Reviews

Thank God, it's over! This finale is the worst finale of a Star Trek series so far. And that says something, considering the weaknesses of the Enterprise finale. But it fits the entire season, as the storyline is simply aimless and meaningless.

We have chaotic space battles, a stupid fistfight between Burnham and Moll that takes almost fifteen minutes, and in the end, both only have a few scratches. There's babble about love and trust ("I give you my word!" shortly after Burnham stabbed Moll in the back, and of course, Moll finds that good enough).

Kovic's true identity is little more than a name-drop, making the most sense to tie into the Short Trek Calypso. The technology ultimately isn't recovered because it's "far too dangerous" for anyone to possess... Well, they could have known that at the beginning of the season and simply destroyed the first clue, if not the second. No one would have ever found the technology. And if they did, no one would have had the hint about "the one in the many"...

And - of course - Burnham is disobeying orders again and gets a promotion in return... Again!

Remember: Kovic wanted the tech at all costs. Burnham finds it, gets it and decides to hide it again. One might assume that Kovic won't like that, but instead he's "Oh, you found it, but didn't bring it, instead you hid it again, because you know best what's best!? Okay, that's fine, too." What's the point of this season? What's the point of this entire show?

Oh well... 3/10 points from me. The first, because they finally realized that no one should possess the power the technology represents. The second, because they refrained from turning Space-Jesus Burnham into a Space-God (that's Sisko's job). And the third, because it's finally over!

This could have been a really fun episode, if those people wouldn't be so painfully stupid!

It's a critical situation, we do not have time to lose, because there's not only Moll with her Dreadnought after us, but a Primarch with her entire fleet... So let's take some time to talk about our feelings and how much we love each other.

And so great we have helmets with real-time universal translators that know when the crew talks to Breen and when to mute because they are talking with each other... And another big problem in this episode, which is a recurring problem since Discovery jumped into the future: the future tech. On the one hand, it can do almost anything in the blink of an eye. On the other hand, they suddenly cannot beam, cloak or whatever when the story needs them not to. In this for example: where's the personal cloak from earlier eoisodes? Why does a xenophobic species like the Breen *NOT* have a computer security that requires actual Breen DNA to use it?

Why, if Statfleet officers can replicate phasers right into their hands, does Reys or whatever his name is choose to start a fist fight with a Breen when he has a console for cover and a clear field of fire?

And finally we know why the Dreadnought is so terribly big... So that the Discovery can fly into it's shuttle bay...

2/10 stars.

God, I'm so glad it's over next week!

The only really good scene this week was Rayner telling Tilly to shut up. Finally! Two extra points alone for that, so 4/10!

If so, N'aan and her security detail, as well as the security chief of the Discovery should be put on trial! How stupid can they be you ask? Let me tell: they put TWO resourceful criminals not into the brig, but into sickbay. They secure them with just one single forcefield, which they have to deactivate every few minutes for the Doc to treat Lak. A forcefield that is filled with icy gases. What about a second forcefield around that inner one? Like an airlock? How about - I don't know - locking the friggin sickbay doors, so noone can simply run out?

And when the find Mol, a ruthless murderer that threatens a crew member with a phaser, why the heck does Booker talk her down when N'aan has a clear field of fire?

Why doesn't the Federation know about Reyner's world being subjected by the Breen? Don't they do background checks on their CAPTAINS!?!?

ARGH!!!

It could be a nice episode. It has action, it's not too stupid, but... It has - once again - far too much talk about feelings, espeiin the absolutely wrong moments.

The scene on the burrial side could have been entertaining, but thanks to all the BS in previous seasons, I don't feel any tension when Michael and Saru are in grave danger, because - if we leave out the obvious, that they are two main characters & they didn't know it was their final season when this episode was written, I really don't care about any of those characters. I absolutely do not care, what happens to any of them. Pity.