This was quite interesting, especially confirming how moored the writer's room is in the lore of Trek, going way back. But also the really wild swings they're willing to go for:

"You know, let's just add in a 17 year extra growth that will deeply affect two central characters' personality profoundly from one episode to the next". And even that isn't such a radical departure from, say, "The inner light".

Somehow though, this fact sticks out to me, that Gaia Violo is "the first solo credited creator of a [live action] Star Trek series since Gene Roddenberry"... 🤯 And TBH she is a complete blank sheet to me as a viewer.

Anybody familiar with Violo's previous work? I've been on IMDb for facts and reviews, now I'm curious about the trekkie feedback.

But, the way we designed the transformation of Sam, we called it sort of colloquially in the writers room, “Sam 1.0” and “Sam 2.0.” Sam 1.0 was just a couple months old and was a baby in so many different ways. And the contrast that you start to see in episodes 9 and episode 10, but in a big way in season 2, is that Sam 2.0, while she does carry the memories of Sam 1.0, she really is a totally different person. She feels things that Sam 1.0 never felt.

I'm very curious to see how this plays out.

Why it didn’t really register that SAM will now be the Doctor’s daughter — formed by an environment where he shared his preferences and 800 years of experiences — I can’t say.

That’s on me. But surely, this will be a wild ride for all.