Given the country’s past, they’re now so incredibly averse to anything that could even be vaguely construed as criticism of jewish identity and sovereignty (by the Israeli government) that they will bend over backwards to defend all sorts of nonsense.

That first season of TNG is… rough. Although, that’s kind of an issue with most trek and it can easily put people off. Only TOS, Lower Decks, and Strange New Worlds were birthed with beard full grown

Yeah, we’ve already seen she is willing to take action against Dawn and Dusk, as she’s more loyal to Day. She’s also clearly pissed at Day for using her religion for his benefit and forcing her to kill that religious leader. I think her ultimate allegiance is to the genetic dynasty itself, so Day moving to end it is what forces her to act against him.

I’ll admit. The empire stuff is what is keeping me in the show. Lee Pace is excellent!

True, but from a storytelling perspective, it doesn’t make sense to me to bring him back without explanation just to kill him off the next episode. Its jarring

It’s nice to get that context for Seldon, but the whole ‘life flashing before their eyes, deathbed flashback’ trope took me out of the episode.

Getting whiplash with how many times Seldon is dying and being resurrected ATM. Even if this is a fake out, it’s getting a bit much

Good idea. Any suggestions from your search?

That’s good to hear. I absolutely loved Time but didn’t enjoy Ruin anywhere near as much, so I didn’t read Memory. Might have to get on that