E01 Brother
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- The opening montage is beautiful.
- Dude! How big is Sarek's house? That stairway is weird. Looks like at an industrial complex.
- The way young Spock is ducking when Sarek calls him... 🥺 It does not seem that he's too happy, poor boy.
- "Damn, she's a beauty." (She is.)
- Saru's sniffing! LOL
- Tilly!! 😭
- Great scene on the bridge where they work together to find a solution.
- OMG! 🪩 Disco EV suits! 🪩 I hope they filmed some disco dance video in these things. Is something like that on the DVDs? Please! I want the red one for cosplay. Or dance nights. Or both.
- uh-oh… Connolly, you're dead. Listen to Michael! … Told you so.
- Reno!!
- I think people don't have a problem with others intruding their private space because they know that no-one would do anything weird or bad. That's why quarters are unlocked and personal logs are so easily available for anyone to read/ listen to. It's also a handy story device.
- Tilly is the absolute highlight of this episode.
- So many great visuals, like when we fly alongside the Disco towards the Enterprise and see the corridor, or the asteroid field. 😍
E02 New Eden
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- Stamets! 🥺 I love Anthony Rapp's play!
- Pike's hair is far from as great as in SNW. Very far. And I'm not even obsessed about his hair. Like at all. But somehow I like his looks better in SNW. Is it his hair?
- 😱 Tilly! Omg!
- Things are getting into motion.
- Owosekun was part of the landing party because she grew up in a Luddite community. Did she get anything to do though except for opening the locked door? Is using a magnet knowledge only Luddites have? 🤔
- I loved that Pike went back to Jacob. I loved that that's all he wanted, he just wanted confirmation.
- However, I am not happy with Pike's argument. Why does that colony fall under General Order 1? They have been taken away from Earth without their consent and kept in the dark about everything, including the fact that Earth still exists. They should have been informed about the truth. Their ancestors got taken from the 21st century, I imagine they can handle the truth.
E03 Point of Light
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- Ash!! ❤️ (Finally!)
- Amanda, you wonderful, amazing woman.
- I don't like the beard. Nor that costume.
- I do like the split scene though.
- And I don't like L'Rell.
- Don't mess with a mother, Kol-Sha.
- Georgiou! Great entrance.
- 😱😱 Those heads!
- Yeah, I still don't know about L'Rell. Yes, "mother" is a fiercer title than "chancellor". But I still don't like her and that speech did nothing for me.
- "The freaks are more fun." (I think so, too, Philippa.)
- I like May. Can't wait to find out what she really wants.
E04 An Obol for Charon
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- Number One, hello!
- The food synthesizer doesn't say anything to Una? It obviously likes burgers and fries. 🍔🍟
- The bridge crew sharing some time around the table was nice. Linus is cute.
- Reno and Stamets are a fantastic pair! More please!
- When did Saru and Michael become such close friends? What did I miss or forget?
- David Bowie is canon. I don't care for anything else from now on. 👩🎤
- All the bridge crew standing up for Saru 😭
- Saru's quarters are an absolute dream place.
- The science lab has turned into a very surreal place and I love that. Great scenes!
E05 Saints of Imperfection
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- Great visuals of the torpedo heading towards the shuttle.
- That… is not Spock. 😆
- Georgiou is enjoying every second of this. And so do I.
- Mary Wiseman!! 🤩
- Ash! ❤️ Looking quite fetching today.
- I like the visual of the Discovery sinking into an ocean. Great vfx all around. The mycelial network looks super good too. 😍
- Hugh! ❤️😭
- Pike, stop being so rude to Ash!
- The admiral rebuking Leland and Pike 🤣
- Good bye, May. You were cool.
E06 The Sound of Thunder
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- Ash ❤️
- Saru is getting courageous. Challenging the captain like that.
- That tea set Siranna uses is beautiful! 😍
- Love the Ba'ul character design. Looks like a mix of that creepy crawling girl of one of those horror films some years back, and Armus.
- Whoa! Saru, you're freaking me out a bit.
- For the whole episode I was expecting a meeting between Culber and Ash. I'm not looking forward to it, but it has to come.
E07 Light and Shadows
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- A nice way of doing a "previously on…"
- No cursing on duty. 😂
- Ash ❤️ My poor Ash having to deal with the consequences of things he didn't do. 🙁 However, still no confrontation with Culber.
- Michael's approach towards Vulcan looks so great.
- Spock ❤️🥺
- Sarek, you're impossible!
- This probe looks like the things in The Matrix.
- Commander Spock?
- Oh no, Airiam 🥺
- Not sure we needed Leland to be responsible for the death of Michael's parents. Couldn't there be some other thing for him to have done?
- Stamets and Tilly super team
E08 If Memory Serves
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- Previously on Star Trek… That opening is great!
- Ash ❤️
- A black hole - what a way to hide Talos IV.
- No, the beard is not working. (I sound as if I didn't like beards. I do like beards quite a bit, I swear! 😅)
- Ooh, Culber and Ash fighting. I really like the Culber story. I like how Stamets desperately tries to make everything as it was before, and how Culber doesn't even know who he is and needs to arrive in his body and his life again first.
- Saru, you are an absolute gem!
- Spock 😭
- The actors playing young Michael and Spock are wonderful.
- I love how Leland is constantly getting his ass kicked from all directions.
E09 Project Daedalus
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- So, Starfleet had this AI that turned out to be deadly for everyone. Why did they do the same shit again 100 years later as shown in Picard season 3?
- Admiral Cornwell is so great. I'm gonna miss her.
- Good to see a bit more of Nhan.
- Great exchange between Michael and Spock.
- Also between Stamets and Spock.
