And of course we know Uhura's gonna turn out just fine.
I am confused by the choice to have the Klingons look like the redesign. This is TOS era so surely they should look like TOS era Klingons, no?
Gene always said that TOS Klingons would have had ridges the whole time if they'd had the budget for more elaborate makeup. Kor, Kang, and Koloth had the redesign. There's no proof that anyone outside of a handful in that Enterprise arc ever lost their ridges-- and would you really put it past the Klingons to lethally enforce a quarantine?
Nothing ever ends, Adrian.
As always, I feel compelled to point out that Turkana IV was never said to have been a member of the Federation - they “severed relations” with the Federation, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they were a member (in fact, I think it strongly suggests that they were not, as that’s a very clunky way to refer to secession).
That's a reasonable objection to raise but I'd counter with the point that it seems unlikely that a human colony could be established except under the auspices of the Federation, or at least United Earth.
Worf was a pretty crummy dad, I wouldn't be shocked to learn that as an adult he and Alexander are not in one another's lives.