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After the rip-roaring, fabric-of-time-and-space-tearing, explosively exciting, and terminally serious Star Trek: Discovery Season 2 finale, Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 1 was strangely slow and surprisingly humorous. Texturepacker pro 4 4 0.
Yes, it begins with a mysterious somebody living a perfectly Westworld sort of daily routine.
Yes, we also get a space chase with a couple of less-mysterious-but-still-unknown people, butting heads (and bulkheads) over a stolen cargo.
But then the rest of the journey to the credits is a long -- but beautiful -- unfurling of a heck of a lot of exposition.
Time travel's tricky. Ask anyone.
So the fact that the new Red Angel suit isn't able to precisely deliver on the planned journey to Terralysium isn't surprising.
And to bring Burnham and Discovery through to the same point in time? Nah, no one was betting on that either.
It's a super-cool story. It's just that it's in a completely devastating way.
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Way back on Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 3, it is established that Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland was a formative text in Michael Burnham's life.
It taught her, despite growing up in Vulcan surroundings, that the world isn't ruled by logic and that she would need to apply it to the world around her.
Furthermore, it allowed her to believe in impossible things.
So, my conclusion is that the wormhole that brought her to the future is just the newest rabbit hole she fell (flown) through and that, although the literary allusion has pretty much worn out its welcome at this point, she'll just Alice her way through this new Wonderland.
Now, whether Book is her White Rabbit or, switching literary references, her Mr. Tumnus, remains to be seen.
What we do know is that he's smart, slick, and just a little desperate. Talks a good game. Loves his cat -- a lot.
Burnham: You have a very large cat.
Book: Yes, she has a thyroid condition.
Burnham: Does she have a name?
Book: Grudge.
Burnham: Because?
Book: She's heavy and all mine.
Book: Yes, she has a thyroid condition.
Burnham: Does she have a name?
Book: Grudge.
Burnham: Because?
Book: She's heavy and all mine.
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He's also got that cool Dr. Doolittle thing going on.
We know that he's goig to be a series regular because his ship has been added to the opening credits.
(Also added is an army of Dot-7s, which tweaks my interest in how Star Trek: Short Treks Season 2 Episode 5, 'Ephraim and Dot,' is going to tie into this season.)
But, back to Book, he's got a lot of the Han Solo vibe going for him, which probably means a romantic side plot for Burnham, but, honestly, from everything I've seen thus far, she's trading WAY up from her last entanglement.
Plus, he's got a cat.
And a ship.
And we can be pretty confident that he's never been a Klingon, unless they programmed this one with a memory of familial dysfunction.
Burnham: What is it like, feeling everything?
Book: Uncomfortable. My family are killers. Poachers. Every so often one like me shows up in the gene pool. I don't know, something to do with balance, I guess.
Book: Uncomfortable. My family are killers. Poachers. Every so often one like me shows up in the gene pool. I don't know, something to do with balance, I guess.
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He also saves transworms and transports them to sanctuary planets so that they can breed -- and splash around a lot. (Unless that's part of the breeding process? Huh.)
The Orion-Andorian Mercantile system is an interesting twist, especially since they don't seem to work together all that well.
Burnham would be fully entitled to still be in shock after what she'd been through, but I think my favorite moment was her country mouse look of amazement when she saw people using personal transporters.
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(Small plothole nitpick: Why are they waiting to be scanned in if people can just transport wherever? Perhaps they can transport out but not in?)
We left everything that I have ever known or loved behind me for the sake of creation. Right? If you think about it, let's be honest, I saved all the things. And then I shot out of a wormhole and I hit a guy.
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My second favorite scene was Burnham under the influence of the truth gas the security Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum hit her with.
Between her moments of self-realization and her frenetic stream-of-consciousness babbling, it's probably more range than Sonequa Martin-Green's been allowed to have in the role in years.
Burnham: You guys have a real problem if your couriers are stealing stuff and then colliding with thousand-year-old women in space.
Orion: What cargo was he hauling?
Burnham: I don't know. But it was temperature-sensitive and really valuable so it's probably ice cream.
Orion: What cargo was he hauling?
Burnham: I don't know. But it was temperature-sensitive and really valuable so it's probably ice cream.
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And she obviously had a lot of fun with it. I liked how she warned them NEVER to hit Tilly with that gas.
Let's see. We've covered shooting out of the temporal wormhole, meeting Book and Grudge, and getting drugged. There's not much to discuss regarding the escape from the Mercantile (and the many times she punches Book) and getting swallowed then regurgitated by the transworm.
Ah, yes, the Burn and the current state of the Federation.
The Burn was the day the galaxy took a hard left. Dilithium. One day, most of it just went boom.
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I still find it suspiciously coincidental that the moment seen as the beginning of the Federation's fall is called 'The Burn' when our central hero is named 'BURNham'
It'll be interesting to see if why dilithium became unstable is actually investigated or if it'll just be accepted as a thing.
