I notice that there are people who are giving this show a deliberate 10 in order to cancel out the so-called gender political reviews. I would like to stress that I'm purely focusing on plot and character work. As a free time writer I know a thing or two about it.
Firstly the pace of this season is so incredibly slow to the point that almost nothing happens in several episodes to move the main plot forward. Look at Enterprise season 3, it was twice as long as this season of Discovery but told an overarching plot with an additional story for each episode. It gave us some very good and memorable episodes while still moving the story forward each episode. In this season however, almost nothing happens. We have a main plot and it is stretched so thin that episodes feel empty and devoid of any real story. Star Trek of old would have spiced this episode up by introducing a ship in distress at the core of the DMA. Now that would have complicated things and made this episode much more interesting!
The last 3/4 episodes feel like filler episodes as it focuses on the main plot while hardly advancing it. The sole attention of the story is the ongoing conflict between Michael and Book and that is not even very interesting. The plot is repeating itself over and over again, while we all know that it's not going to come to an explosive conclusion. For 3 episodes in a row we have seen them arguing, arguing, being nice for poker, arguing and arguing. The conclusion was predictable and the whole thing was devoid of any tension or stakes. They tried to emulate the Wrath of Khan but there were no stakes entirely.
Bridge crew is so underdeveloped that they're only there when the plot calls for it. I would suggest red shirting them once in a while to spice things up as no one is ever in any real danger. The character of Book has been over compensated these last episodes to the point we arrived in a vicious, annoying circle.
The story line with Adira and Grey took a lot of time and has now been discarded entirely. What was the use of that plot line? Adira, with her Trill symbiont, had so much story potential but nothing has been done with that.
Lastly, the Michael character. She is flawless, smarter and more inventive than any of her crew and so good at everything, that the show hardly even needs other characters as she is the one doing and solving everything. Her actions never have any real negative conclusions and that makes her unlikeable. Greene's acting style comprises of whispering, big teary eyes, crying, tilting heads and smirking. This episode the whispering was borderline annoying. I liked her very much in TWD but she is not quite fit for this role. She doesn't have the same charisma and aura as Kate Mulgrew and Avery Brooks.
Please add some more story weight to the coming episodes and remove all the plot armour. Maybe then this season can redeem itself.
Firstly the pace of this season is so incredibly slow to the point that almost nothing happens in several episodes to move the main plot forward. Look at Enterprise season 3, it was twice as long as this season of Discovery but told an overarching plot with an additional story for each episode. It gave us some very good and memorable episodes while still moving the story forward each episode. In this season however, almost nothing happens. We have a main plot and it is stretched so thin that episodes feel empty and devoid of any real story. Star Trek of old would have spiced this episode up by introducing a ship in distress at the core of the DMA. Now that would have complicated things and made this episode much more interesting!
The last 3/4 episodes feel like filler episodes as it focuses on the main plot while hardly advancing it. The sole attention of the story is the ongoing conflict between Michael and Book and that is not even very interesting. The plot is repeating itself over and over again, while we all know that it's not going to come to an explosive conclusion. For 3 episodes in a row we have seen them arguing, arguing, being nice for poker, arguing and arguing. The conclusion was predictable and the whole thing was devoid of any tension or stakes. They tried to emulate the Wrath of Khan but there were no stakes entirely.
Bridge crew is so underdeveloped that they're only there when the plot calls for it. I would suggest red shirting them once in a while to spice things up as no one is ever in any real danger. The character of Book has been over compensated these last episodes to the point we arrived in a vicious, annoying circle.
The story line with Adira and Grey took a lot of time and has now been discarded entirely. What was the use of that plot line? Adira, with her Trill symbiont, had so much story potential but nothing has been done with that.
Lastly, the Michael character. She is flawless, smarter and more inventive than any of her crew and so good at everything, that the show hardly even needs other characters as she is the one doing and solving everything. Her actions never have any real negative conclusions and that makes her unlikeable. Greene's acting style comprises of whispering, big teary eyes, crying, tilting heads and smirking. This episode the whispering was borderline annoying. I liked her very much in TWD but she is not quite fit for this role. She doesn't have the same charisma and aura as Kate Mulgrew and Avery Brooks.
Please add some more story weight to the coming episodes and remove all the plot armour. Maybe then this season can redeem itself.