I'm still loving this season, but I wonder how many times Admiral Vance will be burned by Saru and the Discovery crew before he just locks them all up.

Djaria - sorry I started a thread on this, I jumped the gun! Didn't mean to usurp your territory. Just call me Michael Burnham.

I still enjoy the show but I have a hard time believing this 900+ year future. Ships have evolved to have "organic hulls", which they were able to retrofit onto Discovery seemingly overnight yet only the 900+ year old Discovery tech could send that signal to save Book's planet? Their future tech wasn't enough to send some small probe into orbit to do the same thing? Super advanced defense system which can withstand a long attack from a ship in orbit but can't launch a probe to relay a signal back to the planet?

Yeah, I wondered about that. It would have made sense if they somehow explained that there was some now-forgotten 22nd Century tech that allowed them to do this.

I just want more future tech. Show me all the cool shit that has been invented!

Another thing I mentioned to my wife during a scene with Michael and Book walking through the ship; if everyone has those personal teleporters, why does anyone walk anywhere, even within a ship?

It's too bad since Frakes directed this one. I want to love it but I didn't. They seem conflicted by having this future actually be the future or some post-apocalyptic anti-world where tech has been lost to time.

No dude. There's no territory with these. I just happened to type this the same time as you. I didn't see yours. Feel free to do one if I you want to talk about it and I'm not around.

Also,

Is that was it was? We rewound that scene three times and couldn't understand what he told Lily, which was the secret he had.

Yeah, that was the huge secret. In a galaxy full of people in the exact same predicament.

Sounds like they built the story around the narrative they wanted to tell rather than the other way around. "We need to make this guy super wanted to justify the lengths they're going through to capture him! What could that be, hmm....he's the only one who knows they're almost out of dilithium! You son of a bitch; write and film it."

Eh. This show has gone back down to second half of first season level of quality.

It’s not terrible but it could easily be so much better.

I find myself wanting more Lower Decks episodes and I was really excited to see the news about The Orville. Discovery continues to be “watch it out of obligation to the franchise” material.

Even a 1000 years from now, people want to get their steps in at work.

this show is too woke for its own good.

Future tech is lame.

I can’t believe there has been so little advancement in 900yrs.