Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x06 - "Lethe"

[Kor]

If Cromwell really thought he was unfit for command, why didn't she immediately remove him and order Saru to take Discovery to a Starbase for reassignment? How much more trouble can Lorca create while still in command with Cromwell gone for weeks or months?

She was helping him save face, as friends do. Maybe she thought this would just be a quick weekend meeting to touch base and establish a dialog with the two Klingon houses, and then she would be right back. And Lorca could use that time to "think of an elegant exit," to use a phrase from Mad Men.

Kor

 

[GeekUSACarl]

She was helping him save face, as friends do. Maybe she thought this would just be a quick weekend meeting to touch base and establish a dialog with the two Klingon houses, and then she would be right back. And Lorca could use that time to "think of an elegant exit," to use a phrase from Mad Men.

Kor

It's also probably just better for moral in general this way. He isn't being removed for doing something horrible, he is being removed upon assessment that he isn't up to the task,

well, he isn't being removed all any more. But I could see the merit in keeping that one as amicable as possible.

 

[Mr Awe]

In times of war its all hands on deck, Lorca was willing to spring Burnham from jail to utilise her expertise, Tilly could be the same.

Yep, that's exactly what I'm thinking.

 

[Tomalak]

Cadet Not got caught on the Defiant at the outbreak of war, something similar for Tilly isn't unreasonable. Discovery is a testbed/science ship rather than a frontline battleship.

 

[Mr Awe]

Besides the fact that they shouldn't have a holodeck (which was infuriating but I don't have the desire to rant about it right now), it just didn't really work.

It's a good thing you held back on your rant because it would've been thoroughly wasted. As has been noted multiple times in this thread, having a holographic room (as opposed to holodeck) is consistent with canon (TAS).

 

[Jadeb]

Tilly is so green and socially awkward she can't remember not to drop the F-bomb in a professional environment, yet they're trusting her to keep Starfleet's greatest secret.

 

[cultcross]

Tilly is so green and socially awkward she can't remember not to drop the F-bomb in a professional environment, yet they're trusting her to keep Starfleet's greatest secret.

Depending on the professional environment, the F bomb may not be unusual at all.

 

[Beagleman]

Everyone is mentioning TAS, no one remembers Enterprise had a holoroom a hundred years earlier? Or has everyone drunk away their memory of that show.

 

[GeekUSACarl]

Depending on the professional environment, the F bomb may not be unusual at all.

Never been in the navy but I have to imagine this isn't uncommon now,

 

[XCV330]

Everyone is mentioning TAS, no one remembers Enterprise had a holoroom a hundred years earlier? Or has everyone drunk away their memory of that show.

That was on an alien ship.

 

[Jadeb]

Depending on the professional environment, the F bomb may not be unusual at all.

Sure, but it's clearly out of place in the Trek workplace. They even do the pause for dramatic/humorous effect.

 

[Kemaiku]

Depending on the professional environment, the F bomb may not be unusual at all.

With this crew, I'm thinking swearing is a lot more commonplace than most ships. Good thing it's not Demolition Man or every replicator on the ship would burn out printing tickets.

 

[Beagleman]

That was on an alien ship.

Oh, I see... so you're saying I have a drinking problem?

 

[BillJ]

She was helping him save face, as friends do.

That seems like bad policy during wartime. Friend or not, if he is emotionally unstable he should be removed from command.

 

[Turtletrekker]

That was so obviously marketing. Shameless.

Nothing new. The whole point of introducing IDIC in TOS was too sell the medallions.

 

[cultcross]

With this crew, I'm thinking swearing is a lot more commonplace than most ships.

THE FUCKING WOMEN!!!
Shut the fuck up, Wesley!
It's Fucking Reaaaaaallllllllll!
There's fucking coffee in that nebula

 

[Charles Phipps]

If Cromwell really thought he was unfit for command, why didn't she immediately remove him and order Saru to take Discovery to a Starbase for reassignment? How much more trouble can Lorca create while still in command with Cromwell gone for weeks or months?

There's nine different ways Cornwell was handling things badly regarding Lorca.

 

[BillJ]

There's nine different ways Cornwell was handling things badly regarding Lorca.

Yeah. She shouldn't have been there for a bang session if she was supposed to be evaluating his command fitness.

 

[Charles Phipps]

Yeah. She shouldn't have been there for a bang session if she was supposed to be evaluating his command fitness.

Hell, if she'd been there NOT as his friend it would have gone better for her and him both.

A not-friend wouldn't have blown up at him having a PTSD attack but handled it professionally.

 

[cooleddie74]

They had a holodeck in The Animated Series.

Besides, it wasn't a holodeck for recreational purposes nor an entire section of the ship dedicated to one huge chamber. It's a holographic simulation chamber with what may likely be limited interactivity.

The Xyrillians in ENT had vastly more impressive and interactive holographic technology more than a century before Sunday night's episode.