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Comment on Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x01 "Red Directive" and 5x02 "Under the Twin Moons"

Burnham is the one that said “family,” but I’m wondering if she even knows what Soong-type androids are, since they would have appeared after her time. She probably made an assumption that Fred was biological, given how quickly she had to sweep the room and leave.

I’m more curious why they didn’t just hook up Fred’s head and turn him back on. They were able to do that with Data. Maybe they figured Fred wouldn’t be cooperative, or that Stamets just didn’t have the technology or know-how to able to do that and went straight for “download the data”.

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Corgana@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I’m wondering if she even knows what Soong-type androids are, since they would have appeared after her time.

That didn’t even cross my mind while watching. Most of the crew would have no idea who Picard was either which is kinda funny.

I’m more curious why they didn’t just hook up Fred’s head and turn him back on.

Same but holding out hope they still do this at some point!

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- ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  Most of the crew would have no idea who Picard was either which is kinda funny.
  
  Culber had a bit of a moment like that when explaining the Soong mind transfer he was going to perform on Gray last season.
  
  “Soong first used it on a a Starfleet admiral - Picard was his name - but the success rate was so low that eventually people just stopped trying.”
  
  Overall, though, the Discovery crew seems remarkably well-educated about the time they skipped over.
  
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  - Corgana@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Ah nice, I think I missed that line when I watched it the first time.
    
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