I have to say I wasn't a fan of today's Strange New World's episode.
The premise was fine. The acting was good. The dialogue writing was acceptable. But the plot resolution just stank, "the bad guy stops being bad and starts helping out instead, the debilitating condition stops being debilitating in the one character for whom it matters most, and all the terrible things miraculously simultaneously work out just in time for the credits to roll".
It didn't feel like a triumph, it felt like stupidly well coordinated dumb luck.
I suppose they had the ship become disabled to explain why it didn't help out, but the episode would have been better if that part was just cut out. The ship didn't help out because they couldn't see what was happening or something.
Or if you really want the ship to be disabled, the people on the planet find out what is happening, and come save it. Discovering the cause of the symptoms and the locals understanding of how to mitigate them saves the day. Perseverance, diplomacy, "science", not luck.
It wouldn't fix the bad guys sudden change of attitude, but it would be a step in the right direction.
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