u/AIthough

EDIT: 70 comments and two upvotes GOOD DICUSSION EVERYONE

I wrote this in a comment but thought I’d make a post too. Discovery fans lmk what you think.

Discovery was a good show. It had flaws but so did older treks. It followed the familiar pattern, where season 1-2 were awkward, moments of interest but mostly bad. It was Trek that took the leap out of the episodic arcs and embraced being cohesive. I love when it does that.

One of my favorite Star Trek arcs of all time was Saru and his transformation. That was dope as hell.

The best moments of TNG were when characters evolved and those stories were weaved into later episodes. I’m thinking, Troi and Worf’s relationship, Picard’s Inner-Light experience and the flute, and of course Riker and that beard.

This felt like Discovery’s moment, shining at its brightest. Saru transforming genuinely caught me off guard but in a beautiful way. It was an awesome turn for his character, almost like the show lifting its head out of the dystopic-cloud of modern sci fi.

Its characters had depth and their stories mattered. Watching Tilly become self-assured was really satisfying. I think she was written great and her actress did an amazing job.

I thought Burnham was really good. I think her character really hit its stride season 3 onward. She becomes a mature, assured, flawed but redeemed, officer. I think her origin being Spock’s sister felt kinda forced and I never really latched on to it too much. I like Spock and the actor, but idk it left me wishing the show would just leave all that old trek behind and chart some new territory that’s why I was really excited by the time jump.

Book is hot af. Lol but I thought he was good. Was cool seeing him get introduced to Star Fleet.

The mycelium thing was awesome. Just like the warp bubble, taking some new research or idea and bringing it in to the world. Naming a character Paul Stammets after the actual scientist is dope af.

Overall I enjoyed the post-time-jump story, felt like the show was finally escaping the “you’re here cus of the JJ abrahms movie” trap its early seasons were stuck in. The whole “reminding this quadrant of the values of Star fleet” is topical for today’s politics but with a more subtle hand than older treks. I hope new trek shows are doing this. Hope and utopia are so absent from fiction and we need trek to inject it back into our lives. Going back to Kirk feels too nostalgic and safe. Let’s go forward instead.

It had goofy plot lines that kinda didn’t make sense, but like let’s be real Trek has always been wacky. Profound one moment and goofy the next. I’d say the only unique critiques result from cbs and the shadow of the abrams movies lol how do you spell his name.

I thought it was good overall and was sorry to see it cancelled.

TLDR: IT WAS A GOOD TREK

You know like all rainbow-y and stuff 🩵