Overview
- Paramount+ released the third episode, titled “Vitus Reflux,” on Thursday, January 22, continuing the series’ weekly rollout.
- The story centers on an escalating Academy–War College rivalry, including a laser‑tag‑style team contest that spotlights leadership dynamics among the cadets.
- A high‑stakes botany complication interrupts the one‑upmanship and triggers faculty intervention, reframing how the students confront conflict.
- Chancellor Nahla Ake’s empathetic guidance takes focus as her evolving rapport with Caleb begins to thaw earlier friction.
- Critics are debating the episode’s light treatment of the War College’s ideology, even as observers note franchise‑building touches like Romulan‑Vulcan students working side by side.