E01 Red Directive
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- Have we ever seen a warp bubble from the outside? That's looking cool!
- I want that cocktail! 🍸
- T'Rina is funny, and confusing Saru with her logic and Vulcan kind of encouragement.
- First thing that popped into my mind upon seeing the infinity room: The Matrix!
- Red Directive who dis?
- Poor DISCO crew has to stop partying for some mysterious mission.
- I love a good bridge gets ready for departure scene.
- Daft Punk on a mission. 😇
- Ooooh, transparent guy? What's up with him? Is that a hint?
- Interesting dynamics between Moll and L'ak. She seems to be the driving force, and he seems to have reservations.
- Kovich doesn't care if people get killed… 😳 What is on that ship???
- A dead Romulan in his cool maxi shoulder pad uniform! I always loved that look.
- Michael having fun in a space suit. 😃
- Enter Captain Rayner. Whooo!
- I love Gallo's hair. I need to call my hairdresser.
- Greatest entering the bridge ever! Michael Burnham, badass!!
- Michael always has an idea, even if it hurts.
- Book!!! But Michael's look is not good. Book is looking more excited.
- Ensign Tribble is back! I find it funny seeing it fall off the wall.
- I LOVE Michael and Book talking Courier!
- Michael seems very insecure about her relationship with Book at this moment. And Book follows her lead instead of being clear about his feelings. I think he's much more secure in where he stands (wanting to be with her), but he loves her too much to do anything she doesn't want. 🫠💔
- Kovich is "not at liberty to share details"… Who is he and who is his superior?
- Fred?
- That exchange between Tilly and the very handsome guy was just cute. Cute! I love everything about his behaviour. 😍 I hope we will see him again in Academy.
- Ah! There's the problem…
- "I love the feeling of interrupting something." That grumpy look. I love Rayner already. 🤣 Poor guy totally being the third wheel here.
- How long did it take for Book to arrive on Discovery, sorting everything out, and them getting to Q'mau. Must have been really quick if Moll and L'ak only just arrived there too.
- Fred!!
- Self sealing stembolts! ❤️
- Out of sync Book and Michael is sad to see.
- Vance is the best! 😍
- Oooh, Dr. Vellek's journal must not fall into the wrong hands… treasure hunt!
- Love the split screen between Rayner, Michael, and Book. 😆
- Book is scared for Michael. 😭
- Whoooo! Discovery and Antares blocking the rubble is an amazing move.
- Book totally following Michael's lead. 😭 He doesn't want to break up, but she's running away. 😭
- T'Rina proposing to Saru!! 😭
- Michael's not loosing a second. She's so into that mission she can't be bothered to stop to get cleaned up.
- That is… that is… that is… 😲 OMG! It is!!!
- Let's fly!
E02 Under The Twin Moons
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- Michael not wanting to harm Rayner is showing who she is. ❤️
- I'm so glad Tilly is back on the Discovery too! Her funny remarks are so great to have around.
- Hugh! ❤️ He's so good for Book.
- And Saru is good for Michael.
- I love the stone hand and head in the woods. Right out of a treasure hunt adventure film.
- Action Saru!! Damn!!
- Book has found his purpose when he found out who Moll is.
- I love Saru's quarters. 🌿🌺
- Love Rayner zipping his jacket shut and the hint of the Trek fanfare when he said yes.
E03 Jinaal
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- I love how futuristic Stafleet HQ and the ships look.
- Burnham telling Rayner do do one-on-ones with the crew is she telling him what's important to her and he better go along. This is going to be good. 😆
- Reno!!! Finally!
- Guardian Xi, helloooo. 😃
- Ooh, a riddle. But a lame one.
- A zhian'tara. Exciting.
- T'Rina is so great.
- Ah, here we go. 😁 Tilly enters "to facilitate introductions" between Rayner and the crew. Let the fun begin.
- Tilly is brave talking to Rayner like that. She's badass like that. Yes, badass is an adjective now.
