Star Trek: Starfleet Academy Episode 3 Review – Vitus Reflux
- Spoilers follow for Star Trek: Starfleet academy Episode 3, "Vitus Reflux," which is available on Paramount Plus now.
- In our second week of Starfleet Academy (but third episode), we are once again grounded in San Francisco as our young and stunning go-getters find themselves up against...
- Or putting it another way, it's a real Springfield vs.
Spoilers follow for Star Trek: Starfleet academy Episode 3, “Vitus Reflux,” which is available on Paramount Plus now.
In our second week of Starfleet Academy (but third episode), we are once again grounded in San Francisco as our young and stunning go-getters find themselves up against one of the greatest foes imaginable – the jerks from their opposing school.
Or putting it another way, it’s a real Springfield vs. Shelbyville situation, as the Starfleet Academy kids and the War College gang become locked in a game of escalating one-upmanship that can only lead to one thing – some life lessons being learned!
“Vitus Reflux” uses this standard battle-of-the-classes plot – which has a touch of Revenge of the Nerds to it as well – to shine the spotlight on George Hawkins’ Darem Reymi and Bella Shepard’s Genesis Lythe, both of whom piqued my interest last week but didn’t get quite as much to do as Sandro Rosta’s Caleb Mir. And while this episode has plenty of enjoyable moments that also serve to reinforce the different vibe that this show is going for in the Trek pantheon, it’s also an overly long affair that doesn’t quite come together as cleanly as it could have.