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Star Trek: Discovery: Red Directive (2024)
I tried...
I tried to watch it but I barely lasted half way through the show. Again, the visuals and the special effects are nice, but that's all there is. No character development, no interesting premise, no continuity with the familiar context of the Star Trek Universe... The focus on the relationships seems forced and overly sentimental. To me the writing is simplistic and presents as a complete afterthought once the budget was spent on the special effects.
You can't walk into the story and suspend disbelief even for a few minutes because the characters are so non likeable and unrealistic - they don't behave professionally, you don't care about them, and you end up fantasizing about the ship blowing up.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Facets (1995)
Rom and Nog were great, the rest not so much
I loved Rom standing up to Quark for Nog's sake. That was the best part. The trill story line was weak, although I did like to see the actors take on the different Dax incarnations. But the Jadzia/Curzon situation was strained and nauseating, in my mind. It cheapened the whole symbiont premise, which is wobbly to start with. And the notion that Odo was a willing player in that situation is contrary to his essential character. To me that was a major fail. I think the episode would have been mildly entertaining with the first six incarnations as they were presented, and something more true to character for Odo.
Ted Lasso: Mom City (2023)
Deeply satisfying
This episode was so good - so satisfying. The resolution of internal strife for Ted, and Nate, and Jamie... and it was all growth. There was a lot of truth telling - some of it painful, but liberating.
I still really want to know where Rebecca ends up, but I love that the other Becs and Rupert's latest victim came to her for help. And I also loved the back story for Coach Beard - it made his whole character gel.
I liked that there wasn't too much filler this time, that there was resolution on many series-long threads involving the main characters instead of creating new story lines/characters that were hard to get invested in.
All in all a wonderful episode!
Ted Lasso: La Locker Room Aux Folles (2023)
So much better
So much better than the contrived plot line from the last episode -
This is Colin's journey that started in Season 1 in tandem with the growth and coming together of the team. To me that was a beautiful conclusion - not particularly dramatic but so well orchestrated it felt organic. It also was lovely to see Nate grow in parallel, and see him realize he doesn't need fame or to be the boss to be happy.
Roy Kent was the star of the press conference trope - that scene was one of the best of the season.
I hope the remaining episodes are as good as this one, because I am invested in Rebecca's outcome, and in Ted's. I want them to be MAGNIFICENT!
Ted Lasso: We'll Never Have Paris (2023)
Good parts, and not so good parts
I liked the Hey Jude scene between Coach Beard and Henry quite a lot. And my heart goes out to Colin over the phone pics with Isaac. And it was nice to see Nate starting to become a better version of himself with Jade. And I understand Ted struggling emotionally with Michelle and Dr. Jacob - that also seems realistic in its messiness.
But the entire story line about Keely's PR firm that just falls into her lap seems forced and a bit absurd to me and doesn't flow very well - there is no character growth there - we don't see Keely dealing with the work issues at all (maybe there is something to be discovered about Barbara but we don't see it). The Shandy (Keely's evil twin) plot line did not really add to the narrative and could have happened without the PR firm setup. Did Keely learn something? Hard to tell. She was rescued by Jack who showed/allowed her to fire Shandy, but then abandoned by Jack when the leaked sex tape emerged.
It almost seems as if the whole Keely PR firm/Jack thing was created to highlight and platform the sex tape incident and used the lesbian sex angle to be edgy...In this case it feels as if any character development for Keely was sacrificed - instead she comes across as annoying, thoughtless and self-righteous... it doesn't seem fair to the character.