User Reviews

I like the storyline. It's interesting. But the dialogue is aweful. Everyone has an emotional issue that needs to be talked our every damn minute of this shows. It's one big message on mental health. It's aweful. Please stop doing this. Get back to the storyline please.

That's what I hear in my head. Bones demanding that Cpt. James T. Kirk DO SOMETHING...anything...to turn things around. This is more about the season than this particular episode. I do enjoy the characters but they're not DOING anything. They're certainly not doing enough. This is DISCOVERY yet they aren't really doing that so much as they're discovering how much baggage they're all carrying around from the past to the future. If they want to "find themselves" or do "team building exercises," then they should go back to the Academy and join one of Tilly's training classes. Otherwise, Michael needs to man up, pull up her big girl panties and LEAD her crew. Mooning over a man is something you do in your quarters, not on the ship's bridge in front of your entire crew!

Adira is an angsty teenager on a ship full of adults, with a synth replica of their love interest. He likes me/He doesn't like me. *eyeroll* We get it. Bring on some other teens/young adults so their story isn't so annoyingly obnoxious to grown folks watching. Adira and Gray need to step up into their new respective roles or step off. It's tiresome. FYI, this is not about they/them, etc so don't come for over it. I don't give two hoots and a tinker's damn about who they love or who they are.

The whole damn ship's crew is in need of some major counseling sessions with Deanna Troi, even Culber needs this. Maybe especially Culber. There's no discipline on this ship because the Captain has none. She's as much of a loose cannon/wild card as Tarka. The bickering between the crew members over the best course of action and why it should be one way vs another exemplifies exactly why Star Fleet demands Duty First among their members. Tighten up this ship and it's crew.

Now get out there and DISCOVER something!

One of the key 'Canon', defining elements of the Star Trek universe is directly challenged here.,

The impassible 'Galactic Barrier'.,

Baring in mind how vast the existing galaxy these characters inhabit, and the subsequent timelines of each series; question arising being how come 'Star Fleet', (whose primary mission was exploratory survey missions), haven't already a whole database just specifically for this 'Barrier', and need to conduct an ad-hoc mission just to penetrate just by excuse of this impending disaster??

It's another double-down episode upon similar theme., sub-plot giving a far more obvious focus upon 'Imprisonment and Escape'.

Unfortunately the more unique sci-fi aspects have again been swamped by giving vent to character / crew doubts.

Fortunately the effects team(s) are the saviours of this episode making the visuals interesting., distracting most from the lack of conclusive progress to the plot. Trimming of some monologues could've improved overall balance.

Musicals are built to get you from one song to the next. It's all about the songs. The actual story is of secondary importance.

Martial arts movies are built to get you from one fight to the next. The actual story is of secondary importance.

Discovery is built to get you from one therapy session to the next. The actual story is of secondary importance.

Porn is built to get you from one sex scene to the next. The actual story is of secondary importance.

For all of you complaining that STD is just one emotive character reveal after another... well, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. Those are the songs/fights/sex scenes, folks. The problem is that this choice disregards Star Trek's entire massive, loyal audience. As such, Discovery feels like it's constantly saying "Take THAT, nerds!"

The lack of interest and attention the writers of this show pay to the attributes of Star Trek that has made it so beloved is so palpably obvious that eventually one has to conclude that this is intentional. That really, beneath all its vapid middle-school-journal dialog, the show is just mean-spirited and smug. "All you boomers with your sterile science talk... well we're going to show you what REAL DRAMA looks like. Oh, and we can do science too, just listen to all our science-y talk. Happy now? You're welcome."

No attention is paid to what has made the show such a success for half a century. Sure, boxes are checked by using some of the souvenirs of series past, but they come across like teenagers rifling through grandmas stuff, and though they never really liked her much, this or that knick-knack is cute. So they can say they are 'honoring' grandma while really just using her. Listen to the utterly incomprehensible science jargon they throw at us. Do they really expect anyone to know what they are talking about? Of course not, it's a cover so they can tell themselves this is REAL SCIENCE FICTION. But the feelings scenes are the songs.

Next time you watch, squint a bit and take away the fancy CGI and prosthetics, and forget about those absurd sets. What's left? It's actually a really cheap piece of trash, all dressed up in Star Trek. It makes me sad how cynical it all is.

Scenes after scene after scene of sharing feelings while whatever story might be going on grinds to a halt. How many minutes of screen time/dollars of budget have been spent on bringing that to our screens, yet the original series could break your heart with one brilliant line - "You couldn't pronounce it".

We're all being swindled, folks. The Star Trek name is just being used to foist very low quality content on us. It's so depressing.

The writers improve but can they please cut out the mushy mumbo jumbo?

Discovery goes where no one has gone before and some captivating space jargon is thrown in like the galaxy's edge being made out of air bubbles which can travel between atmospheres without being burnt up in the process.

But the improved acting and plotlines falls flat on its belly by psychological reassurances between crew members fit for a Kindergarden. Scientists holding hands, really?!

