Spoilers DSC: Desperate Hours by David Mack Review Thread

[Leto_II]

A lot of people seem to be making the assumption that S02E01 will pick up immediately after the ending-scene of S01E15.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the episode picks up as the two ships part ways, having concluded their face-to-face offscreen during the season hiatus, or maybe even later than that, with Discovery's arrival at (or departure from) Vulcan to pick up their new captain.

I seriously doubt we'll be meeting any TOS characters (or, certainly not any of the ones who appear in the reboot films) on Discovery, as fun as any speculation to date has been.

I think that final scene was just a "wink" to the fans, and not necessarily any kind of set-up for a major Season 2 arc.

 

[Christopher]

I think that final scene was just a "wink" to the fans, and not necessarily any kind of set-up for a major Season 2 arc.

I think fandom would be rightly outraged if it turned out to be just a fakeout. Season-finale cliffhanger endings usually do set up the next season, and it would be seen as a cheap move if they didn't follow through with at least one episode featuring the Enterprise.

As for meeting TOS characters, if you mean main series characters, the only one who'd be part of the crew at this point is Spock. If we saw anyone other than Pike and Spock, it'd probably be Number One, Boyce, Tyler, Colt, etc., or maybe new crew that have come aboard in the three years since "The Cage."

Besides, we don't even know if there's really going to be a new captain. This diversion could be a plot device to send Discovery off on some new mission that keeps them from ever getting to Vulcan and requires Saru to remain as acting captain.

 

[JD]

I'm really hoping something happens that keep Saru as the captain, I like the idea of finally getting an alien captain for an onscreen hero ship.

 

[marlboro]

I was HALF alien, dammit!

/The Sisko

 

[Christopher]

I was HALF alien, dammit!

/The Sisko

Sisko was 100% human. There was a Prophet controlling his mother's body in order to guarantee that he was conceived -- meaning that Sisko was essentially the product of rape, a truly horrible and offensive decision on the part of DS9's all-male writers -- but she was still every bit as human as Joseph was.

 

[F. King Daniel]

A lot of people seem to be making the assumption that S02E01 will pick up immediately after the ending-scene of S01E15.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the episode picks up as the two ships part ways, having concluded their face-to-face offscreen during the season hiatus, or maybe even later than that, with Discovery's arrival at (or departure from) Vulcan to pick up their new captain.

That would be the most hilarious ignored series cliffhanger since Sliders slid into a future version of San Francisco.

 

[Tuskin38]

The enterprise is part of next season’s plot according to Alex Kurtzman, but she isn’t the focus, he emphasized saying that the show is still called Discovery

He also said that there would be surprises with the ships crew, but they’re also sticking to canon about who could possibly be on there.

 

[Stevil2001]

Forget about Pike, Spock, Number One, &c.; if we don't see Colt, I riot.

 

[Ronald Held]

Rather Enterprise crew beams to DSC, so I do not have to see visually rebooted interiors.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Rather Enterprise crew beams to DSC, so I do not have to see visually rebooted interiors.

I'm guessing they'll be the same Discovery/Shenzhou interiors with a few superficial changes and a new bridge set.

 

[Leto_II]

^ This. I don't exactly see them going backward to Formica surfaces and jellybean console-buttons.

 

[Burning Hearts of Qo'nos]

That would be the most hilarious ignored series cliffhanger since Sliders slid into a future version of San Francisco.

Oh wow it's been a long time since I've been angry about that, but hearing about it again I realize that I never got over it.

 

[Stevil2001]

^ This. I don't exactly see them going backward to Formica surfaces and jellybean console-buttons.

Okay, I changed my mind. Gooseneck viewers, or I riot.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

THE WOMEN!, President Robau, and Blue Warp Nacelles, or I riot.

 

[Tuskin38]

Okay, I changed my mind. Gooseneck viewers, or I riot.

I was re-watching 'The Enterprise Incident' and noticed that they reused those viewers on the Romulan ship.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

Forget about Pike, Spock, Number One, &c.; if we don't see Colt, I riot.

Pffft. I want Moves-With-Burning-Grace!

 

[Leto_II]

Pffft. I want Moves-With-Burning-Grace!

This dude, or GTFO:

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Pffft. I want Moves-With-Burning-Grace!

Seconded. Played by Lance Reddick

 

[thribs]

The Enterprise is not happy that some other ship managed to save the day and so they’ve come to correct that problem.

 

[F. King Daniel]

This dude, or GTFO:

If there's one thing that Discovery needs right now, it's a pyrokinetic alien.