Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x06 - "Stormy Weather"

[Commander Troi]

This is what boldly going where no one has gone before is to me. Space was scary, mysterious, no idea what's going to happen next, or if what they'll try to do will work. AI learning and growing.

The above sums up my feelings as well. Kudos to Frakes for keeping it tense.

I liked that Gray actually had purpose in the story beyond just hanging out with Adira for once (they seem to be foreshadowing his leaving the ship, with his feelings of uselessness, and his continued discussion about wanting to be a Guardian on the Trill homeworld.)

I definitely think this will lead Gray to think more about their current and future role. Given how young they are, I think they need to carve out space to develop their own life, and that may mean leaving the ship.

They don't? I hear some of the twentysomethings at work playing songs from 90s, 80s and even the 70's. Rick James' "Super Freak" is very popular with one young woman.

Most of my friends' kids not only listen to new stuff, but are also getting into 70s and 80s music.

Here's a fun new Trek connection. The star (and singer of the title song) of the film 'Stormy Weather' was Lena Horne, who is the grandmother of Jenny Lumet, a co-creator, executive producer and writer on 'Strange New Worlds'.

Edit:

Ah, she was also an EP on DSC Season 3 and wrote some Discovery and Short Treks
She was the one who named Grudge

That is cool!

James Bond fans of all ages often like Louis Armstrong.

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YOU are evil!

Where are the reserved repressed messes? Where are the happy-go-lucky quipsters? Where are the self absorbed who keep dragging the conversation back to themselves every time someone asks for help?

Good point. Leftover TNG BS, perhaps? A bit more variety would be good, especially if we show them in off duty time.

Personally, I do all my drinking at cooleddie's bar. That place is the last bastion of civil decency in this sad quadrant.

Hells, yes!

For a buck extra I'll spike it with NyQuil.

Just like Mom used to make...

Good episode, one step closer to my prediction that Zora will be given its own physically attractive robot body.

No, we did that on Legends of Tomorrow (but not a robot).

It all follows a central theme, too.

This episode talks about coping with loss, about heading into unknown territory, and unable to see ahead of you. It addresses the fear that the same specter of death that took your loved one may be waiting there for you, but you have to keep moving, because if you don't keep moving, you will die anyway as the fear of death will eat you alive, because in the end, death comes for us all.

Instead, focusing on something other than the pain, the confusion, the sensory overload itself, by becoming aware of what is happening around you, that can help you handle the path ahead.

The whole episode is allegorical. It hits home for me, and so I felt this episode a little more deeply than I have previous episodes. It was very well done, if you're looking at it from a specific point of view.

Thank you. I wondered why this ep hit me so hard.

They held hands before going into the pattern buffer. If that doesn’t convince everyone of this crews unshakable bond I don’t know what will.

Also, I found it interesting who held hands with who (when there was a choice). But yes, these people really only know each other in this strange new future world. They're bonded in a way no one else could understand.

 

[cooleddie74]

Evil?


Well, yes, but....

 

[Commander Troi]

Evil?


Well, yes, but....

Anything that reminds me of Tracy's death = Evil.

 

[cooleddie74]

We have all the time in the world.

 

[fireproof78]

Better late than never.

First name equals character development? Poor Uhura.

 

[nic3636]

Better late than never.

It's too late for me, she will always be "the blonde"

First name equals character development? Poor Uhura.

Exactly, that's why Her Most Imperial Majesty, Mother of the Fatherland, Overlord of Vulcan, Dominus of Qo'noS, Regina Andor, Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius is the most developed character the franchise has ever seen.

 

[cooleddie74]

First name equals character development? Poor Uhura.

At least it's not the end credits to TUC. She was "Uhuru" in them. Good Luck getting character development for her.

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

First name equals character development? Poor Uhura.

And Sulu.

 

[XCV330]

At least it's not the end credits to TUC. She was "Uhuru" in them. Good Luck getting character development for her.

Uhuru is famous for her kiss with James R Kirk on Star Trak

 

[Commander Troi]

We have all the time in the world.

I'll get you for this.

 

[DaveyNY]

I'll get you for this.

Live & Let Die?

 

[cooleddie74]

Never Say Never Again.

 

[TimeIsAPredator]

not my place to say, but if you're in a LTR with someone and they are passing looks to someone else like this, you're probably about to really simplify your meal planning.

In this case (my headcanon porn fantasies aside) I think making their relationship sexual would diminish it. I love them as just really close friends

 

[seigezunt]

I was so convinced the episode was going to go full circle to Calypso, and when it didn't, I was so confused. Still, a great one. Big fan of Zora.

 

[Andyliini]

I was so convinced the episode was going to go full circle to Calypso, and when it didn't, I was so confused. Still, a great one. Big fan of Zora.

I actually thought they would remove Zora from Discovery and make original ship replica and istall Zora there. Then a bit reprogramming and put the ship in an unhabited sector and there you go.

 

[Captrek]

Considering how important it is to Z to care for people, sending her to 1000 years of isolation seems cruel. They better come up with a darn good reason for that.

 

[MarsWeeps]

Let’s see … a sentient AI that poses a possible threat to the crew. That’s never been done before!

 

[cooleddie74]

[*Laughs in Richard Daystrom*]

 

[fireproof78]

In this case (my headcanon porn fantasies aside) I think making their relationship sexual would diminish it. I love them as just really close friends

I agree. The less sexual relationships with this crew the better. I like the closeness of the friend relationship.

Let’s see … a sentient AI that poses a possible threat to the crew. That’s never been done before!

Nope, not at all. Neither have we seen a former Earth probe be transformed to be a massive threat wanting to sterilize all life.

 

[Starbreaker]

I actually thought they would remove Zora from Discovery and make original ship replica and istall Zora there. Then a bit reprogramming and put the ship in an unhabited sector and there you go.

That seems unnecessarily cruel.