It's more likely that rebuilding the Federation will be central. Perhaps with a fleet of spore drive ships?
The Federation isn't just about ships and warp-drive. It's about a vision and all those that believe in that vision.
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Did anyone else almost forget about Mysterious Routine Man from the opening scene by the time Book docks at the relay station?
His story is touching but borders on some hella crazy fanaticism.
(Also, if the flag's been in his family for generations, why didn't his father or grandfather -- commissioned officers by his testimony -- hang it?)
I watched this office every day as I have for forty years believing, one day, others like me would walk through that door. And my hope was not in vain. Today is that day and that hope is you, Commander Burnham.
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But, all snarkiness aside, I know the takeaway is that he's an example of the hopeful remnants of the Federation. That there is a Federation waiting to be revived.
I mean, Burnham et al. (wherever they are atm) saved the universe already. Surely reinstating a bureaucracy to govern two quadrants without warp-capable ships or long-range communications won't be harder than that?
Sadil: Hope is a powerful thing.
Burnham: Sometimes, it's the only thing
Sadil: Our numbers are few. Our spirit is undiminished.
Burnham: Sometimes, it's the only thing
Sadil: Our numbers are few. Our spirit is undiminished.
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However you feel as you watch Star Trek: Discovery online -- whether disappointed, elated, or maybe a little sleepy -- it's nice to have them back.
With Jonathan Frakes at the helm for much of the season, there's bound to be a lot of legacy love stirred into the execution of a season that quite literally goes where no other Trek has gone before.
Let us know in the comments what your impressions are so far?
What are your craziest predictions?
What are your deepest concerns?
Go ahead, fill me in at a 'warp factor of five, six, seven, eight!'
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After killing a captain and starting a war, Star Trek: Discovery Season 1 Episode 3 takes a six-month leap in time after the events of the Star Trek: Discovery Premiere.
At that time, destiny throws the court-martialed Star Fleet officer Michael Burnham immediately into new and mysterious circumstances.
But first, we get a peek into the life of Prisoner Burnham, crammed into a transport shuttle with three other convicts.
She has reverted to full-fledged Vulcan Burnham, uncommunicative and unresponsive until one convict identified her as 'the Mutineer' and another stated that her cousin died in the Battle at the Binary Stars with eight thousand others.
In flat, matter-of-fact tones, Burnham corrects her, 'Eight thousand one hundred and eighty-six.' It is clear that she knows every statistic and possibly every name, associated with the battle that started the war with the Klingons.
I owe a debt for my crime and it would be best.. I prefer to serve my time without getting involved.
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Her fellow convicts are a great help in pointing out the details that the taciturn Burnham isn't going to comment on despite noticing everything. Until two of them try to kill her, there's almost a sense that they might be her little posse.
It's always exciting when we lay eyes on a new Star Trek starship. The U.S.S. Discovery is gorgeous, shiny new, and overwhelmingly, a war-time vessel. The fact that it looks scientific but carries black-ops Star Fleet only makes it sexier.
They even manage to mood-light the first encounter of Burnham and Captain Gabriel Lorca, having the lights off when she enters his ready room because his eyes had injured recently.
Burnham is determined to spend her life imprisoned and wear her shame. She initially rejects the idea of working for Lorca until he makes it clear that it is not a request.
The premiere was successful in introducing and endearing the crew of the U.S.S. Shenzhou to viewers, so it almost feels like a betrayal to have a whole new crew plopped in our lap so soon after having to abandon the Shenzhou. Part of me just wasn't ready for the new puppy yet.
Not that they're all new. While getting food in the commissary, Burnham spotted Keyla Detmer, who served on the Shenzhou's bridge during its final voyage and even called her name.
That Detmer snubbed her didn't seem to surprise Burnham although she got a little more 'Vulcan' in her posture.
She also beat up two of her tablemates right after that incident. Of course, they were trying to kill her. But her reaction is pretty extreme, could be a bit human catharsis too.
Landry: Vulcan martial arts, huh?
Burnham: Suus Mahna
Landry: Vulcans should stick to logic.
Burnham: Suus Mahna
Landry: Vulcans should stick to logic.
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Burnham's scenes with Saru stood out as the strongest moments in this episode. As the two of them were the most senior officers serving under the command of the late Captain Georgiou aboard the Shenzhou, they had a complicated relationship, being almost always at odds with each other.
Now, with Saru serving as first officer on the Discovery and Burnham with no rank whatsoever, the situation is very much reversed. What's refreshing is that Burnham's disgrace is one that she accepts and which everyone else points out repeatedly.
When she is unable to articulate her apology to Saru, I wondered if there was going to be a moment of weakness on the part of the writers where Saru would suddenly forgive her for her actions that had plunged them into war and cost Captain Georgiou her life.
