Was the time loop just a plot device to show Raynor is wrong with his behaviour?
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2024
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Fire up the inertial dampeners, retract all moorings and clear space dock. It's time to boldy go where no one has gone before!
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Also to remind us that there hasn't been a tremendous amount of character focus beyond the small core. We've seen these faces and maybe even remember a few of their names over the years. However, some of them still feel like strangers a few cubicles over where we say "What's up?" but hesitate to include a first name or develop a nickname.
The catch of the episode put that front and center. I get why Worf had to spend time accepting that his path would never see him fully accepted by his Klingon brethren. It's not too far a stretch to accept that O'brien is able to take so much punishment and bounce back (minus the PTSD effects lasting longer than 1 episode). Discovery's crew is convinced to help in future Burnham's cause with little more than 1-2 lines of detail. Some of those bits even the audience wouldn't know until we're told.
I will admit, that much of the potential growth is handicapped by truncated shooting schedules and seasons. We haven't had 24-26 per batch where we can hyper focus. Only so much time to dedicate to bridge, engineering, sickbay, the bar, and crew quarters.
It all seems just a bit too shallow... the tension forced.
Side note: I did appreciate the end of act 2 callback to the Short Trek: Calypso . Really tied the series together.
The focus is more on Burnham and her belief in personal connection, not the crew and their own piccadillos. Discovery has always been first and foremost the story of Michael Burnham, like it or not. Docking it for what it is not and has never attempted to be isn't really valid criticism.