Sorry, not answering your question, but commenting on the dog aliens. I agree that the two stories felt quite disconnected. What was interesting about the dog-l

Sorry, not answering your question, but commenting on the dog aliens. I agree that the two stories felt quite disconnected. What was interesting about the dog-like aliens though was his representation of a telepathic hive-mind. Unfortunately, your general argument about those sections still stands though. I was actually even reminded of Star Wars: Ewok Adventure which arguably is worse than being reminded of GoT.