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Bit late this week, sorry -- for some reason moving house has really impacted my fannish work. I need to reassess my priorities.

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Overall liked the episode. Not quite as much as the previous episode but still really enjoyed it.

Liked:

Tilly being an excellent example of humanity for 1st contact. Couldn't agree more she's sweet and completely non-threatening.

Loved the scene where we have Stamets in the med-bay and it's empty and quiet and then he wakes up and all the chaos drama and fear come rushing back.

Loved the crash sequence of the crew working through how to best mitigate and survive the crash

Loved the insight that Saru demonstrated into Georgiou's behavior. He's really showing his mettle as captain in dealing with her.

Michael's braids.

Did not like:

The bar fight. Michelle Yeoh in action was great, Saru standing by and watching not so much. Am I the only one who remembers how fast and strong Saru is? He should have helped, I don't understand why he didn't.

The boring away mission clothes. Yes they look incredibly warm and snuggly but why has each away mission outfight just been something plain and black. I thought they were supposed to try and fit in. Does no one wear color planetside anymore? It would be nice to see some variation and world-building with away missions.

The interactions in the bar and Stamets doing the repair were used to build tension and didn't work so well for me. I felt the bar scenes were stretched unnecessarily when they could have just used the creepy parasitic ice engulfing the ship for that, oh well.

Overall I still enjoyed it. I feel like so far this season is way ahead of season two and I'm excited for next week's episode.

Unsure:

So are we going to have a time skip with flashbacks? I'm really curious as to what Michael has been up to over the past year. I hope the fact that a year has passed doesn't mean whatever relationship they are building with Michael and Booker is rushed. Star Trek isn't about romances and I'm fine with that but I like my relationships to grow over time even if it is in the background.

Georgiou, I feel like they haven't done much with her character other than "sexy bad ass in black who says inappropriate and uncomfortable things while looking smug". The character feels cheesy and one dimensional to me. I'm not sure if it's just that she doesn't fit well on Discovery or what but I wish the writers would do something more interesting with her.

Edited Date: 2020-10-26 07:45 am (UTC)