- "Wow. This guy really works out." 😆 Wilson Cruz as Jinaal is killing it. Twice. He's so amazing!
- Duvin sowing seeds of doubt in Saru.
- Cool to have Discovery mention the Dominion war and thus connecting back to the 24th century more and more.
- Tilly's look at Rhys after his meeting with Rayner! 🤣
- Dr Pollard! So good to see her. Linus being Linus. 😍 Reno being Reno. 😆 And what did Gallo say before that remark on drag racing?
- Gray and Adria breaking up is awkward and cute at the same time.
- Oh wow, it got pretty dark in that quarry pretty quickly. 🤨 And where is Jinaal hiding allmof a sudden?
- Tilly! Doing what she does best: Talk. She's amazing.
- T'Rina rocks. Saru doesn't know what hit him. 😆
- Slug-o-Cola!
- Tilly's great with Rayner, and Rayner's cool too. He listens. And seems to think about what she says too.
- Culber starting to struggle again. Didn't we have that before, in season 2?
- LOVE Michael doing the Vulcan meditation!
- Uh oh… Moll has breached Trill's apparently not so great security and planted a bug on Adira.
E04 Face the Strange
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- Moll and L'ak having this romantic moment while a guy is dying painfully next to them because they poisened him is pretty macabre. Not liking it.
- Why is this spider so loud? Absolute design flaw.
- I am increasingly disliking these personal transporters. They are annoying me. It's silly having them tap them twice to plop to wherever. Just let them walk, please!
- First three points on that list all negative. But don't worry, this is a good episode. Just read on. 😉
- Time Jump — Red Angel wormhole
- Time Jump — Shipyards
- Time Jump — Battle with Control
- The Krenim! Temporal Cold War!
- Rayner is so confused about Disco's past. LOL
- Time Jump — Ossyra's attack
- Daft Punk army 😆
- Time Jump — Zora is all alone
- "Or is this another dream?"" 😢
- Burnham and Rayner connecting over a dusty captain's chair.
- Time Jump — somewhere before the new uniforms (S2? S3?)
- Reno and Stamets are a great pair.
- Time Jump — somewhere between S3 and S4 I assume
- Now this episode is starting to feel like "Magic to Make the Sanest Man go Mad", which I'm down for.
- Whooo, yes, Book taking his shirt off is distracting me too, Michael.
- Time Jump — S1
- Poor confused Linus. But what a fantastic reaction! 🤣
- We had Voq fight Voq. Now we have Michael fight Michael. Did we need that? No. Do I still kinda like it? Yes. And Sonequa Martin-Green is brilliant as angry Burnham.
- Stamets being "very grumpy, just absolutely irate." 🤣
- Aw, Rayner! ❤️
- Airiam! 😭 And Bryce!
- Of course Airiam would give her life to save the crew. She's a Starfleet officer. They all would. And in this moment they should have all known that. Still, this is a beautiful moment.
- Was past Michael really that angry?
- Time Jump — and we're back home.
E05 Mirrors
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- I like how we enter the bridge at shift change. That way it's implied Owosekun and Detmer are simply in another shift.
- They are at the literal butt of space. (Sorry. 😇)
- Book and Michael are so good together. ❤️
- Wheeeee! The ISS Enterprise!
- "You're not in this alone." ❤️
- With Book and Burnham on the Enterprise… does that count as a cross over? Lika a cross over on more than one plane even.
- More Book and Michael being great together ❤️
- Action Saru in every universe.
- He's Breen! 💚
- Flashback time
- Moll is very on the edge. I struggle to like her.
- Ah, splitting them up now to get the conversations.
- Oh no, L'ak! 😢
- I am intrigued by Kellerun cuisine. Infact, I did make lemon pudding (boiled cake x citrus) for the last episode back in June. Yum!
- "It was nice. And we were happy." 😭
- Hit it! 😆
- Linus is full of surprises.
- I like what Tilly says about the closeness of the intellectual and the spiritual. I often think this is forgotten, or not seen, or simply rejected.