Instead, Doug Jones worked that incredible magic of his, conveying through that completely alien prosthetic visage a truly honest (dare we say human) response of cautious understanding.
I believe you feel regret but in my mind you are dangerous.
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I'm looking forward to the development of their working relationship as he will always serve as a reminder to her of her life aboard the Shenzhou and with Captain Georgiou.
As for the new puppies, Tilly could prove annoying with her chatty awkwardness. Pairing her with Burnham as roommates smells strongly of the Odd Couple trope. I'm not sure if sitcom shenanigans have a place on this show. That's why we have The Orville.
The fact that they have to work together and that Tilly seems to make huge assumptions about their relationship (and life in general) will need to play out a bit more. At this point, I prefer Landry's snide humor to Tilly's goofiness.
Tilly: This is so neat. They told me because of my special needs that I couldn't have a roommate which is kind of a let down because a roommate is like an automatic, built-in friend but then they told that I was going to have a roommate and so now I guess that's you and .. um, hi, I'm Cadet Sylvia Tilly. I talk when I'm nervous. My instructors advise me to work on that.
Burnham: Why are you nervous?
Tilly: I'm trying to decide if I should tell you that you took my bed.
Burnham: Seriously?
Burnham: Why are you nervous?
Tilly: I'm trying to decide if I should tell you that you took my bed.
Burnham: Seriously?
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Stamets is a puppy of a different color. I love that he's a scientist being held hostage by his love of discovery (see what I did there?). His disagreements with the captain feel like the purest sort of ideological clash.
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Anthony Rapp makes a powerful first impression as the crotchety old man of the crew. That he loses a close friend and colleague almost as soon as we meet him allows him to demonstrate how this character deals with pain.
His description of the science he is driven by was a breathtaking moment, really defining him as a true believer in the work he does.
At the quantum level, there is no difference between biology and physics. No difference at all. And you talk about spores. What are they? They are the progenitors of panspermia. They are the building blocks of energy, across the universe. Physics AND biology? No, physics AS biology.
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I have to confess, I was compelled to look up 'panspermia' just to see how 'scientific' this series is aiming to be. Star Trek's scientific claims have always been pretty general.
This whole biological propulsion theory is way out there, relatively speaking. Knowing that Picard's crew never get to travel by spore fuel, we have to project that something goes wrong with this line of inquiry and experimentation.
And the demise of the Glenn gives us an idea of how very wrong it could go.
Although Saru states that he feels Burnham is a dangerous element to add to the crew, he is also quite honest in his assessment of his own captain, the enigmatic Gabriel Lorca. I'm not sure if he isn't a little hard on Burnham though.
Captain Lorca is a man who does not fear the things that normal people fear. But I do and you are someone to fear, Michael Burnham.
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It is easy to see why ST: Discovery was shaped to tell Burnham's story rather than follow the traditional route of putting the captain at the center of the action. Lorca is a wild card, quite capable of being both ruthless and coercive.
He is single-minded and makes no excuses for his actions. Not only is he willing to push his spore-propulsion team to dangerous experimental attempts but he brings a basically unstoppable alien beast on board.
Detonating the U.S.S. Glenn had to have been to cover up the fact they'd collected the beast first. Is it shades of the Weylan-Yutani company in the Alien movies? Of all the things to take as a souvenir, that thing is going to prove hard to explain at a future inspection.
Universal law is for lackeys. Context is for kings.
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Lorca, as played by the devilish Jason Isaacs, could be every bit as dangerous to Burnham and her crewmates as the Klingons they will have to face (hopefully, soon? This episode was noticeably Klingon-lite.)
Ultimately, it was a solid start to the actual meat of the Star Trek: Discovery story. If we view the premiere as more of a prologue, this is where we start to connect with the crew, fall in love with the ship, and delve into the intricacies of the politics.
Star Trek: Discovery begins showing its ambition during this long arc. This episode laid out an enormous number of questions:
What is Lorca's agenda?
Were the Klingons after the spore device or the beast?
And what happens when that beast cracks its cage?
Will Burnham ever forgive herself?
I have this character flaw. I care too much about what other people think about me. But you don't care. Everybody hates you. No, that came out wrong.
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The biggest info drop was sharing the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland background with Tilly where she reveals that she grew up WITH Spock! Does that mean we could see him in future episodes?
With her accepting Lorca's fortune cookie, she is well and truly down the rabbit hole and I, for one, am glad to be along for the ride.
..the real world doesn't always adhere to logic. Sometimes down is up. Sometimes up is down. Sometimes when you're lost, you're found.
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If you, like me, revel in those gorgeous cinematic shots like when Burnham breaks into the cultivation suite, be sure to watch Star Trek: Discovery online and ooh and aah again.
Who do you feel is going to make life on the U.S.S. Discovery interesting?
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Is there something going on between Landry and Lorca?
Anyone else frustrated that they haven't solved snoring in the 23rd Century?
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