I expect that as well... both previous seasons had giant twists around the mid-season point that ultimately led to highly controversial, but exciting, enjoyable and sometimes even cathartic closing acts, and I think this week's two-parter will be no different from this norm. I can already predict I'll give the majority of my knee-jerk 10s for the rest of the season just like I did last year and this statement won't come back to bite me in any way, shape or form.
I wasn't rating things back in the Berman days but in general I am pretty stingy with 10 ratings. A 10 needs to be one of the best things I have seen on TV in years and nothing in CBS Star Trek does that for me even PIC and LD which I loved. The LD finale is about as close as it got but for a 10 it needs to be a run out and burn the ears off my friends whether they like it or not
The problem is, I think one part of this will be the case, in that Discovery will be the one sending the distress signal.
Whereas, I tend to be the exact opposite. I usually rate episodes of any show in isolation. The one real exception is the MU Lorca reveal which utterly ruined Season One for me.
I still say that's an incredibly asinine, immature name.
I'm still heart broken we lost early season Lorca
Indeed, yes, or in the context of the full show itself. Every single show is going to impact me in a different way and so rating a 10 in Discovery isn't going to be the same as a 10 in Brooklyn 99 or MASH or such for me. Each show is different.
That's what the indications from this two-parter seem to be. We're looking at a Massive Overreaction in the making.
Would they have watched it otherwise?
And don't forget she's also the reason Spock was who he was, so it could be something that reminds everyone of that "fact" again.