E06 Whistle Speak
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- Great light show! Perfect for disco ship DISCO. 😄
- I love the feel of paper too, Mr Kovich
- Though I wished they would say things like "This is a genuine 21st century [American] legal pad." Because this is not a global thing.
- P+! Why are there no subitles to Paul speaking Spanish with his abuela???
- No, Hugh, this AI therapy thing is creepy! We had such problems with the holodeck 800 years ago. When do these people ever learn? 😔
- Great seeing Burnham show her xenoanthropological skills here.
- I love Hugh for walking to the lab to speak with Paul, and not transporting.
- Now that are some powerful singing bowls.
- Those woods give me Robin Hood vibes.
- "Go chase your moss. I'm the queen of endurance." Go, Tilly!
- Definitely styrofoam rock. No scans needed. 😜
- Sacrifice!? 😱😱😱
- Oh yes, the good old pull out a thing and turn it by 90 degrees technology. Always works. 😆
- "Beliefs can evolve. Denying that can cause almost as much chaos as the worst storm."
- I love Book playing video games.
- Hugh and Book ❤️❤️
- I wished there was more actual whistle speak in the episode of the same name.
E07 Erigah
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- Ok, wow, the Disco is massive already. But compared to the Locherer she's tiny! 😮
- Nhan!!
- Having Moll in sickbay is a security risk. Don't say I haven't warned ya.
- I'm a bit confused here. Where is Fed HQ? They did speed to Earth last season. Where did they go from there? And why? And why this nebula?
- Go T'Rina!
- Rayner, watch your mouth. This will not be tolerated... and he got sent outside.
- Tilly thinking about her cadets. They will manage, Tilly, they will manage.
- Hugh rocking that cool vest. 🔥
- Betazoid Dr Marina! ❤️
- Of course it's Reno! This woman is full of amazing surprises.
- Seven of Limes. LOVE that. Want to try it. Give me all your recipes!
- I would really love a bunch of Trek characters without a traumatic past.
- T'Rina slaying it.
- I told you so, Starfleet Security. Another thing they'll never learn.
- Nooooo, L'ak! 😭 This is not how your story should end.
- Moll is super determined. She will stop at nothing. Not even at L'ak's death.
- The Badlands! Let's gooooo!
E08 Labyrinths
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- Moll is fearless and she's good.
- Love Hy'Rell immediately.
- Love the robe, and that necklace. Why can't I buy it yet?
- 🤩 The Discovery approaching the Archive is so very beautiful. Love the angle and the blue.
- A Kweijan artifact. 😢
- I love that library. What they did to expand it into what we see here is amazing. Beautiful!
- Hy'Rell is hilarious!
- How does Michael immidately go and press the card? Would you have pressed the card? I wouldn't. At least not within 2 seconds of laying my eyes on it.
- As I said, Hy'Rell is hilarious.
- Oh Book! 😭 That is so beautiful. To have exhibits put at a place of honour to not forget lost cultures is amazing. And to allow Book to take the piece with him too. ❤️
- What happened?
- I love how mindscape Book is moving in his robe. 🔥
- "May you gain knowledge elsewhere." 😆
- Ok, I'm sorry, I have to say it, because it's a pet peeve of mine: Lanyrinths aren't mazes, and mazes aren't labyrinths. They are two very different things. The thing Michael finds herself in, is a maze. Not a labyrinth. *breaths* Ok, miving on…
- I wanna pick Michael's little outburst about having to prove her worth constantly as my Captain's Speech moment for our current challenge. There's so much in there!
- Adira and Paul have their own Warp Particles Moment! 😃 Even two. 😆
- Hysperians get mentioned, yay!
- Her first word was "Book!" 🤭
- 😱 The books!
- I love the debris that jumped with the Discovery. Such details are wonderful.
- Moll, you are one hell of a woman.
E09 Lagrange Point
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- Does T'Rina have a new assistant? Did she ditch Duvin?
- Saru is back! Rillack is back!
- Awww, space dads have to let their space kid fly.
- Undercover mission, here we go. This is goong to be fun!
