S2E4
Among the Lotus Eaters
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Returning to a planet that dredges up tragic memories, Captain Pike and his landing party find themselves forgetting everything, including their own identities as he confronts a ghost from his past.
Our Take
An amnesia premise this familiar needs strong execution to earn its place, and this mostly gets by on cast chemistry. Anson Mount sells the confusion better than the script deserves, and the mystery of the planet’s past unfolds at a decent clip. Some of the memory-loss logic falls apart if you think about it too hard, but it moves fast enough that you mostly won’t. A solid middle-of-the-road hour.