"Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach"

Running Time: 52 minutes 49 seconds
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When Captain Pike returns to Majalis, a planet where he once took part in a rescue mission, he meets a woman whom he may have been hitting on a decade earlier. While it may be crazy and unlikely that they are meeting again, Pike has arrived just in time to save her and a young boy from attack. Coincidence? Perhaps. But the situation is far more complicated than it seems and Pike finds himself faced with a troubling reality that he cannot stop when it turns out that the boy is destined to be sacrificed for the good of Majalan society. Meanwhile, the world’s medical technology holds the promise of saving M’Benga’s daughter.

In this episode of Saddle Up! hosts C Bryan Jones and Matthew Rushing discuss “Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach,” the sixth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ inaugural season. We explore the important messages in the story about our own complacency in society, the exploitation of children, and the importance of strong father figures. We also discuss the structural flaws in the story, but focus on how the writers transcend these to deliver important and timely commentary.

Chapters

Intro (0:00:00)
Structural Issues (00:04:00)
False Dichotomies (00:09:29)
Protecting Children (00:12:51)
Religious Parallels (00:20:09)
Justification through Semantics (00:23:19)
Pike’s Future (00:24:45)
Father to Father (00:31:49)
Final Thoughts and Ratings (00:42:30)
Closing (00:48:08)