There’s a difference between authority figures and the institution they represent. There’s no sense that Lorca is overstepping Starfleet M.O.s that much, generally the attitude seems to be that as long as he wins battles he can be frech with a roomfull of admirals with little consequence (a roomfull of admirals who…

My fear is that they’re setting up this humanist conclusion as an act of resistance by the irascible maverick Burnham, rather than as an institution staying true to its principles. That is a problematic take, in my opinion, especially because in order to make an unbalanced mutineer the moral high point of the show…

We don’t know if it’s a selfless act of sacrifice until we see who takes the heat for it. Saru ordered Burnham to save its life (this is about the only order she obeys since the pilot episode), and until I’m certain the show will not give her the credit for it but no consequences it’s just potentially bad writing.

However that opens up the even greater problem that they evacuated in an ordrerly way but didn’t set the self-destruct or even remove the main engine components to make the ship unusable.

I am so done with this show.
I’m a sucker, so I’ll probably watch to the end of the season out of stupid curiosity, but no real interest.
They decided to ape pay homage to one of Trek’s greatest moments, Spock’s death in STII, and they end up with that half-baked scene? Hell no.
They’re using Saru as a total weathercock…

Zack, interesting point about all three episodes being a single prologue, it does make sense that way.
But it still feels off. Michael is clearly off her rocker -as Sarou (erm, First Officer Sarou) points out, she functions excellently like a Vulcan until she flips out and does something utterly insane. Although that do…

Whoa. Good catch!

Just don’t try to pronounce it!

In the post-Game Of Thrones era, everyone is a redshirt.

Well, if the mark of a good writer is that you can disagree with what they write but still enjoy reading them, Zack’s a damn good writer.

And he’s right about “something new”. This is the first Trek series where the protagonist is a psychopath, definitely a bold and unexpected move. Let’s see what the next few episodes…

They went very baroque with the design, it’s almost like something from the Warhammer 40K space game fleets. Will take some getting used to.

She did seem to hurt that Klingon a fair bit before he managed to overpower her, actually.

PURPLE!

I wonder if the device explodes precisely because it's dug out of its host.

It's possibly my favourite storyline of the season. It's so optimistic- that the enthusiasm of a great discovery will fire up everyone tuned to how important it is, regardless of the angle they come at it from. And I love how the show fully commits to it, no ironic or detcahed look to suggest that it's naive to do so.…

Damn, I wrote a point-by-point response to this and the forum seems to have eaten it up. Let's try a briefer version.
I think the whole hickup lies with certain assumptions that are not borne out by the episodes themselves.
(a) There aren't any Martians on Ganymede. The project is fully under Mao's people, headed by…

Ιt's not a weakness, per se. It's either simply a consequence of utilising the protomolecule or an intentional control mechanism: if the Creature does not absorb radiation, it will die of, well, hunger. So by feeding it -or withholding- you can manipulate/train it.

Good point!

I really like the look of alertness she displays, like when she and Cotyar are counting down to her dash for the access panel. You can see her concentration but she doesn't come across like an ultra-cool efficient machine, just someone who's focusing on how to do what's going to be done.

Even more if you think back to the original series and TNG.
(yes, I'm that old)