'Among the Lotus Eaters' delivers an action-adventure mystery that dredges up tragic memories for Captain Pike and gives Ortegas her superhero moment.
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 delivers its fourth episode with an action-adventure story featuring high stakes and a fascinating concept that scrapes the surface of the potential emotional depths within. "Among the Lotus Eaters" sees Captain Pike , La'an , and Doctor M'Benga stranded on a pre-warp planet and struck with the loss of their memories.
In Pike's ready room, Una briefs the captain as well as La'an, M'Benga, and Ortegas on the mission ahead. Five years prior, Pike, Una, and Spock came here to survey an M-class planet, but things went south quickly with three crew members dying resulting in Pike and Spock needing an emergency evacuation.
To reach the settlement undetected, Pike has to land the shuttle 20 kilometers away — and to make matters more complicated, they can't bring phasers or comm badges and risk further contamination of the planet's burgeoning society. Luckily, they have sub-dermal universal translators, but otherwise, they're on their own.
The captain attempts to empathize with Zach over how difficult it must have been for him to be here over the last five years, but it's far worse than he realizes. The source of the ringing in La'an and M'Benga's ears is the radiation from a meteor that struck the planet's surface years ago; it makes it difficult to think and ultimately makes you forget who you are.
Spock and Ortegas' attempt to lessen the radiation backfires drastically as they're both hit with a wave of tinnitus and extreme confusion over everything from who they are to how to read their data pads. Ortegas can recall that they were trying to make things better and that she's angry at Spock, but that's where her memories stop. The rest of the crew is wandering around confused, as Ortegas gets the computer to lead her to her quarters.
A significant portion of the emotional weight of this episode rests on Luke's shoulders as he says that he'll watch after La'an, but he doesn't want Pike and M'Benga to retrieve his memories. He explains that he still carries the weight of his grief, having deduced that he likely lost the people he loves, and he's certain that remembering the specifics won't make the burden any lighter.
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