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Star Trek: Continues Episode 5 - "Divided We Stand" - Full Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-05-23 18:00:04
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2026-06

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Here is the episode to sync up with me! https://youtu.be/KChYhXhj7vY

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Star Trek: Continues Episode 5 - "Divided We Stand" - Full Reaction

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Greg

I knew this episode was coming as I had looked at the list of title names and plot summaries from YT, and this had my interest due to my History degrees and this episode focusing on the American Civil War. Having watched it now, I can say it lives up to the hopes I had for it. It may not be as an great episode as past ones from this fan show we've watched, but I agree with Bunny it feels very Star Trek with everything. I also agree that some of the themes and messaging hit rather close to home still in 2025 with what is going on in the country and our world, and it's a good reminder that everything in history repeats, and if you don't recall what happened before then you might have to go through the pain of re-learning those lessons again -- and perhaps at a terrible cost. It's interesting that they connected Kirk to a Pennsylvania unit at the start, since he's from Iowa, and Iowa WAS a state during the Civil War. Matter of confusion I guess, since Kirk is a common last name. Makes total sense that McCoy would be with the Rebels given he's from Georgia. The overall plot of the episode WAS a bit confusing and I understand Bunny's confusion. Here's what I think was going on -- some unknown alien race, which consisted of nanites, found and infected a old Earth or Federation probe called Friendship 3 and stopped it from working, so the Enterprise was sent to check it out. When they investigated, the nanites spread over to the ship as well, seeking to gain as much data as possible, to 'feed' of it, and then take over the ship. The crew finally stopped that by 'tricking' the nanites -- they opened up a new data source on some tapes, lured the nanites there, and the ejected the tapes and destroyed them. They repeated the same trick later on with the chief's cybernetic arm. As far as the war itself -- very well done. The recreation of the conditions was spot on, with the flags and uniforms and other small touches. I was wracking my brain trying to figure out where Kirk and McCoy were until Checkov indicated they had shown up right before the start of the Battle of Antietam. One of the most destructive and bloody battles in the war, it was a one day fight but there WAS skirmishing in the days before the main battle, so that part was also accurate. In summary -- in September of 1862, Lee took his army of the Northern Virginia to invade the north, hoping to win a major battle in Union soil, demoralize the war effort for the north and gain European recognition of the Confederacy. McClellan opposed him with the Army of the Potomac, and the resulting bloodbath was considered a stalemate and a victory by both sides. Lincoln was so disgusted with the poor performance of McClellan that he sacked him soon after. But Lee WAS forced to retreat, so it was enough of a 'victory' for Lincoln to publish his Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all of the slaves in the Confederacy. The combo of these things gave Europe pause on recognizing the South. Meanwhile Union advances and victories in the west compelled Lee to try again the following year, resulting in the three day Battle of Gettysburg, considered a turning point of the war and a major Union victory. One historical detail wrong in the episode but I totally understand why they changed it -- Lincoln didn't actually go to visit the battleground and meet with McClellan until October 3rd, a couple weeks after the battle. Still, considering how much of a hero that Lincoln is to Kirk, I rather like that detail. The episode also shows just what a horrible state medicine was in at this time. The men fighting in the Civil War had the bad luck to be waging war in a time when the destructive firepower of the battlefield was FAR beyond what was known about medicine. The death count for the Civil War is about 700,000 bur the VAST majority of those deaths were illness and sicknesses, not from battle, as there was no protection at all for them. Amputations were common and widespread, and there was little that could be given to the patient, as again shown so well in the episode. In fact, the best surgeons could perform 3 amputations A MINUTE, and buckets were kept nearby in which the limbs were just tossed into. One in thirteen veterans were amputees by the time the war was over. I DO wonder what happened to Kirk's leg as the episode didn't make that totally clear. I BELIEVE they were able to get rid of the nanites in time to actually save the leg, but I wish they had thrown in a line of dialogue about that at least. Doctors from both sides did commonly treat the wounded regardless if they were from the North or South (nurses and civilians also, for that matter) so again, great historical detail paid here. All in all, this was a strong episode, perhaps the one that MOST felt like it could have made in the 60's, and it's nice to see historical accuracy in things. I've toured both Antietam and Gettysburg, and it's hard to imagine, looking over those peaceful fields the bravery and courage, the horror and slaughter, that happened those dark days. The bridge that Billy died helping to take was a real thing -- a major point of the battle -- and Kirk's message and wounds of encouragement as to why we might fight really struck true just as well today as it was back then.

