The Diviner’s hatred is exposed: “Starfleet lit the fire and left us to burn.” Gwyn is skeptical, and after learning the big plan is to use the Protostar as a Trojan horse to spread a computer virus that will “wipe out all of Starfleet from existence,” she fights back… soon joined by Dal double-fisting a pair of phasers. The Diviner loads a holodeck simulation showing Gwyn a “flourishing” Solum “confident in our supremacy.” But hitting fast-forward reveals the Vau’N’Akat homeworld in ruins five decades after first contact and a civil war between isolationists and the Federation-friendly. With her dad’s “Please Gwyndala, you will doom our people” guilt trip, she hesitates, and freezes a growingly exasperated Janeway so she can hear more. Turns out he was sent back in time to prevent that catastrophe. Before Gwyn can drop the shields, a gasping Diviner implores his progeny, revealing their homeworld hasn’t been destroyed… yet. “I only answer to Starfleet!” The Diviner attacks, but upgraded Janeway can also hit back now, using some Miyagi-Do defense to block his attacks, and then a bit of no mercy Cobra Kai to disable the villain’s suit, spilling critical life-sustaining fluid on the deck. Turns out those upgrades Gwyn worked in on Part 1 included protecting Holo Janeway from being rewritten, so the whole Goth Janeway thing was a fake. On the Protostar, Corrupted Janeway was supposed to keep a lid on Gwyn, but the Diviner finds his progeny working a console to disable the shields so Dal and the gang can beam over. As the Protostar heads away, Captain Dal puts the assembly to work, launching the Rev-12 to pursue… and save Gwyn. Me-wow! But Dred had one last trick, giving Diviner beam-up coordinates to scoop the protocore right out of Murf. When all hope seems lost, the “we now have a voice” miners of Tars Lamora show up, and they are tired of these mother ******* robots on this mother ******* ship! The Caitian leads the charge and this kitty has claws, beheading Drednok through sheer force of newly empowered numbers. Jankom is able to fight off the Watchers but he’s not quite a match for Drednok, who shows up in all his evil robot menace. Good thing Rok spent that time-twisting episode learning some impressive technobabble the pair trades places so she can fix the ship (with a little help from the protocore-infused Murf). In the Rev-12 engine room, Rok is holding the door to keep the Watchers out, but Jankom’s percussive maintenance is coming up short on how to repair the damage. Me-ow! But Kitty’s manacle gives Dal an idea for how he can talk to the rest of the miners… he’d just better hurry up because the Protostar is back. Things get even worse when the Watcher robots reactivate and one blows off Zero’s right arm as they try to help the Kitty Caitian. Their Starfleet universal translator is a big help, resulting in a wonderful “I’ve been holding in these thoughts and feelings for so long” moment between a pair of besotted prisoners, but the limited badge range is slowing down the effort. With the Diviner sure to show up anytime to retrieve his precious protodrive, the prodigies scramble to get Tars Lamora in order: Jankom and Rok try to fix the Rev-12’s engine, and Dal and Zero are on miner roundup duty. WARNING: Spoilers below! RECAP “We’re all out of moments” Never forgetting the character journeys, the episode ramps up the action and finally answers some big questions as it introduces some surprising new ones. Waltkeĭirected by Ben Hibon SPOILER-FREE REVIEWĮven better than the excellent part 1, Prodigy wraps up its first 10-episode arc just as well as it began the series. Jayaram, Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, Chad Quandt, and Aaron J. Written by Kevin & Dan Hageman, Julie Benson, Shawna Benson, Lisa Schultz Boyd, Nikhil S. Star Trek: Prodigy Season 1, Episode 10 – Debuted Thursday, February 3, 2022
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