- "I have many talents." ❤️
- The 🪩 disco 🪩 EV suits are back!
- Burnham, would you please help Nhan first?
- Airiam! 😭
- What an end to the episode. Love the no music only quiet waves over the end credits.
E10 The Red Angel
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- Ash ❤️
- Indeed Tilly, the doors on Starfleet ships are a little funny.
- Oooh! 🤩 That fly in on the Discovery is 👌
- OMG! Spock! You're too funny.
- I love how often this show is commenting on itself. Please never stop doing that.
- Georgiou! You manipulative b. 🤣
- Sonequa Martin-Green is so good! In the scene where Leland tells Michael the truth about her parents' death, she is phenomenal.
- Such a beautiful scene and conversation between Spock and Michael.
- Ash + Michael ❤️
- Holy ish Leland! 😱 That was a bit sudden.
E11 Perpetual Infinity
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- Is Leland Borg now?
- Dr. B. reminds me of old Amy in that one Doctor Who episode. 😢
- "Time is the fire in which we burn." comes to mind.
- Aaaash! 😱
- Yes, Georgiou, show him! 💪
- "What we do now, here in this moment, has the power to determine the future."
- I like that even though the Red Angel is all about Michael, it is not because she's the most important being in the universe. It is simply because her mother has been trying to get back to her.
- Maybe Calypso is one of many potential future outcomes of the current events. One that we will not actually follow to see because the events do turn out differently for Discovery. Which will have Calypso play in an alternate timeline.
E12 Through the Valley of Shadows
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- Ash is looking super hot today. ❤️
- I love that Michael doesn't get mad or irritated when Ash tells her about his son, but supports him.
- I feel like Pike at the monastery feels like the SNW Pike for the first time.
- That banter between Spock and Michael is funny. Love Ethan Peck!
- Following the shuttle out of the shuttle bay into space slightly out of frame looked great.
- Powerful Pike scene where he talks himself into taking the time crystal.
- Ok, I may not hate L'Rell anymore.
E13 Such Sweet Sorrow, Part I
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- Nice to see a docking scene. I really love those, in all the shows and films whenever they show them. They have something mundane and grounding about them.
- No holographic communication is absolutely for the best. 🤣 Ask the DS9 people.
- So, touching a time crystal locks in the future events the person touching it sees. Burnham touches the crystal and sees events. They should happen now. No matter what they try to prevent that. Even fleeing into the future should not prevent that. But, spoiler alert, what she sees will not happen. I don't like things like that. Don't make a big deal out of that fact one episode and then turn it on its head the next. 😒
- I like snarky and funny Georgiou.
- short glimpse of Ash ❤️
- Stamets and Culber 😭
- Is Sarek fighting to keep his composure? 😭
- Ash and Michael 😭😭😭
- Lovely to see some of the bridge crew record their good bye messages.
- I really really am no fan of all those speeches.
- But oh my god the bit between Pike and Spock is great. "There are no words."
- All the bridge crew standing in parade rest for Pike was nice and better than any speech.
- Ooh, I wanna be winked at by Pike too. 😊
E14 Such Sweet Sorrow, Part II
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- Saru's warning about Leland being no human being was really powerful.
- I am so glad they brought Reno into the future. She's gold.
- I want more Dr Pollard!
- All the shuttles escorting and protecting Michael is beautiful. 😭
- Ash to the rescue! ❤️
- Georgiou and Nhan opening the door, Number One and Cornwell working on another door and the torpedo, L'Rell and Siranna leading their fleets, Michael leading the way into the future — so many women being absolutely vital to this mission's success. Not to forget earlier contributions by Reno, Tilly, Po, Dr Pollard and her team, and others. That is amazing!! I am usually not very nitpicky about that; I love men and I love seeing them do their thing. Please, more amazing men in my tv! But this is very very special. 💪
- So now the time crystals only show a possible future? Lame. 😒
- Clip show? Really?
- The fight in the hallway between Leland, Georgiou, and Nhan looked so amazing! Did they have a rotating set?
- Ok, ok, that was a great L'Rell scene on her ship. I wished she was like that from the beginning.
- All those good byes! 😭😭😭
- The vfx of the time travel is a nice callback.
- Love the end credits music.
Season 2 review
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- People complain that there's a lot of crying in Discovery. People cry in that show, yes. Who ever cries in other Trek shows? Not a lot of people. And that is the actual problem.
People cry. All the time. I cry. And you cry probably too. Not showing it on tv is hiding a very normal and healthy reaction of the human body.
I don't think there's a lot of crying on Discovery and certainly not in uncalled for situations. These people go through a lot and why shouldn't they cry? It shows that they are living, caring, feeling beings.
Also, Michael is not the only one crying, though she gets accused the most. Ash is crying a lot too and I am here for it! Let men cry on tv! Let them cry when they hurt. Not just physically but emotionally, like Ash. Or Culber and Stamets.
Plan for my next re-watch: keep a tally on crying. I bet the numbers will be way smaller than people want to make us believe. - Season 2 was a bit convoluted at times. E. g. I could not explain the signals to anyone, or when the Angel is Dr. B. and when it is Michael. Throwing in Control just adds to the complexity. How did Control turn sentient anyway? (No need to explain it to me though, thanks.)
- But I think they came out of the behind the scenes shenanigans quite ok and taking the Disco into the far future was certainly the right decision.
- This show continues to be one where the characters are discovering themselves more and more. They are becoming themselves, they are not yet there. This series is a journey.
- Some people say there isn't any chemistry between Michael and Ash. I think we're watching different shows. I love them together.
- I said it in another post, but I want to repeat it here: re-watching Disco is giving me a new and deeper appreciation for this show. It is so good. Of course not everything is perfect, or working, but what ever is?