The
third episode of the series, introducing the main setting of the
series, the USS
Discovery NCC 1031.
It certainly was an interesting episode. The introduction on the
prison shuttle was quite good, effectively re-introducing Burnham as
someone who has reached rock bottom and resigned to her fate. But
that isn't the entire story. The introduction of the Discovery
with the shuttle in the tractor beams was done rather well, but that
is an aside. Burnham's reactions to the various scenarios that
confront her aboard the ship, are also done well.
The various officers she meets aboard the ship, are also done well
(some more than others), including her roomate, Cadet Sylvia Tilly.
She wasn't as annoying as Neelix, Reg Barclay or Wesley Crusher (all
of whom I didn't find all that annoying, most of the time). Her
anxiety isn't overplayed. It will be interesting to see how she
develops. But Captain Lorca is more interesting, he clearly wants to
get things done, regardless of whether it's right or wrong. He
certainly isn't like any other Starfleet Captain we have seen.
I'm not sure what to make of his menagerie (certainly the fact that
he grabs the 'kitty' from the Glenn...), but I liked the
Tribble. It is certainly leading somewhere, and this is a good start.
Then there is Staments (named after a real mycologist), there isn't
much to say, except that his grief when the news about the Glenn's
accident came in was done rather well. But so far I have been
ignoring the elephant in the room. Or rather the Mycelium in the
room. The Spore Drive. It is certainly an interesting concept.
A link with panspermia. (life throughout the universe linked
together, sounds like another franchise). It probably fails in some
way, given what happened on the Glenn, but the story along the
way will be interesting. The scenes on the Glenn were also
quite well done (including Burnham quoting Carroll). The
re-introduction of Saru as Discovery's Number One was also
good, and the way he describes Burnham is quite apt. 9/10.
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