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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x03 - "Choose to Live"

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"Intruder Alert, Deck 5"
"Defense systems activated, intruders contained in a containment field,"
Don't even need phasers, the Fire Containment System can do double duty as an intruder containment system... Suround them in a force field, wait for them to pass out from the lack of oxygen. Or just use the transporter system to transport them to a brig.
There's suspension of disbelif, but its hard to do at times...
 
What version of absolute candor gets J'Vini into this "Bynars-can't-trust-Federation" dilemma which apparently had her as the only one working on this lost cause for... years? Do the Qowat Milat of 3190 value latinum more than sisterhood? And how does Gabrielle Burnham interpret absolute candor? They drop occasional candor bombs but they play candor pretty close to the vest. Jurati believed that precept meant: "It's their primary teaching: total communication of emotion without any filter between thought and word."
 
"Intruder Alert, Deck 5"
"Defense systems activated, intruders contained in a containment field,"
Don't even need phasers, the Fire Containment System can do double duty as an intruder containment system... Suround them in a force field, wait for them to pass out from the lack of oxygen. Or just use the transporter system to transport them to a brig.
There's suspension of disbelif, but its hard to do at times...
In nearly 800 years and StarFleet hasn't learned anything about internal security.

It's very hard to believe that a organization would be this incompetent that they can create a "Intruder Alarm", yet do nothing automated to contain the situation.

We've all listed multiple solutions to the problem.

DISCO writers simply pretend they don't exist and will never use them unless they want to for plot / drama reasons.
 
I'm pretty sure they can create Holograms that don't gain Sentience or Sapience by the 31st Century and are just glorified tools.
They haven't even learned to stop packing blasting caps behind the consoles. Don't be so sure.

…and for all their meditation, the brilliant Vulcan scientists couldn’t offer ANY alternative theories?
* sits in full lotus pondering this question for an hour *

um. no.

Would it have killed them to pay Samuel Jackson to sit on a BAMF Cushion and be the one to tell Stamets "no?" Or was I the only one getting that vibe. Probably just me. Prequels lead to pattern recognition.. pattern recognition leads to ..


It's very hard to believe that a organization would be this incompetent that they can create a "Intruder Alarm", yet do nothing automated to contain the situation.

We've all listed multiple solutions to the problem.

DISCO writers simply pretend they don't exist and will never use them unless they want to for plot / drama reasons.

the same organization that has to manually say "Shields up" at Red Alert. In what Red Alert situation would your shields NOT be up? shouldn't that be the default?
 
They haven't even learned to stop packing blasting caps behind the consoles. Don't be so sure.
Yeah, those rocks falling from the ceilings and coming out of the consoles!

-_-

Must be Substandard contracters doing their construction.

the same organization that has to manually say "Shields up" at Red Alert. In what Red Alert situation would your shields NOT be up? shouldn't that be the default?
I concur, Shields would be activated by default on Yellow Alert IMO.
Weapons should be ready on Red Alert.
 
The best episode of the season for sure.

Culber has been fantastic this season but I just don’t care about Adira and Grey. That plot line drags every time for me.

I do wonder if the Trill will forbid them from being together with the host/previous relationship stuff. Or if they won’t want to risk losing a symbiot so they give them a pass.

The Nivar President was clearly shook after melding with Book, I wonder if that will be a plot line going forward.

I kinda feel like if they were willing to accept Adira last season, and allow Grey to be removed from Tal this season into an android body permanently, then these two are going to get every free pass they will need. At whatever point the Trill put a stop to something it will feel out of character at that point to me.

And T'rina's reaction after the meld was my favorite subtle moment of the episode. So many actors have had their own individual takes on 'being Vulcan' and I am really enjoying hers. She feels fresh.

This whole side mission of getting Stamets to the institute seeded in previous episodes just to get Book this mindmeld was silly, but the emotional payoff for Book's mini arc was lovely to see. He's a great actor. Maybe a little rushed, but I guess I also wouldn't have wanted him to be depressed for a whole other episode. Stamets being an ass during the Jedi Council meeting was almost unbearable.

Gave it an 8. Super enjoyable and refreshingly standalone. Felt like a good old fashioned procedural mission with a twist and a character driven B-story.
 
This was the best episode of the season thus far. I voted 7, but it's a close 8.

Finally got to see a glimpse of a Starfleet vessel that looks like a Starfleet vessel. The instant pop in transporters are kind of ridiculous. After they boarded the ship and attacked the crew why didn't security just pop in and subdue the invaders?

Michael wasn't super cringy this week. I enjoyed the Vulcan scenes. Book got some closure. The aliens they saved were cool looking. This Federation president is definitely a meddler and micro manager. We got to see Guardian Z again, although how he can sense brain wave activity as a hologram defies belief (Vulcan mind melds are way more plausible :lol: ), but it was an all around decent episode.
 
I enjoyed this one. Much better than last weeks. I gave it an 8.

I enjoyed the main plot and subplots. They all seemed to work together to create an entertaining whole. Not so much anomaly oriented. At this point, I don't know what to make of the anomaly. Whether it'll be a plus or a drag on the season. I can see it going either way.

But this episode got everything right. A nice blend of characterization, main plot, subplots, action, and slower moments. Nicely done!
 
lol if internal sensors can detect intruders to set off the alarm, they should be able to auto-beam unwelcome guests into a holding area/brig
Yup, that's a case where they haven't fully thought through the implications of the technology! Auto beam out to a holding area for unauthorized inbound transports.
 
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