ā¢ The episode title is a callback to the TNG episode, āWho Watches The Watchersā.
ā¢ Majāel uses a band of cloth to hide her Vulcan ears, a maneuver Spock first performed in āStar Trek: The Voyage Homeā.
ā¢ A chyron informs us the stardate during the present time is 61860.1.
ā¢ Gwyn challenges Ascencia to VaāLuāRah, a āsovereign ritualā for the Vau NāAkat, mentioned in the previous episode. Certainly this isnāt going to be some trial by combat.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Cultures that have ritual combat include:
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Vulcans
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Ligonians
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Klingons
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā¢ Gelrakians
ā¢ āThose Vau NāAkat put a weapon on our ship that threatens the entire Federation.ā Adreek is referring to the living construct, which the Protogies discovered and dealth with during the previous season, by destroying the USS Protostar.
ā¢ āIt would not be the first instance of a causal time loop in Starfleet history.ā Majāel confirms that the events of āPast Tense, Part Iā, āPast Tense, Part IIā and āStar Trek: First Contactā were the results of bootstrap paradoxes.
ā¢ āVulcans do not lie.ā Majāel lies right in Dalās face.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āThe Menagerie, Part Iā, Spock tells Pike, āI have never disobeyed your orders before, Captain,ā which contradicts āThe Red Angelā where he refuses an order to stand down.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āThe Menagerie, Part Iā, Spock made a false entry in the Enterpriseās log.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āThe Menagerie, Part 2ā, it is revealed that Spock has been aware the entire time that the trial was a Talosian projection and thus has been making false statements in service of that deception.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āA Taste of Armageddonā, Spock lies as a distraction, claiming thereās a bug on someoneās shoulder before nerve pinching them.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āErrand of Mercyā, Spock tells Kor heās a merchant.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āAmok Timeā, Spock lies about his excitement seeing that Kirk survived kal-if-fee, claiming it was simply logical relief that Starfleet did not lose a capable captain.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āThe Enterprise Incidentā, the Romluan commander asks if it is merely a myth that Vulcans cannot lie, to which he responds, āIt is no myth.ā
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āThe Enterprise incidentā, Spock claims he was unprepared for Kirkās attack, and used the *āVulcan death gripā instinctually. Clearly the attack had been planned, and there is no such thing as a Vulcan death grip.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āYesteryearā, Spock lies about his identity after travelling to the past and visiting his family.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āMore Tribbles, More Troublesā Spock claims that Vulcans donāt have a sense of humour, which they obviously do.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khanā, Spock lies about how long it will take to repair the Enterprise in case the transmission is being monitored. When Saavik calls him on this, he claims he merely exaggerated.
Ā Ā Ā ā¢ In āSpock Amokā, Spock told Chapel that he had a dream where he had to fight his human side, whereas it was obvious that in his dream Spock was the human half fighting his Vulcan side.
ā¢ The timeline changes with Chakotay and Adreek escape aboard the Protostar instead of launching it under autopilot, causing Gwyn to start disappearing from existence. In āChildren of Timeā the descendants of the crew of the USS Defiant and their colony disappear when the alternate future version of Odo chooses to let 200 years worth of people never be born so he can save Kira from dying.
āI guess you guys werenāt ready for that, but your clone offspring are are going to love it.ā