Star Trek Discovery S4 E5 (spoilers)
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lightofdayeEpisode 5 has the same a/b/c plot issues but overall I found it a much stronger and interesting episode.
The episode has a strong moral centre rescuing prisoners rather than letting them die and the guy remaining behind and Burnham and Book's disagreement were great.
Stamets and Culber's scenes were great it feels like a genuine relationship and it's been a while, I think, that they've had material about them and not their surragate dadding of Adira.
Nice that that one bridge bunny got some characterisation, pity he didn't get to do more on screen.
The B plot, well I think we just me our bad guy for the season of a secondary antagonist at least. I'm assuming he's going to try and grab control of the DMA/power source for his own ends. It does highlight Disco's on going problems. The main characters, do everything, the main ship does everything. The risan guy got nothing from Stamets and there was no reason he couldn't petition starfleet to use a different ship with more power available.
At least Starfleet actually has ships (Uss Janeway -_- ) staking out the anomaly. I thought the revelation it was artificial was something everyone already realised when it changed course but apparently not.
And as a random aside I enjoyed that the base they were evacuated was cool mutli-asteroid type thing and not a moon or planet, a nicely original design.
But why burnham had to look through regs to realise she can grant people asylum is a bit of a headscratcher. Still strongest episode of season 4 so far I think.
The episode has a strong moral centre rescuing prisoners rather than letting them die and the guy remaining behind and Burnham and Book's disagreement were great.
Stamets and Culber's scenes were great it feels like a genuine relationship and it's been a while, I think, that they've had material about them and not their surragate dadding of Adira.
Nice that that one bridge bunny got some characterisation, pity he didn't get to do more on screen.
The B plot, well I think we just me our bad guy for the season of a secondary antagonist at least. I'm assuming he's going to try and grab control of the DMA/power source for his own ends. It does highlight Disco's on going problems. The main characters, do everything, the main ship does everything. The risan guy got nothing from Stamets and there was no reason he couldn't petition starfleet to use a different ship with more power available.
At least Starfleet actually has ships (Uss Janeway -_- ) staking out the anomaly. I thought the revelation it was artificial was something everyone already realised when it changed course but apparently not.
And as a random aside I enjoyed that the base they were evacuated was cool mutli-asteroid type thing and not a moon or planet, a nicely original design.
But why burnham had to look through regs to realise she can grant people asylum is a bit of a headscratcher. Still strongest episode of season 4 so far I think.
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Date: 2021-12-19 04:07 am (UTC)Stamets and Culber's scene was certainly a close second. This is why this show just baffles me to such end. This episode had such tremendous writing, strength and was right on target! Why do some episodes totally miss anywhere close to this mark? /end rant
The USS Janeway got an "awwwww!" from me. :D I also like that we have a possible bad guy and not just some random space anomaly.
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Date: 2021-12-19 12:53 pm (UTC)