Saru is duuuuumb. Not as in he's a dumb person who does dumb things, I mean the character concept. This episode is also dumb. And it makes the Federation look dumb. Straight from one of the best Star Trek episodes ever to, well, not the worst but it's bad.
So Saru's whole deal is that his species was bred as food, right? Why would you make food animals intelligent? Just to be mean? Also they've got these tentacles that alert them to danger; or perceived danger; or just random shit - there's no consistency there. And this episode is all about them.
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| Those clothes do not seem appropriate for this activity. |
See, his people live on this planet ruled by the
Goa'uld Ba'ul, who show up every now and then to grab a few Kelpiens (what a dumb name) to snack on. The Kelpien priests say this is part of some necessary religious bullshit or whatever so they don't question it. But Saru does. And he steals a thing that fell off a Goa'uld ship and turns it into a transmitter. The federation gets his signal and Georgiou comes and recruits him. But they aren't going to do anything about the enslavement and genocide of the rest of his people.
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| These people are about to be eaten and the Federation doesn't care. |
Because it's the Prime Directive, right? Even though other aliens have already conquered this planet, technically it's a "pre-warp civilisation". It's not that the Federation are scared of the Goa'uld or unwilling to stick their noses into other civilisations' business, it's just the stupid, nonsensical Prime Directive. So Saru has to abandon his people to be exploited, oppressed and murdered, but he gets to join Starfleet. So, good for him, I guess?
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| Soylent Green is people, but at least I get to be a temporary acting Captain. |
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