Some of my thoughts I posted at another SFA thread.
I had a lot of issues with it. Was there anything good in it??? A couple things maybe. . But overall it's continuing the ridiculousness.
The last scene with the federation space being surrounded by this big bubble energy field....WTH??? How did Braka set up such a HUGE net on an ENORMOUS amount of space that the Federation occupies. And only in a couple months??? Completely ridiculous and when they panned out and shows the outer edge of the bubble I just
Why do we even need this huge "universal" (not literally the universe) ending threat in a show like SFA??? We got a lot of that in Disco S1-3.
Other WTF moments. Sam being put in shackles Why? We just saw her minutes before doing her best Samantha Stephens into Caleb's bedroom. Yeah I know head of security said if you run we will kill your friends or something like that. But still why the shackles and how the heck did they know she was a Hologram??. That said I do like Sams transformation. Her new personality is better.
Then there was some dialogue that George Lucas would be embarrassed of....."Your name sounds like flowers"...
Then there is Jay-Den..I'm afraid they DON'T know what to do with him. Tbf Enterprise and Disco had this issue with a couple characters. I think Jay-Den is SFA's. I get that he is a pacifist and all. But give the character some depth.. Show us his skills beyond holding up a boulder or having anxiety talking in front of people. Give him something to do. The actor playing him is out there promoting the hell out of the show on his own..throw the poor kid some good stuff writers.
When I first started watching the show I noticed Harry Potter vibes like a lot of viewers. I saw an interview with Kurtzman and sure enough they used HP as an influence for certain scenes etc. But we get very little school stuff in this show. With the War College game/Theater class and debate being the most prominent. All stuff that has little to do with the Command/medical or Science etc divisions that one will need. Yeah I get most of its off screen but still...300 days have passed and I just don't feel they have been taught or have learned anything significant. Oh and the annoying SFA Pa guy (voiced by Stephen Colbert)......it's AWFUL and not funny and doesn't add anything to the story..
Why did Caleb run off the bridge with mom??? Why didn't they immediately beam to medical?
Stuff I liked. Always like Frakes Direction even when he's given awful scripts. I was hoping since he directed it would be something good like his last Disco outing. But alas this one wasn't. Picardo and Holly Hunter....always do a great job with what they are given. And I mentioned I like Sam's new personality better. Also again the production quality is excellent. Which it should be with the cash they dump into these shows.