- Action Saru once more.
- Indeed, now is not the ideal time. But, this is what we were all waiting for. ❤️
- Ooh, oil bath. 😏
- Rayner and Tilly are great together.
- "Maths doesn't lie."
- Rayner sitting in the chair, whoohoo!
- I don't have much to say about this episode somehow. It's one of my favourites though.
E10 Life, Itself
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- That bin is bigger on the inside. (Sorry, I had to.)
- And it reminds me a bit of the library and portal of the TOS episode "All Our Yesterdays".
- It looks really cool.
- The strong wind that doesn't move hair.
- One last opening title sequence.
- Really enjoy that bridge scene. Everyone get's their part, it's bumpy, we're in the middle of it.
- I really enjoy the shakey cam on the Discovery.
- Michael, don't walk away from Moll! We all know she's going to do something unwise.
- Whooo! Action Saruuuuu!!
- I did not figure the riddle out, btw. My first thought was the same as Moll's.
- The visual effects are so stunning! The ships at the two black holes is so beautiful! 🤩
- Good crew. ❤️
- Saucer separation!! Yay!!
- I love a good montage. And this one of the crew is a good montage.
- Book ❤️
- Book is such a good guy. And I like Moll.
- Kovich is Daniels! 🤯 You know what I want now, don't you? That's right: books!
- The wedding! ❤️
- A kiss!!
- That place is so magical. Elven-like.
- Hello Book, oh my! 😍
- She loves him! And he loves her! 🫠❤️
Coda
- What an amazing house!
- Oh gosh, and those two! 😭 This is so beautiful!
- Those three! 😭
- There's so much Momma Burnham in older Michael. SMG is amazing!
- There she is, indeed. ❤️🪩
- Yeah, not a fan of the next bit.
- Though all the ships saluting Discovery was beautiful. 🥺
Season 5 review
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- For four seasons it never occured to me that Sonequa Martin-Green was wearing a wig. But this season it is so obvious from episode one. I think it's because she's got long hair now and that needs to be hidden under it. Super high resolution/ sharpness is not great for prosthetics and wigs and things like that. It takes me out if it so easily, which annoys me. I shouldn't concentrate on those things. However, on my re-watch I did not see it. Did they go back and retouched the scenes where it was really obvious?
- Four seasons we got puzzle boxes and galaxy ending threats. This season we got… a literal puzzle (and a literal puzzle box) and a potential galaxy ending threat. *sigh* This remains a point in current Trek that I am pretty bored with. I love Discovery for so many things (the characters, the importance of connection and found family, love and kindness, and second chances), but this is not one of them.
- Speaking of second chances. It just occured to me that not only did Burnham get a second chance, or Georgiou, or Rayner. The show itself got a second chance as well, by leaving the prequal prison and flying forwards in time.
- I wished they would have made "Calypso" a dream that Zora has during her laying dormant. I wished they wouldn't have brought it back in the coda as a red directive mission. I know they wanted to make season 6 about it, and I am not mad that won't happen now. Not everything needs to be explained all the time. I wished writers would leave some things in limbo for us to spin our own stories. We still could do that anyway of course.
- It's so unfortunate that Dough Jones, Emily Coutts, and Oyin Oladejo weren't available for most of the season. And Wilson Cruz for the coda.
- I am so sad that we won't see Rayner again (at least not in more than a possible/ potential cameo/ guest appearance on Academy). He's such a great character. An antagonist, but a very likeable one. He has an arch that develops over the whole season. I love a character with an arch like that. At least we have the novels. I hope there will be more Discovery novels!
- And with that I am also a bit sad that Callum Keith Rennie only got the chance to be great for one season. I would have loved to see more of him.
- Did a crewmember whose name starts with a C die? My theory still stands though.
- The deeper connection to Trek lore besides the main thing was nice: the Kellerun, the Breen, Kovich/ Daniels, Fred, selfsealing stembolts, and all the other little things.
- Good-bye DISCO. You're a great show and I'm going to miss you.