![]() ![]() In a totally unbelievable scene, she cons/bullies the cops into releasing Kirk and La'an by recording them on her cell phone and threatening to expose their. the USS Iowa.) As Kirk and La'an are about to be arrested, they're rescued by Sera (Adelaide Kane), who is a "social media journalist" or somesuch, who was also at the site of the bridge bombing. This is boring and obligatory, and how does Kirk even know how to drive since he has never been on Earth? (He's from Iowa. In trying to follow the evidence, we end up with Kirk stealing a car and getting into a car chase with the cops. La'an believes the explosion was caused by advanced non-human technology (based on charring on the bridge remains). A newly completed major bridge over Lake Ontario is bombed, and La'an and Kirk attempt to investigate the cause. This happens while the plot finally begins to unfold. On the other hand, Christina Chong's performance throughout is very good, revealing La'an's painful torment, and slowly breaking down the walls to reveal her vulnerabilities. He is more Pine than Shatner, which is very much getting us into the copy of a copy discussion. He's fine as a generic character, but he does nothing here to convince me that he will ever work as Kirk. ![]() Paul Wesley still seems like he never should've been cast as Kirk, though I sure as hell don't know who should've. This would perhaps work better if there were some sort of chemistry between La'an and Kirk, but it's conceptual at best, and seems mostly to stem from La'an's comfort from the fact Kirk doesn't know who she is as a descendant of Khan - since Khan was not a significant figure in Earth's history in his timeline. The two spend the night in separate rooms, and La'an ventures into Kirk's room while he's sleeping, before retreating, as if she had hoped to do or say more. These scenes lack wit and just kind of burn screen time. The entire first act grinds to a halt as we spin our wheels while Kirk and La'an secure clothing (by stealing it from a store) and money (which Kirk acquires by street gambling at chess, which seems unlikely to achieve such yields), and buy hot dogs from a street vendor. Neither of them knows what they're supposed to do once here (except to heed the vague instruction to prevent an unspecified attack, of which they don't know the time or location). (Earth is fighting a costly war with the Romulans and the Vulcans are not allies.) When La'an pushes a button on the mysterious device, she and Kirk are instantly transported to 21st-century Toronto. Kirk is captain of the Enterprise, but there is no Federation. He has no idea who La'an is, and there's no record of her existence at all.Īfter examining the available facts, La'an concludes she has moved into an alternate timeline. La'an arrives on the bridge, where the captain is James T. He gives her a device and tells her to "Get to the bridge" before dying of a gunshot wound and then vanishing in a ripple of light. But today, a mysterious dying man appears in a flash of light in the corridor and tells her there was an attack in the past that must be stopped. She has an inner-torment from being a descendant of scourge-of-the-Earth Khan Noonien Singh - a torment that she hasn't resolved. ![]() ![]() As security chief, she intervenes in daily headaches that don't make her especially popular, leaving her feeling isolated and angry. And for an episode that should have an open, world-building feel, it comes across as weirdly small and claustrophobic, and with a complete lack of urgency. This story benefits from a few good ideas, but it suffers from a slew of very tired ones and off-the-shelf parts. There are good things lurking within "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow," but they're buried within an episode that's completely off-kilter in its sluggish execution of an overused Star Trek staple. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" ![]()
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