William Terry

Great episode with trenchant comments by bunny! Liked both the scenes on the Enterprise and the story of the Civil War. Great seeing Chekov after the lack of the character in TAS. McKenna and Uhura are beautiful, McKenna really looks great in the TOS uniform with the cool hairdo. Uhura sits differently from Nichols, her legs curled under her station on the bridge while Nichols sat in a more dynamic pose, one leg forward. I've been to one major battlefield of the Civil War, they've preserved the siege lines of Vicksburg. Amazing how well they are kept in an authentic period condition. As for the Battle of Antietam, the details like Burnside's Bridge where Billy fell and Matthew Brady photographing the dead and the visit by Lincoln add much realism. It was early in the war when they were trying to fight in parade ground formation until they began to fear that everyone in the attack column would be dead by the time they reached the enemy lines. Great point by Kirk about slavery, I believe Lincoln said something similar at one point. I would like to recommend, in my opinion, the best movie about the Civil War, "Glory", which starts at Antietam, not at the bridge, but at the cornfield, where 4/5 of the casualties happened. Seeing how enough people have made Godzilla Minus One a top contender, I am on the lookout for another movie.

Gary Brown

Glad you are enjoying the episodes. Some great ones ahead! BTW, the filming was done very close by to the studio in Kingsland, Georgia where they recruited a Civil War Reenactment ensemble to serve as the setting.

Gary Brown

Also, the nanytes represent a first encounter with a version of the “Borg” introduced in TNG.

Stephen Marino

I was going to post that then I remembered, spoilers!

Bret Kay

Maybe don't post about future things that are spoilers :)

Gary Brown

She reviewed this episode here so Nothing spoiled. 😊 What I posted was some background to the nanobots.

bunnytails

I am VERY much enjoying the episodes!

Greg

Bunny's seen First Contact so she knows about the Borg. :)

RebRox65

It’s was at this point in the series that I full accepted this show as being good enough to be a fourth season of the original trek. Production and acting were good enough to be a syndicated show on tv network. So glad you’re enjoying the show

StuArtist Studio

In this episode, Dr. McCoy gets to live up to the nickname "Bones," albeit in his and Kirk's shared nanite induced "dream." Back in the day, surgeons were called "sawbones," due to often having to perform amputations. I like the way the camera focused on the saw in the shot when he had to amputate Kirk's leg below the knee. And for the leg to start dying after that showed just how real the experience was in Kirk's mind.

Trilogian

Thank you. Thank you. Bunny. For reintroducing me to STC. Its been forever since ive seen these, and they’re awesome.

Trilogian

Miramani was Kirk’s true love, even more than Edith (who is also incredible). I was a little surprised they didn’t include Ruth ( from Shore zlesbe

Trilogian

Ruth (from Shore Leave) since Jim was absolutely smitten with her. Maybe because the episode was dealing with characters that had passed away?

bunnytails

Ohh right! I remember an explanation of the nickname "Bones" early on in my reactions.

belisar6

I have to thank you, Bunny, for introducing me to Star Trek: Continues. I had planned to skip these, and wait until you moved onto the Star Trek movies, and Next Generation., as I assumed this would be a pale imitation of the original series. I've been pleasantly surprised with these episodes, which I think have stayed truer to the spirt of Star Trek than some of the more recent series (most of which I gave up on after a handful episodes)

bunnytails

I am so glad to hear that, and you're welcome!!

Trilogian

For some reason my comments were for the previous episode The White Iris. Just finished Divided We Stand and liked it plenty! Trying hard to catch up with STC!