In "The Augments", we arrive at the conclusion of this trilogy's story arc. The Augments are attempting to release a bio-weapon on a Klingon colony in order to incite a war between the Klingons & humans. The Enterprise must stop them to prevent an all out bloodbath. The Augments, led by Malik, perform a mutiny against their creator Dr. Soong. Soong escapes and assists the Enterprise in stopping the Augments, destroying his creations in the process. Soong ends the episode by heading back into prison for his crimes. He considers alternatives to genetically-enhanced humans.
This story had real potential of being an exciting trilogy. The build up in the first two episodes was done competently enough to really bring some stakes to the finale. But everything comes tumbling down in this one as it ends very flatly.
Besides the predictable ending, this episode has a lot of issues. I do not understand how Malik could have possibly A) survived the Bird-of-Prey explosion B) made it to the Enterprise and C) gotten aboard undetected. I was so thrown off by the whole thing that I asuumed that it was a Soong dream sequence. I thought "he must be having a nightmare about his dead son". But no, we cut away and it turns out all that actually happened. I almost lost my mind.
There are other things about this trilogy that I let slide up to this point that I ignored because I was enjoying the ride but, alas, no longer... The Augments' outfits are terrible. Why would they dress in this Mad Max aesthetic? Also their relationships are very strange. They regard themselves as siblings and yet Malik & Persis have a sexual relationship. I suppose when there are only 20 or so of you this is an unfortunate necessity to your kind's existence but if they are formed artificially in embryonic form, why do they need to be sexualized at all?
I also still have no idea how the Grappler successfully disabled the Klingon ship. That whole sequence was a mystery to me.
And that ending with Star Trek winking to the camera about Soong starting the creation of Data. We get it! I wanted to throw up. That's how hard Star Trek was elbowing us in the stomach with that reference.
I enjoy these multiple episode story arcs but when you build up to something without any solid payoff, it really makes the entire ride feel a bit useless.
This story had real potential of being an exciting trilogy. The build up in the first two episodes was done competently enough to really bring some stakes to the finale. But everything comes tumbling down in this one as it ends very flatly.
Besides the predictable ending, this episode has a lot of issues. I do not understand how Malik could have possibly A) survived the Bird-of-Prey explosion B) made it to the Enterprise and C) gotten aboard undetected. I was so thrown off by the whole thing that I asuumed that it was a Soong dream sequence. I thought "he must be having a nightmare about his dead son". But no, we cut away and it turns out all that actually happened. I almost lost my mind.
There are other things about this trilogy that I let slide up to this point that I ignored because I was enjoying the ride but, alas, no longer... The Augments' outfits are terrible. Why would they dress in this Mad Max aesthetic? Also their relationships are very strange. They regard themselves as siblings and yet Malik & Persis have a sexual relationship. I suppose when there are only 20 or so of you this is an unfortunate necessity to your kind's existence but if they are formed artificially in embryonic form, why do they need to be sexualized at all?
I also still have no idea how the Grappler successfully disabled the Klingon ship. That whole sequence was a mystery to me.
And that ending with Star Trek winking to the camera about Soong starting the creation of Data. We get it! I wanted to throw up. That's how hard Star Trek was elbowing us in the stomach with that reference.
I enjoy these multiple episode story arcs but when you build up to something without any solid payoff, it really makes the entire ride feel a bit useless.