Nah, I thought this season was awesome. And I think it’s pretty weird that this site lambasted Discovery for weeks about how ~untrue to Federation ideals its ethos was, and is now critiquing it for staying too true to Federation ideals.

I love Star Trek Discovery thus far, but it’s hard to get new viewers into it when they have to sign up for a new service just to try it out.

What a shame! She’s such a fantastic actor, and her turn as Ziggy was inspired.

If I went to a vegan place and ordered something with “cheese” or “meat,” I would expect that the “cheese” or “meat” was vegan. Vegan cheese does exist, and the customer could very well have expected the chef to have made a vegan cheese pizza.

The only time I’ve had truly disappointing tea, it was by Tea Forte. Super weak, no matter how long I steeped it.

The only time I’ve had truly disappointing tea, it was by Tea Forte. Super weak, no matter how long I steeped it.

Yeah, good question. I really like the idea of Kylo Ren rampaging through the galaxy, using all the First Order’s resources to find Luke Skywalker. And yet somehow, he just cannot find him!

Both Leia and Rey sensed his death, so they at least know that Luke is dead.

I dunno. It’s been a while since I watched the shows you just cited, but my recollection is that in each one there was generally at least one, sometimes several episodes with a B or even A plot all about a single character that laid out where they came from and how they operated. And the Defenders did something…

I think that very need to introduce characters is one of the points of this article. For Invasion and Age of Ultron or Infinity War, the origins, basic personalities, and motivations of most or all of the characters had already been dealt with, so the story could leap directly into the fun.

I didn’t actually transcribe it, just c&ped it from imdb, hah.
We’ve seen many other people raised Vulcan reach command positions (see also: Spock, Tuvok, T’Pol, the Vulcan admiral on this show). I don’t see what’s odd or unlikely about Michael doing the same as the rest of them.

It’s pretty funny that this piece calls the STDiscovery synopsis “inappropriately vague” while a piece on the sistersite io9 calls it a spoiler that gives away a major cliffhanger. https://io9.gizmodo.com/it-sure-looks-like-cbs-just-spoiled-star-trek-discover-1820297838 

I see your point, but just destroying that single ship was not the point of the mission. They wanted to protect Pahvo, and to do that they needed to destroy the sarcophagus ship, but doing that went against Starfleet’s orders. To justify disobeying Starfleet’s orders, and to turn the tide of war, they came up with a…

Choosing Tyler for the Klingon mission made perfect sense from Lorca’s pov. He and Tyler had a perfectly effective prison break together. He and Tyler do training exercises to shoot simulated Klingons together. Tyler knows Klingon systems—we even see this come in handy this episode, with him knowing how to get the…

Yep. Plus, she is fantastic. The actor brings so much to the role (that Vulcan head tilt! that unspoken barely-repressed emotion!) and the character is such a thrilling hero to see on screen.

The series is starting with the characters at their lowest and most uncertain point. I expect that (like we’ve already seen Stamets and Burnham do) we’re going to see the characters and Federation progress toward the place where TOS begins.

“The joy and excitement of Star Trek, for me, involve exploring “strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations,” something sorely lacking on Discovery.”

Right? How many times have we seen a character win respect with Worf or another Klingon by defeating them in battle? The very first episode of this series even says that—the only way the Vulcans got nonaggression with the Klingons was by being martial from the very outset.

I’m never sure exactly what game Lorca is playing, which I love. I think he’s more manipulative and cunning than the people around him recognize, but not flat out evil. I’m never sure what reasons he’s got for doing what he does. Like, did he disobey orders in order to protect Pahvo because he agreed with Saru and…

Starfleet isn’t the US Navy. Hope that helps!

Burnham was orphaned as a child and raised on Vulcan. She was desperate to please her adoptive parents and fit into the ideals of her adopted planet. She strove to be the most accomplished, logical and Vulcan-like that she could be. When she wasn’t accepted into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force, she felt that she had…