🖖 Discovery S03E06: A rather “meh” A plot (a bit much on Georgiou’s snark; the Running Man homage amused me but was too violent for my wife), but all the B plot bits on the Disco (geeking out over the upgrades, Tilly vs. Grudge, Stamets and Adira) were much more interesting.
Star Trek
Trek has been part of my life since I was an infant. I have bookcases full of Trek books. One of my tattoos is the Vulcan calligraphy for “kol-ut-shan” (IDIC). This is my home fandom.
📚 forty-five of 2020: Doomsday World by Carmen Carter, Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman, and Robert Greenberger ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖
Almost two stars because of the really painfully obvious “twist” that none of the characters managed to see, but otherwise acceptable.
🖖 Discovery S03E05: Home is never quite the same when coming back after a long absence. Particularly after a 930 year absence. Loved the crew geeking out over the ships and structures they were seeing. Not too surprised the Federation’s a bit prickly. Still going strong!
📚 forty-four of 2020: Gulliver’s Fugitives by Keith Sharee #startrek #tng
This was a weird one. Fahrenheit 451 plus technobabble plus mythology plus pieces that felt tacked on. Felt like the author had several ideas, couldn’t pick one, and tried to get ‘em all in.
🖖 Discovery S03E04: Really enjoying the more relaxed and comfortable feel for this season. No major action set pieces, no overwrought drama, instead learning more about Adria and how the Trill are doing while the DIS crew start to work towards healing. Very welcome.
🖖 Discovery S03E03: The ship travels to a planet only to find itself caught between two warring factions, and they must try to convince both sides to stand down and find a resolution. This may be one of the most “Star Trek”-y Discovery episodes yet, and it pulled it off. Plus lots of good character beats and more clues about the state of the galaxy in this new time period. So far, season three is on a good streak.
🖖 Discovery S03E02: Overall not quite as strong as the last episode, but certainly works well to bring the full cast together again. Getting a space western saloon was very Trek, but the bad guy took things a bit too dark for a few minutes. Still, much more good than bad.
🖖 Discovery S03E01: A strong start to the season. Lots of cool tech, a number of intriguing clues and hints about the state of the galaxy, and a strong underlying theme of hope throughout the episode. And Grudge, of course, who I suspect has more to her than we’ve seen so far.
📚 forty-one of 2020: A Rock and a Hard Place by Peter David ⭐️⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖
Riker’s sent off on a B-plot, so a troublesome first officer is temporarily assigned to the Enterprise in the hopes that Picard can corral this loose cannon. He’s an ass, but is he unstable?
📚 forty of 2020: A Call to Darkness by Michael Jan Friedman ⭐️⭐️ #startrek #tng 🖖
Almost a standard 3-star “stranded in primitive conditions/‘Bread and Circuses’ variant” adventure, but had some really weird oversights that knocked a star off.
