Episode Analysis | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | 2x08 “Under the Cloak of War” (startrek.website)

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This is the Daystrom Institute Episode Analysis thread for Strange New Worlds 2x08 Under the Cloak of War.

Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the content of the latest episode, this thread is a place to dig a little deeper.

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This episode really made me think of DS9’s “The Siege of AR-558” and the later arc for Nog dealing with the trauma of war. Really solid story and wonderful job filling in these characters so far! As a whole, LDS and SNW are the two best new-Trek out there, IMO.

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