Poll If this was the end, would you be satisfied?

[ITDUDE]

If you're referring to the disjointed set of dialogue snippets and half-thought-out setting descriptions that occasionally find their ways to forum posts, then definitely
... otherwise it's just a bookmarked list of AO3 favorites. Yeah, one of these days I should definitely start welding my own notes together.

Anyway, to stay on topic, I'm glad much of the crew eventually decided to join and I hope to get at least a single verbal confirmation of how many people there actually are aboard as of Season 3. I'd range it from a conservative 30-35 to a larger 75-80, with the probable true figure somewhere in between. I doubt it's everyone, though.

I looked up some fanfiction on that site with Burnham and Tilly.
Your bit about underwear is nothing compared to what's out there

 

[Alan Roi]

If you're referring to the disjointed set of dialogue snippets and half-thought-out setting descriptions that occasionally find their ways to forum posts, then definitely
... otherwise it's just a bookmarked list of AO3 favorites. Yeah, one of these days I should definitely start welding my own notes together.

Anyway, to stay on topic, I'm glad much of the crew eventually decided to join and I hope to get at least a single verbal confirmation of how many people there actually are aboard as of Season 3. I'd range it from a conservative 30-35 to a larger 75-80, with the probable true figure somewhere in between. I doubt it's everyone, though.

Might even include some Enterprise crew volunteers looking to boldly go where no one has gone before. .

 

[anh165]

Actually a part of me would feel happy if Discovery ended on Episode 14.

Their journey 900+ years into the future leaves a lot to the imagination.

And I now look at Spock differently, knowing the secrets of Discovery and the love for his sister. He carries this burden all the way through the many shows and movies he has featured in until his passing in ST-Beyond.

Also that the Enterprise once again helped save the day in a BIG way, before going off on her multi-year mission of exploration.

 

[fireproof78]

Still don't understand the justification why (at the very least) the bridge and engineering crew decided to abandon their lives and follow Burnham into the future. For that matter it wasn't really established how much of the crew stayed aboard, given there would have to be more than a skeleton crew to keep a ship like Discovery which is typically crewed by hundreds functioning.

I imagine in season 3 they will feel obliged to remain in the future to defend whatever they find there or something.

This is one of the few things that feels more like TNG era Trek than TOS era Trek, where the grew will go to whatever adventure regardless.

And Discovery's complement is only like 150.

 

[seigezunt]

Burnham: "It's perfectly logical to you. The two of us roaming about the galaxy in the flagship of the Federation a science ship equipped for 150 separate simultaneous experiments. No crew at all."
Tilly: "We've never needed a crew before. And I could walk around in my underwear because who cares, anyway."
Burnham: "......about that."

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[Quinton]

On the one hand, sure, I guess. Improvised series finales tend to frustrate me far more than this would. Not only was it a fantastic episode, it also ended with some notes of strong closure from a plot perspective.

On the other hand, nah, and this hand wins out in the end. The writers still have plans for this show. The characters still need closure. And if Discovery ended here? With me being aware already that the showrunners had big plans for a nonexistent third season set in the far future? I’d be thinking sourly about that for at least as many years as I’ve been bummed Enterprise didn’t receive a fifth season.

 

[xJaeihx]

It wouldn't have been very satisfying for me. S2, while it was pretty good, didn't tie up loose ends from the first season. A lot of people would still like to know if Prime Lorca survived the MU. I would like to know if any of the rebels survived the Emperor's attack, also we never heard if Admiral Terral survive the war with the Klingons... we also only got like 90 seconds of an Andorian in S2 and it wasn't even Shukar. All that with announcing the return of Andorians and Tellarites in season one, and then only give us blips of them in season two.