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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x05 - "Choose Your Pain"

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.. as I said at the start, let's put to rest the argument that the Discovery crew are all assholes and that this isn't "real Star Trek". A lot of them were awesome in this episode, and embodied Star Trek fantastically IMHO.
Yet to be convinced.. but still prepared to be.
 
there was a plausible time jump for the "procedure" (3 weeks) and plenty of dialogue which could be interpreted in two different ways.

Its only been a week since the last episode.

Lorca said it has been 7 weeks since the Battle, last episode was 6 weeks after.
 
Good episode

Trek's first f-word.
So Dr Culber is not the CMO. Is CMO going to be the Shenzhou doctor that we briefly saw (Dr Nambue)?
The actor playing Mudd did a good job.
The Voq theory thread is going to get a lot of comments. The theory wasn't proved but some fuel was added.
Captain Saru was really good.
 
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I found this one to be solid. I enjoyed Mudd, I enjoyed the Klingon uniforms as well. Story wise, we see the moral issue at play and Star Fleet officers doing what they often do, taking the risk themselves. We also see the ground work being laid for whatever bad, bad thing that drive is gonna lead to.

I did like the revel of the relationship as well. It was a good one and amused me as me as many couples have had conversations while brushing teeth.
 
Can someone explain what was actually shown in the mirror scene? I just noticed Stammets smiling and creepy music.
 
Its only been a week since the last episode.

Lorca said it has been 7 weeks since the Battle, last episode was 6 weeks after.

I think you're wrong. I swore the admirals said Lorca had a "busy three weeks" and mentioned at least two other engagements.

Can someone explain what was actually shown in the mirror scene? I just noticed Stammets smiling and creepy music.

Stamets reflection didn't turn and walk away when he did, but "lagged" for a period of time.
 
For me, this was an intense hour.

On a lighter note, the Star Trek: Star Charts and the Stellar Cartography have become more canonized. The star chart shown in the episode is close to the one seen in those reference works. There are a few slight adjustments to location, the biggest one being K-7 being moved more closer to the Mempa Sector.

Lorca said it had been 7 months since the Battle of the Binaries. So, it goes something like this:
0 - Battle of the Binaries, Episodes 1 and 2
6 months aft BotB - Episodes 3 and 4
7 months aft BotB - Episode 5
 
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