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

[Tuskin38]

Something I didn’t notice on the first watch through, Guardian Xi called the un-joining ceremony the ‘Zhian'tara’, which was the name given to it in DS9.

I can't even remember why Gray is incorporeal.

Because he’s just a collection of memories in the Tal symbiote.

Something similar happened in DS9, Ezri summoned one of the previous Dax hosts to help solve a murder, he appeared to her similar to how Grey appeared to Adira. Except in Grey and Adira’s case, it happened involuntarily. We don’t know why, it hasn’t been explained.

The transferring of a previous host’s memories to another being is also from DS9.

The equations Stamets was working on are connected to black holes
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[F. King Daniel]

I also cannot believe the most important bit of the Gray subplot - transferring the ghost/consciousness/whatever into the android body was SKIPPED. I spent a week wondering how they actually planned to do that.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

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.

There should be some sort of transportation sucker that sucks every transport stream on to a ship to a pad to avoid break ins and accidentally beaming into the middle of the captains chair. Also it should have a wait buffer to avoid accidental Tuvixing if 2 people beam at the same time.
You could have internal ones for rooms and transporter rooms unverified external

 

[BigJake]

8/10.

Spoiler

The Qowat Milat are cool as hell and a bit scary in their single-mindedness, as this week's antagonist demonstrates. So bloody-minded, in fact, that she's willing to murder people from her own order instead of risking conversation... guess that's why she's the antagonist. But it was a fun way to show the Anomaly panic rippling through galactic affairs, the alien cryo-ship was cool, and the B-plot with Stamets and Book was a neat way of progressing both scientific and character storylines. C-plot was sweet, but I'm very glad the shoe has finally dropped on getting Gray into a body.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

A very pretty but kinda meh episode.

I LOVE that 900 years into the future, we finally see inside a contemporary Starfleet ship and... it's the Discovery corridors painted green!

And 900 years into the future, Space Nunjas don't have laser swords! Grr...

 

[Yistaan]

And 900 years into the future, Space Nunjas don't have laser swords! Grr...

Do you want Paramount to get nasty letters from Disney?

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Do you want Paramount to get nasty letters from Disney?

So what if Paramount has to pay a license fee for the use? They get a lucrative spinoff series in return! Star Trek: Oath. Win-win!!!

 

[Yistaan]

So what if Paramount has to pay a license fee for the use? They get a lucrative spinoff series in return! Star Trek: Oath. Win-win!!!

Considering Trek toed the line when the Bond folks demanded no more James Bond-Bashir in DS9, I don't think that'll change suddenly in the face of Disney and Star Wars. And honestly, aren't the complaints now that new Trek is already too much like Star Wars as it is?

 

[Nerys Myk]

Yeah, Stamets is making real scientists look bad.

While I'm sure real scientists appreciate the pedestal you've placed them on. They are humans with all the short comings of non-scientists. The history of science is full of people with egos.

In nearly 800 years and StarFleet hasn't learned anything about internal security.

Internal security makes for poor drama and creates little to motivate your characters.

 

[cooleddie74]

Lazarus in TOS. There was no excuse for him to be running all over the Enterprise unsupervised. But he did despite lots of security guards and internal sensors because drama and the episode being more tense and exciting that way.

Lazarus being confined to a brig or Sickbay the entire episode would have been boring. And the episode was already mediocre enough in too many respects.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Considering Trek toed the line when the Bond folks demanded no more James Bond-Bashir in DS9, I don't think that'll change suddenly in the face of Disney and Star Wars. And honestly, aren't the complaints now that new Trek is already too much like Star Wars as it is?

I don't know anything about that. All I'm saying is that 900 years on these Sisters should keep up with the times lest they be wiped out by a single phaser wielded by a Ron Tracey-type.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I don't know anything about that. All I'm saying is that 900 years on these Sisters should keep up with the times lest they be wiped out by a single phaser wielded by a Ron Tracey-type.

If the the Romulans and Vulcans are anything it's traditional. They probably can deflect a phaser beam with those swords anyway.

 

[Tuskin38]

I also cannot believe the most important bit of the Gray subplot - transferring the ghost/consciousness/whatever into the android body was SKIPPED. I spent a week wondering how they actually planned to do that.

They did it the same way they did in DS9. Guardian Xi even calls it the ritual from that DS9 episode.

 

[DEWLine]

Burnham should have asked, "What's latinum?"

She's been in the 32nd Century a year and a half by "now", right? She might actually already know from latinum.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Latinum was mentioned in ENT. So it should be known to folks born in the next century.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

What I liked best about this episode was the self-contained A-story where the season-long arc took a backseat as the C story. Also that the A-story Star Trekk'd hard -- new lifeform! Although, would've loved to have actually met them instead of seeing them from afar.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I have nothing too worthwhile to add except it just hit me that they should get Caroline Rhea to be Tilly’s mom somehow.

 

[IMC Headquarters]

Admiral Vance puts a tracker on the dilithium after numerous thefts. He is clearly a latter day Inspector Ginko on the trail of Diabolik!

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

Considering Trek toed the line when the Bond folks demanded no more James Bond-Bashir in DS9, I don't think that'll change suddenly in the face of Disney and Star Wars. And honestly, aren't the complaints now that new Trek is already too much like Star Wars as it is?

Well we did get Star Trek: Legolas in Picard

 

[DEWLine]

Latinum was mentioned in ENT. So it should be known to folks born in the next century.

Latinum was known to Ferengi in the 22nd Century...who were making a point of not IDing themselves to Archer and company as such. It wasn't until the late 2360's that Federation citizens, in or out of Starfleet, were getting a clue as to why latinum mattered to Ferengi.

None of which should stop Michael Burnham from understanding latinum after she arrives in 3189.