylongman]

Prodigy is just wonderful.

I love it takes characters who weren't always the most well written or popular like Wesley and Chakotay and turns them into really compelling, likeable characters. Chakotay in particular is superb in Prodigy.


On the other hand they've taken fan favourites like Janeway and Doctor and kept everything we loved about them just as it was, or made them even better.

Season 2 of Prodigy is some of the best trek we've ever had.

[chasethevioletsun]

Everything I ever wanted from a "new" Star Trek. Attention enough to lore, but never constrained by Canon. Every episode a solid story. Just, so well done.

[sparquisdesade]

Fun fact, Captain Tuvix's number one is multiple Harry Kims from alt timelines that have been Tuvix'd together.

[WilliamHerrold]

Ellie's joy over everything JC warms my heart!

[AG-coiu]

Janeway is a mother. She and Tom had them lizard kids in the emmy winning episode of Voyager.
*Everything in that sentence is true.*

[gazwalton]

your analysis of scenes like the JC peace scene is part of why I watch these episodes. I hadn't thought of it that deeply and it's truly beautiful writing.

[cjt]

Massive up to the writer's room of Prodigy for giving us Chakotay's best arc we've ever seen

[TRLAuthor]

Ellie should do more Trek ups and downs. Maybe Retro Ups and Downs for Voyager episodes.

[Jules-ytwj]

Great job on the Ups and Downs, Ellie! I'm so happy you got this batch of episodes because you commented on every single thing my friend and I were saying when we watched the episodes. We're also big J/C shippers and it was wonderful to see them appropriately represented by you. Your enthusiasm is infectious and heart-warming. Keep doing what you're doing and stay exactly the way you are.

[bryanabbott]

I can see why Elle offered to host these Ups & Downs... JC time! 😁

[quoniam]

You shouldn't doubt of your abilities to present such a show. You got it, continue on this track, Ellie.
The magnificent picture of stars and gas cloud seems to have been inspired by a James Webb picture.
Spzaking of continuity, they took the Mirror Janeway of the game ST online.
Going down with the ship is not so much a Janeway rule as it is a naval/avitation tradition. The one responsible of the souls on board should depart last and if there are still other people on board, that means the captain must go down with the vessel.

[maryellencook]

The lightening eating worms is reminiscent of the spice sand worms of DUNE.
The tribbles looked more like giant artichokes with teeth.

[davidrohde]

The Morn joke is he never stops talking but we never see him speak a single word!

Also he was a cheers joke about Norm.

[pdg]

I love you mentioning the parenting aspect of Janeway and Chakotay in this season. In some way I felt that hologram Janeway had some maternal elements to her in season 1--she starts off as the training hologram, but she grows beyond her programming.

[richtheobald]

OmG, people really NEED to watch this series! If only to watch the U&Ds at least...

[sophiadc]

Ellie, I am SO happy you got to comment on these BEAUTIFUL JC moments! We needed their shipper to make us JC supporters squeak with joy! I mean, Sean would do great, I'm sure. But you were made for the job. The emotional balance between Janeway and Chakotay was perfect! The line "I could never hurt you" made my heart break and release a warm ooze of affection towards them. ❤ I only wish I hadn't seen that episode thumbnail before watching this episode (or Wesley Crusher in the previous one 😅). Kinda spoilery, sweeties!
Speaking of which, I link the Loom to Respers from Doctor Who's Episode "Father's Day". And fish that live in clouds and feed on lightning? That brings to mind a Christmas special episode with Matt Smith, "A Christian Carol". I love these crossovers!
To wrap up, the character growth in this season, the visuals, the music, the scriptwriting, everything is sooo good. I think I wanted to comment on ten other things but it's a lot of episodes in one go, haha. You're great for doing Ups and Downs for this! ❤

[martinsenoner]

I pinchwatched all season 2 in two nights