In the meantime I keep wondering what's up with Burnham's vocal cords. Is she the intergalactic whisperer? Please send her to linguistic therapy!

This is the most boring sci-fi series ever.

I love Kirk, Piccard, Janeway and co. But this captain is just embarrassing. Not because she's a woman or because she's a person of color, but because the writers have drained the character of all credibility and sympathy. She acts like a complete idiot and with her a large part of the crew. Why is there only boring drivel but no action?

Have the writers already passed puberty?

This episode had a true class Trek feel. It took us into a new place, showed us character conflicts, and brought about a wonderful story.

As for "senior Trekker" and the others, it's clear from their comments they are not Star Trek fans, are misogynists and bigots, and are spamming the two new shows to bring scores down. The "manbabies" need to just go away and let fans enjoy their shows.

Would someone please take action without having to explain why? Do we always need a backstory to every action that is taken? For the last couple seasons (at least) half of the episode is devoted to explaining how something in their past is making them behave in a certain way.

In DS9 Sisco loses his wife in the first episode, and we don't hear about it every week. I think the Voyager crew talked less about being on the other side of the galaxy less than this crew talks about their feelings. Bring back Philippa Georgiou. At least she didn't care what people thought.

There was a point in late season 2/early season 3 when Discovery occasionally got Star Trek right. I was hopeful. After all, every series starts out mediocre to bad before finding its legs. Unfortunately, Discovery has taken a complete nosedive.

In season 4, it has reached the point where each episode is more unbearable than the last. Personal drama drones on and on and on. Characters constantly announce how they feel instead of showing through action. It's tedious enough that I felt compelled to leave a review.

Also, in all of the series, there has never been a character more annoying than Adira. Not Wesley Crusher. Not even Neelix. I thought we were done with Adira, but nope. They're back this episode and more annoying than ever. This person is supposed to have lifetimes' worth of wisdom inside them, and instead they act like a present-day zoomer with daddy issues. Worst Trill host ever.

I HATED seasons 1 and 2. It wasn't Star Trek.

It befoulded the memory of Star Trek.

I hated the mutinous lead character.

It was terrible science fiction.

It made me ill.

Then season 3 came along, and I noticed that the producers/directors were starting to do 'fan service' to old fans like me. It started getting good. It started feeling like Star Trek. I begane to like it.

Then season 4. It is now pure fan service. Pure feel good. And.. it's about 50% touchy feely relationship building.. it's almost too much.

But I am an old romantic, I don't mind.

I think that people who like ever bigger guns and loathe the notion of humans evolving into adults would hate even season 4.

This particular episode was nearly entirely touchy feely.

But what it did brilliantly, is to give important back story on a difficult pseudo-villian, and made him very human. They did a great job on this episode, if you like touchy feely.

If you don't like touchy feely in your Star Trek, then I don't recommend this incarnation of Star Trek.

One of the best episodes of this atrocious season. It's still awful but a little less so than usual. Everyone is being so nice to each other as our motley crew of emotionally unstable people who bizarrely are the galaxy's only hope travel through the bubble barrier on a diplomatic mission. Obviously, nothing much happened but there's the promise that next week something might just like every other week. Goddess Burnham will, undoubtedly, spring into action and it will be tears and smiles all round with buckets full of whispering but until then we have this.

Into the painfully unwatchable. The knowing looks, the continuous unending shots of characters expressions. Its gone beyond cringe and has crossed into uncomfortable to watch. Another victim of agenda based writing.

... during a time-sensitive mission whereby the fate of galactic civilization hinges. Seriously?

I have nothing to add, beyond padding my review to the minimum 150 characters. Oh hey! This must be what the writers were thinking!

I have nothing to say about this episode, pretty much again nothing happened, they are dragging and dragging this season, everything is so slow and boring ! I finally figured out that Star Trek Discovery it's all about feelings and nothing else anymore ! World in ST:D seems so small, color scheme is so annoying... - I know how season 4 will end well at least 5x things 100% for sure!

1. DMA will be someone again!

2. DMA was caused by someone's feelings (Anger - perhaps!?) 3. Lots of crying and whispering, and talking, and then 5 minutes of most ridiculous action and illogical things!

4. Micheal Bhurnam will save all galaxies again single handily maybe killing a few thousand or million beings in a process!

5. Complete ignorance of STD own internal continuity!

You can skip this episode and be fine, nothing happens its just a bunch of people patting each other on the back and getting ready to hop into the void.

Agree with the top review, this is a show more akin to a daily soap opera for Monday's at 10am(on the gaytv channel).

Enjoyed last season, was so hoping startrek keeps going I love picard and nextgen, but at this point even as a die hard fan im saying stop, for the love of god...stop this...noone wants this.

The WORST show ever produced from the very first Episode 1/ Season 1 until now.

Everything has already been said and the myriad of problems of Star Trek Discovery have been explained in detail thousands of times.

So CANCEL IT and throw it finally in the trash can. NETFLIX already pulled the plug! It's an embarrassment for everybody!