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[Sci-Fi Girl]

Airdate July 28, 2017

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When the Blink Drive self activates during a diagnostic, the Raza and its crew are transported through space and time.

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[RJDiogenes]

Well, that was pretty amusing. I think the funniest moment was when Android told them they had to change to appropriate clothes-- their 27th century clothes are so generic they could easily walk around without being noticed.  

But Android really got into the whole fitting-in-with-the-21st-century thing. She even got double points for the car purchase.  Got a bit spoilery on that TV show finale, though.  Everybody will think that she obtains her programs by "other means."  

And now we know where the Blink Drive came from. I wonder if we'll ever see him again, or if this was just a plot device to get a working Blink Drive (even though it sounds like Two still won't use it). I wonder if Ryo will somehow successfully steal the original Blink Drive and repair it.

I wonder if this episode was intended as an homage to Star Trek-- they've done any number of episodes where the characters were trapped in the past and had to find a way back to the present:  "Tomorrow Is Yesterday," "The City On The Edge Of Forever," "Data's Disembodied Head Adventure," etc.

[Cardie]

I always loved Third Rock from the Sun and this was a mini-version, even if the crew (except for Android) were time-traveling humans instead of aliens in human form. It looks like they've solved the Blink Drive as a narrative problem. They have it if the writers write themselves into a corner where it's the only salvation but they aren't going to use it routinely, which would make their standard missions too easy.

[RJDiogenes]

I have mixed feelings about the Blink Drive.  Granted, it can become a Deus Ex Machina, but on the other hand that one little ship needs something special to be a player in an interstellar war.

I didn't make the Third Rock From The Sun connection, but the episode did kind of feel like an 80s movie to me.

[Raina]

Did anyone else catch that the kid's name was Jake Connor? Same first initial and last name as John Connor.

[RJDiogenes]

I did not catch that.  Terminator reference, right?

[Doppleganger]

Really enjoyed this episode and loved how they managed to pull off a 'locked room' paradox pretty well.