Firstly can I say I suspect some are hating on this show because they're homophobic. But rather than say, "Gay men kissing freaks me out". They're determined to rip the show to pieces without acknowledging it. Now as much as I'm not a fan of kissing men. I'm prepared to overlook it and try to see this series overall for what it is.
We had a few brilliant shows previously. So the pay off was always going to have to be big for the finale. Was it as big as it needed to be? I don't think so. That's not to say it was rubbish, far from it. This is easily the best Science Fiction on TV at the moment. Although due to the mirror universe episodes it's as much Science Fantasy really, but anyway. We all knew Giorgio was going to have something up her sleeve and of course she did. A bomb to destroy the entire Klingon Home world Kronos. Things were going really well until the inevitable happened, and as an effort not to mess up the canon to much, said explosion never happened. After messing up the look of the Klingons (please sort that out for season 2) I think destroying Kronos would probably have been a step too far for the hardcore fans, anyway, again I digress. Then all of a sudden they explain this plot to the Klingon they have in custody who decides that because they chose not to blow up Kronos the Klingons will make peace with the Federation... Now come on, for a warrior race they would likely think, "how stupid could you get" and invade Earth regardless.... Are these new big softie Klingons we never knew about before?
Other than that rather large gripe a good ending to a great first season.
We had a few brilliant shows previously. So the pay off was always going to have to be big for the finale. Was it as big as it needed to be? I don't think so. That's not to say it was rubbish, far from it. This is easily the best Science Fiction on TV at the moment. Although due to the mirror universe episodes it's as much Science Fantasy really, but anyway. We all knew Giorgio was going to have something up her sleeve and of course she did. A bomb to destroy the entire Klingon Home world Kronos. Things were going really well until the inevitable happened, and as an effort not to mess up the canon to much, said explosion never happened. After messing up the look of the Klingons (please sort that out for season 2) I think destroying Kronos would probably have been a step too far for the hardcore fans, anyway, again I digress. Then all of a sudden they explain this plot to the Klingon they have in custody who decides that because they chose not to blow up Kronos the Klingons will make peace with the Federation... Now come on, for a warrior race they would likely think, "how stupid could you get" and invade Earth regardless.... Are these new big softie Klingons we never knew about before?
Other than that rather large gripe a good ending to a great first season.