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

Discussion in 'Star Trek: Discovery' started by Commander Richard, Oct 15, 2017.

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Rate the episode...

  1. 10 - Absolutely fantastic!

    18.1%
  2. 9

    28.9%
  3. 8

    21.7%
  4. 7

    13.3%
  5. 6

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  6. 5

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  7. 4

    3.0%
  8. 3

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  9. 2

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  10. 1 - I sling mudd at it!

    2.1%
  1. Refuge

    Refuge Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Yet to be convinced.. but still prepared to be.
     
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  2. SantaEddie74

    SantaEddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Garth was #6 on the wider list. Or...something. ;)
     
  3. Vger23

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    Best episode of the series so far. Virtually perfect. The other two (post-prologue) were, for me 7.8's and 7.7's that I rounded up to 8's

    This was a 10. A 10!! A FUCKING 10!
     
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  4. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    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.
     
  5. Mechanoid1

    Mechanoid1 Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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    You mean nebula, gamoras sister?
     
  6. ichab

    ichab Commodore Commodore

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    Another great episode! With that cliffhanger at the end I'm going with Mirror Universe.
     
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  7. Cyrus

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    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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  8. SantaEddie74

    SantaEddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Robert April is now live-action, onscreen canon. Nice. About time!
     
  9. Mirror Mirror

    Mirror Mirror Commodore Commodore

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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.
     
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  10. Big Data

    Big Data Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

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

    The Shrike Lieutenant Junior Grade Red Shirt

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    lol, that's who she reminds me of too.
     
  12. CorporalClegg

    CorporalClegg Admiral Admiral

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    I think the the CMO should be a young Lenny. I mean, what better to facilitate an abnormal fear of transporters than instantly jumping around the universe on mushroom power.
     
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  13. DEWLine

    DEWLine Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    Agreed on that point. Someone's probably beating both of us to that punch right now.
     
  14. Vger23

    Vger23 Vice Admiral Admiral

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    I must admit...it is entirely possible that Tyler is Voq.
     
  15. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Yeah it isn't up on space.ca yet, and won't be up on Crave until tomorrow afternoon.
     
  16. SantaEddie74

    SantaEddie74 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    The exterior of the "D7" looks like shite but other than that this was the most traditionally Klingon the Klingons have been since ENT. I'm still not enjoying the new Klingon makeup but I enjoyed their behavior for once.
     
  17. Sir Stewart Wallace

    Sir Stewart Wallace Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

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    The way he pushed her out of the way of the blast? Yeah.
     
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  18. eschaton

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

    Stamets reflection didn't turn and walk away when he did, but "lagged" for a period of time.
     
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  19. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    Looked like he walked away, but his reflection didn't.
     
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  20. Lakenheath 72

    Lakenheath 72 Commodore Commodore

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    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