I've been trying to overlook the frequently clunky writing, the cliches, and the (somehow B-grade) soap opera drama that reads like a 15 year old's idea of how adults interact, in hopes that the series improves enough to explain/justify the not-terrible overall rating. This episode was not the one to inspire me to keep going into the 2nd season. The characterizations were awful and a complete betrayal of the (again, frequently clunky) character development of the season. The conflicts were utterly contrived, and required that we assume that every single person on the ship was too stupid to think for more than 3 seconds about their conclusions and logic. There was literally no reason for any of them to believe a single thing they said, and plenty of evidence that they shouldn't, all of which was ignored in the interest of forcing the "tension" of the episode.
There have been plenty of less-than-stellar episodes the first season. This one, however, was just plain bad. I see no need to mince words. The writers were complete hacks who need to either go back to their roots and work hard to improve themselves or just quit and get a job that plays to their strengths, because writing fiction clearly isn't one of those strengths.
Ugh. That's really the only rating this episode deserves.
There have been plenty of less-than-stellar episodes the first season. This one, however, was just plain bad. I see no need to mince words. The writers were complete hacks who need to either go back to their roots and work hard to improve themselves or just quit and get a job that plays to their strengths, because writing fiction clearly isn't one of those strengths.
Ugh. That's really the only rating this episode deserves.