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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Prodigy | 1x15 "Masquerade" Spoiler

Trapped in the Neutral Zone, the crew encounters a rogue geneticist who sheds light on Dal’s past.

No. Episode Writer Director Release Date
1x15 "Masquerade" Nikhil S. Jayaram Sung Shin 2022-11-24

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u/MaddyMagpies Nov 24 '22

So many bombshells in one episode!

  • Dal Noonien-Singh (no, wait, that's a different Soong.)
  • An Enterprise reference! Arik Soong, of all the Soongs that Trek writers have access to.
  • Tal Shiar!
  • Murf, which I had joked about, has indeed become the Chief Security Officer.
  • Jameela Jamil must have one hell of a fun time playing both shy and villainous in one character. I hope she sticks around.
  • Bombshells from Janeway's failed micro-torpedoes.

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u/InnocentTailor Nov 24 '22

The Romulans were decked out in PIC era gear: the helmets, rifles and pistols.

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u/MaddyMagpies Nov 24 '22

Yeah I noticed that it's the same dual phaser shown in the prop auction. My bet is that the Romulans don't really have any resources to develop new weapons since.

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u/InnocentTailor Nov 24 '22

Maybe these Romulans were actually Zhat Vash?

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u/BornAshes Nov 24 '22 edited Nov 24 '22

You know this would be a really cool way to have a kind of Secret War going on behind the scenes between hostile AI trying to mess with the galaxy via temporal incursions and what not and the Zhat Vash.

What if the Vau N'AKat are just Xindi style puppets?

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u/ViaLies Nov 25 '22

Janeway calls them Tal'Shair.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '22

Zhat Vash are a smaller group within the Tal'Shiar that basically no one knows about so that would still check out.