So say we all !!!
Spoilers Hypothesis on second half of first season...
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So say we all !!!
No, it's not. You might be confusing it with Ponn Farr from Amok Time.
I actually got this feeling as well from last night's episode. I don't know if it will end next episode but I think the Klingon war will be resolved before the end of the season. I've been feeling like the writers haven't been that invested in the Klingon War. It's interesting that the two episodes that didn't feature the war, 'Lethe' and 'Magic to make the sanest man go mad' are considered the season's strongest. It seems to be that Bryan Fuller was pushing for the Klingon arc and it's possible the current writing team don't want to head in that direction, but by the time fuller left it was too late to make changes and they had to commit to the Klingon War arc.
There's a lot of ways to interpret that comment. Theoretically speaking, the war arc could basically go on hiatus in the next episode, then not be brought up again until the final episode of the season.
Stepping back for a second, we know that after the mid-season break, there are only six more episodes of this season left. We also know that, according to Kurtzman, there are multiple mirror universe episodes coming. It's very unlikely that they could tie these episodes into the Klingon war in any way. Either they go the ENT route, and we see a "mirror crew" of the ISS Discovery, or the Discovery gets trapped in the Mirror Universe and needs to get home. Either way, it's unlikely that anything will happen to resolve the war in those episodes. That means, at maximum, we're talking about four possible episodes which could deal with the Klingon war in the back half of the season.
Something else to consider is that the next episode seems like it's setting all the pieces in place for the final endgame. Kol and L'Rell are heading to the Pahvo system. We know that Burnham will get in some sort of altercation with Kol. We also know, given the show is going to go on, that the Klingons are not going to "win" next week. This leaves basically three options. One is that the Federation has a total win, which is unlikely. The other is something happens to stall the narrative, and we go back to roughly where we were before. This would be boring as hell. Finally, we could have the series throw us for a loop - for example by the Pahvans getting Discovery (and maybe the sarcophagus ship as well) out of the battle entirely for awhile. Getting stranded in an alternate universe and having to slowly work their way back home would be a great way to do so. Not the only way of course, but one which at least used the potential of the spore drive and meant that Stamets's foreshadowing actually means something.
Don't know about the alternate universes but they do need to hit the reset button in some way shape or form, in particular to the Burnham experiment; the character isn't interesting or likeable. The limits of the spore drive and what it's doing to Stamets is much more interesting than what passes for a plot currently.
What's the use of Discovery then, it was built specifically for the spore drive
Interesting. However that smacks of 'reset' and Discovery is supposed to be better than that. I think it would be a risk to retool things once they have committed to what we've been already shown.
And Voyager was meant to be gritty, hard hitting science fiction instead we got a ship which was back to pristine condition on a weekly basis with a new shuttlecraft fresh from the oven. They need to identify anything not working and ditch it
Okay.. and that is a hypothesis about Discovery, how?
Also what would be the use of Discovery if the whole first eight episodes are reinvented? Be like admitting failure so I hope they don't go down that road..
One random note re visual inconsistencies: Given how the Klingons are evidently buzz-sawing through all the Shenzhou-era Federation starships (even the fresh-off-the-assembly-line Discovery can dish it out, but can't take too much of it), it wouldn't surprise me to see some much more familiar-looking vessels start rumbling out of the shipyards as the series goes on and Starfleet scrambles to adapt to the Klingons' offensive capability. We already know the Constitution-class is out there and considered the fleet's creme de la creme, so any new ships will be based more on their technology while older ships like Discovery are retrofitted to closer to their standard...
After tonight, I think a good portion of my hypothesis (albeit not all of it) has been proven correct.
The Klingon war is not over, but every Klingon character is basically out of the picture as an antagonist. Kol is dead, and the sarcophagus ship is destroyed. L'Rell is a prisoner. Voq is almost certainly Tyler. Hell, we know the war must end with something like an armistice or negotiated settlement given canon. So I don't see another big battle capping the series out, but something more like both sides coming to mutual understanding.
Discovery is almost certainly in some alternate universe (if not the mirror universe per se) by the end of the episode. They could not get back to "prime" (which they may or may not have started in) until the final episode of the season.
The Klingon war is not over, but every Klingon character is basically out of the picture as an antagonist. Kol is dead, and the sarcophagus ship is destroyed. L'Rell is a prisoner. Voq is almost certainly Tyler. Hell, we know the war must end with something like an armistice or negotiated settlement given canon. So I don't see another big battle capping the series out, but something more like both sides coming to mutual understanding.
Discovery is almost certainly in some alternate universe (if not the mirror universe per se) by the end of the episode. They could not get back to "prime" (which they may or may not have started in) until the final episode of the season.
The Discovery is newer then the Connie
That's true, but what Nightowl said is also true.
Are there no reasons why the Klingons who are strictly following Kahless would have no hair? Here are a couple of random scenarios just off the top of my head:
-They shaved their heads in honor Kahless' forging of the bat'leth, as a reminder of that creation.
-They have attempted to genetically engineer themselves to become "more Klingon" after the ravages of the Augment virus. Possibly, they used some of Kahless' DNA to become "more pure" with side effects.
-Ritualized marks as symbols of leadership.
-Ritualized mourning.
And I'm sure there are more.
And the Excelsior was built as a testbed for transwarp drive. They didn't abandon the ship just because the tech didn't work.
Doesn't matter. The Constitutions may (or may not) be an older design, but they are still seen as a more desirable career move. To be posted to a Constitution-class ship is the prime of any Starfleet career, never mind the age of the class.
Doesn’t mean they’re more advanced. Their role in the fleet could be the desirable part.
yeah also a 2017 prius is newer than a 2016 ferrari
