Giantrobo

You do realize there is an Engineering Team with Stamets as the Chief right? Adding another Egnineer, especially one as talented as Reno, doesn't seem like a huge stretch or issue. As far as Medical, there have been other Doctors shown and it's a TEAM just like in Engineering with Culber as Chief Medical Officer.

Noonan

I don't mean that the actual ship wouldn't have more than one person in each dept. Usually the show will have one main character from each area. Scotty; Jordi; Simon Pegg from the movie reboots..etc. We have 3 engineering characters who have spoken lines in each episode; two of which are fairly "main characters" to the show. That's what I find strange; not that there would be more than 1 person in engineering on a ship like that. Unless the plan is to lose one (or more) during the time shift forward. That would be one reason to explain it.

Eric F

Well, Stamets said a number of times he wanted to leave and I can see Reno taking over for him. Aren't they of equivalent rank?

eXcentris

Only one ep. left right? Which means I'll be able to watch all of S2 with the Crave tv 30 day free trial I signed up for to watch GOT.

Noonan

Yeah, this Thurs is the finale.

BearFan

I would agree with this, my main problem with season 1 was the Klingons ... not just the way they looked, but how they acted, and frankly they were pretty boring.

Mount as Pike is a huge boost to the show, but I thought Lorca was good in Season 1. The main thing this season has going for it is much better stories.

johnnysd

I get the feeling there is more to "Jett Reno" than meets the eye. Just a feeling.

TGM

I love Jett Reno. Hope she sticks around. Her deadpan delivery is great.

BearFan

Just watched episode 13, probably my least favorite of the year ... maybe part 2 will help it, but it seemed like an overly long, overly sappy windup to the season finale.

VinVega

It's a nice contrast to the overly emotional Michael. For someone raised on Vulcan, she doesn't go by their stoic training. Maybe that's the point though, that she was an outsider and always will be.

Giantrobo

Michael started out more stoic, or as stoic as a human can get in relation to Vulcans, but she eventually broke out of that and came more towards her humanity after realizing some life changing things in relation to Sarek and his family, I think, back in S1. But she still exhibits Vulcan like mannerisms and speech. Old habits never dying and all that...


I find the complaints in this forum interesting, but not surprising, concerning Michael's and the show's overall emotional aspects. I find the emotion, sappiness, and heart in this show a welcomed change in the ST Franchise. I mean, they even made me care about Klingons and fall in love with L'rell and her tragic story. That's a big deal for me because I had long written off Klingons as dumbass cartoonish buffoons in the franchise.

Eric F

Trek (and TNG specifically) has always had tons of romantic stories and sub-plots. I can start listing them if you like....

Giantrobo

Please do... It's a slow day at work so I have time to read your list.

If it will help me understand why there is so much bitching about the same emotional stuff in ST: Discovery I welcome your help...

Josh-da-man

Giantrobo

Agreed. And IIRC Sarek wanted some of Michael's Humanity to rub off on Spock.


I actually love that about them.

Giantrobo

The finale was fuckin amazing. Like watching a feature film. So much good in this.

And those purist Disco haters can shut the fuck up now

Tom Banjo

lisadoris

Well, that was a season finale! It answered a few questions and sets up a wide-open season 3.

Eric F

Ok, this is just off the top of my head:

Deana + Worf

Giantrobo

Yeah I know about all those. Again, my point is the bitching about it in ST: Discovery is the issue. People don't seem to want it in this series when, as you pointed out in your list, it's always been there. People seem to be just picking on shit to have something to bitch about for DISCO.

Eric F

I don't care about the romance in the series. I think they just don't find Sonequa Martin-Green very convincing in the role - she seems to be hamming it up a bit. She tends to "over-emote" if you get my meaning.

TGM

if Control was defeated why did they still need to go into the wormhole?

the finale was entertaining but tiresome. wasn't a fan of Enterprise's convenient new Viper squadron abilities.

I do like that the show is no longer hamstrung by being a prequel.

whotony

johnnysd

Well, that was a great season. Some of the retconning is a bit contrived, but overall it was a pretty great season of Star Trek. They may have not planned it, but I think they will do a Pike series as everything about him, the set, Spock is awesome, and there is serious buzz for it. In some ones even though its only one season Pike might be my second favrorite Captain. They really could not have predicted how perfect all of that will be. I bitched pretty loud about getting another prequel series but it looks like we get both a prequel series AND a sort of third generation series. They have a wide open universe for next season and it will be interesting to see where they go. It really in many ways feels much more like a movie than even some of the ST movies did. I love this show. I have to admit that with Discovery, the Picard show, the Section 31 show and maybe a Pike show I would likely keep CBS All Access all year which is the whole point for them to do it so it would be a mission accomplished. Also, great was fleshing out the crew, and adding Jett was a good move. Who knows maybe the Section 31 series is set in the far future as well.

Eric F