Discovery 3x02 - "Far From Home"

[lizbee]

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

Comments

[lizbee]

My thoughts, in no particular order:

- where is Grudge?
- what's she doing?
- is she happy?
- A+ knitwear for a post-spacepocalyptic future, well done guys
- Saru and Tilly are in a western, but they don't know it
- I'm not saying this could do with some Baby Yoda, I just think a little Baby Yoda never hurt anyone
- Discovery crew: pulling together, solving problems. Georgiou, a horrible goose: I think I will cause problems on purpose.
- welcome to the main credits, Rachel Ancheril, and welcome to my Georgiou/Nahn shipping
- I have never identified with a Star Trek character so strongly as when Jett was complaining about her bad back

[nonelvis]

HOW DARE YOU, WHAT EVEN ARE THESE PRIORITIES

Anyway, my thoughts during this episode were roughly 1) everything about that opening sequence terrified the shit out of me, 2) TILLY'S HAAAAAAAAAAIR, 3) ... don't make me ship Nhan/Georgiou hate!sex, show, I will do it, see if I don't, 4) genuinely excellent knitwear, 5) were there other characters beside Jett and Georgiou? Probably, but those are the ones I loved most.

in conclusion, there are more Grudge photos out there now, which means I need to make some icons.

[tellitslant]

Okay, I admit I do not watch this show tremendously carefully, but I feel like I missed something regarding Georgiou being referred to as Commander. Did the show ever explain that, given that they were pretending to outsiders that she was still Prime-Universe Captain Georgiou? Or have they just given up on that completely, since all of Disco was in the Mirror Universe, in which case I'm kind of surprised they accord her the honour of a rank at all?

Gosh, I loved watching Saru and Tilly together. Saru has grown so far from his initial fearfulness, and he's so good at noticing and supporting similar anxieties.

[goodbyebird]

* I really don't like seeing bridge crew get hurt, and then there's seemingly nobody on hand to replace them. (Also, is she traumatized or now connected to the ship somehow? Is the ship getting a storyline? I would be EXCITE.)
* speaking of seemingly irreplaceable people who are injured, why was Stamets
in that tiny shaft doing the seemingly basic-ass repair?? I am not amused or impressed, the ship's repair hinges on it, and he's stubbornly dragging himself in there? :/ We would have had equally amusing banter if both injured parties stayed outside and bitched from the sidelines.
* Saru being such a supportive Captain, my heart! Tilly being an excellent first impression *melts into a puddle*
* THE KNITWEAR. Like, we better spy Tilly snuggling in this stuff in her quarters at some point. COMFY.
* When they were talking about how they knew Starfleet would come to help them, I thought "ooooh Michael's been busy :DDD" (There being a time skip was pretty much spoiled by Michael's grown out hair in the promo poster.)
* That death was unneccessarily cruel and drawn out :(
* Giorgeou being here to sass and fuck shit up, but also very focused on finding Michael. Right this instant.
* I hope the ice crawled up that guy's butthole and murdered him most uncomfortably. I really really do. You don't talk to Tilly like that.
* Yay they're reunited! Now everyone can get quality time with Grudge, Grudge for Therapy Cat!! Next time someone needs medical treatment, put cat on top of them. Now they can't get up, this is facts.

Late but I'll Share My Thoughts on this episode

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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.