I think there’s another point being made here as well.

I like.

Come to think of it, given the X-Personages have formalized their resurrection capabilities in recent years... How about a Hades-like? Where you wake up in a goopy egg after each failed attempt at Something Interesting And Important. And get hilariously scolded or sighed-at by the Five?

Oh, it was. What they said. In the episode. Mass and energy.

(Although, from my 5 minute self-taught class on mass-energy conversion at the University of Random Wiki Reading and my non-degree in Physics For Soft-Scientists... Does blowing up a reactor add to the sum of mass and energy or just skew the ratio?)

I love throwaway meta like this.

Also, hey, once I recognized a couple of names, I started looking for one in particular and whaddayaknow...

“EEEeeXTeRMi- NeVErMiND. NoTHinG ThE DaALeKS cOuLD dO WoULd bE WoRSE tHaN wHaT THeY dO To THeMSeLvEs.”

I’d say, the President using the words “you’re not ready” and “you don’t understand... yet” (emphasis mine) are pretty strong indicators of non-finality?

Deep cut! And oh yeah, Kreia and Agatha would definitely have a lot to talk about.

(I’m told, paperverse has a “Nicholas Scratch” as Agatha’s son. Dunno if he was ever bunnified. And, of course, “Ol’ Scratch” is a pseudonym for the Devil. But that might just be a red herring for the Mephisto speculationizers?)

Yeah. He’s magically constructed, but he’s not constructed out of magic.

“Quarks, leptons, anti-quarks, anti-leptons... Only the Bosons, masters of all fermionic interactions, can mediate between the elementary particles and, uh... something something, unified field theory?”

Seriously. That title is just J.J. giving the finger to all of his extremely correct critics.

(“Behold the latest addition to my pile of Chekhov-brand firearms! As always, ammunition provided on a case-by-case basis, don’t call us, we’ll call you.”)

(I think the “two” was “times she passed through the barrier”.)

Yes! That was an idea I, too, had. (Kanånickally: Interdimensional parasite accidentally summoned by Wanda’s son. While he was trying to “resurrect” someone by grabbing a duplicate from an alternate reality. It... sort of resonates with what we’ve seen here?)

I mean...

Best human black female ultra-competent Starfleet officer with a disregard for protocol, a Mom for a captain, a best friend / mentee with Big Chair aspirations, a personal link to a renowned first officer and an affinity for the Vulcan approach: Michael Burnham!

Best human black female ultra-competent…

Okay, so, 3 episodes in and... It’s barely more of an adaption than iZombie - which has the title and exactly one other thing in common with its source material - but it’s not terrible?

I mean, it’s decidedly NOTTE DYSKWORLDE!!!!! - or made by someone the slightest bit interested in Discworld beyond the wacky mix of…

Gah.

So, I may be the guy who ever-so-glibly says “I don’t care if Discovery is RealTrek. Is it GOOD?” And I say this sort of thing as someone who is at the very least fluent in Trek, if not a fully assimilated citizen.

“Starfleet fires Raffe for basically no reason (other than that the people in charge of Trek don’t trust the idea of human society improving beyond such petty bullshit)“

Yeah, that’s a good example. Picard’s personal failure is one thing (totally believable and understandable, but as you said, shitty) but shouldn’t…

“The provocation is in telling the audience that the way that they’re doing things is wrong because there’s a better way.

“[Vance] is the best admiral. (admittedly this has not been a tough competition!)“

Now pondering what current Trek could do to emulate that Modus Operandi. (Provoking the audience for more than tv-equiv clickbait, I mean.)

I can’t help but think it would have to involve poking at the Federation’s blind spots. But not, you know, like Disco S1. (“It wasn’t us, it was the Mirror Universe!”) Or like…