Episode Report Card Strega: B | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Paths Of Glory
By Strega | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2005.07.29
Brig. Oh, another upside-down shot. Excellent. The Prez waggles her knee in the lens and mutters. I wonder if the director is more of an action-scene guy. Because he was good at those. And that might explain why he keeps trying to jazz up the non-action scenes, thinking they need to be exciting visually when really, they don't. According to the captions, the Prez is muttering, "I have been given the opportunity to perceive the scriptures more clearly. Anything that impedes that, I have to view as contrary to the survival of the human species." Venner moves over to the cell to eavesdrop, and Billy declares that the Prez needs her meds. Venner thinks that the Prez is talking about the scrolls of Pythia, and notes that Pythia predicted the rise of a leader "who would lead all humanity to salvation." Billy prompts Venner to explain, "I'm from Gemenon. We believe in the literal truth of the scriptures." Oh, damn. That's high on my list of most-hated sci-fi tropes: everyone from this place shares certain intellectual attitudes. It's particularly notable on Star Trek, but that's not the only offender. It's just so clumsy. I mean, come on, there's a whole planet where everyone's a religious nutbar? Feh. Anyway, this gives Billy an idea, and he brings up the subject of chamalla.