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Hoshi could struggle to translate an impossible language and succeed. Or her usefulness to the episode could be that Edgar Alien Perv has a crush on her. Telling everyone in the ship what's going on is always useful. There are plenty of scenes in LDS where there's a red alert and nobody knows what to do about it. That's why TOS had Uhura
Yeah that was a super rough episode.
We just are taking two different perspectives about being essential. Uhura was like an organ: quietly essential to the regular operation of your body. Whereas Hoshi is like hands or maybe ears or something: very important for achieving your body's goals, but you can compensate for them not working. You're right Uhura is more essential. I just think it's more interesting watching the hands / ears of the ship helping achieve the mission.
And I'm glad SNW Uhura does both
Yes!