Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 2x02 - "New Eden"

[TheSeeker]

I loved this episode. It really felt like a good old fashioned Trek yarn. I gave it a 9.

2. No more "Black Alert" announcement???

I actually mentioned that to my wife as we were watching. I miss it.

 

[Tuskin38]

Oh I didn’t mention it, I rated it 9

 

[CorporalClegg]

They’re not doing a mid season break

Ah. Not sure if that's good or bad. On the one hand, it means getting to gobble them all up right away. On the other hand, it means it'll be over that much sooner.

Agree with you wholeheartedly on Pike/Mount. Damn entertaining portrayal.

Mount does a great Steve Rodgers impersonation.

 

[Lord Garth]

Tilly's dead friend was pretty Lynchian, which I liked a lot. But Tilly as the youngest ever in the command whatsit? That seems like quite a stretch.

True. If the Academy is like college, then Command Training must be like grad school or getting a post-baccalaureate.

 

[Vger23]

The Jacob character was really quite well portrayed. Not sure who the actor was, but he did a great job, and had tremendous chemistry with Mount.

 

[thribs]

So this new foe impersonates dead people. Must be the First.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

I don’t think this family is representative of Vulcan so much as it is a story about one screwed up Vulcan and how he screwed up his wife and children.

Vulcan soap opera "All my Kah-if-farr".
Or maybe more like a Vulcan reality show.

 

[Vger23]

So this new foe impersonates dead people. Must be the First.

Foe?

 

[thribs]

Foe?

I’m sure it has some naughty intentions.

 

[PixelMagic]

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

 

[mr.peany]

No Sara Mitich.

I’m assuming that’s why the Airiam character was recast. From the looks of IMDB it appears Mitich has been quite busy with other roles.

 

[CorporalClegg]

So this new foe impersonates dead people. Must be the First.

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

I’m sure it has some naughty intentions.

Or good intentions, but with negative consequences.

Plus, I'm not sure if Tilly's imaginary friend was a product of the Red Angels or the spores.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Youngest until Kirk I bet.

Tilly is younger than Kirk, by about three years. So there's no way for him to become the youngest CTP member.

Pike has pretty much decided Burnham is his First Officer right?

I think he's just used to working with Spock, and she's the next best thing (Nhan must've transferred off the ship).

Must be just pass Gorn space I bet

Galaxy is huge. They're far, far, far away from the Gorn or anyone else we know. Probably closer to the Hirogen than the Gorn.

I would say a 9, but I'm giving an extra point for "Fortunately, I was raised on Vulcan. We don't do funny."

I was hoping for a retort, something along the lines of "I know that's not true" or "Not in my experience", referencing Spock and his oft-sarcastic jabs on TOS.

 

[Campe]

I give it an 8. Definitely reminiscent of TOS. Great stuff from Mount, Jones and Green here. Wiseman was okay but could stand to dial it back just a bit.

And damn, do I have a crush on Emily Coutts (Detmer).

 

[Jadeb]

The Jacob character was really quite well portrayed. Not sure who the actor was, but he did a great job, and had tremendous chemistry with Mount.

Agree. He raised the bar for the episode as a whole. I'll be curious to see if they Piece of the Action that character -- and, if so, what he'll be like after finding out the truth and getting that Federation tech.

 

[NeoStar9]

Possibly the people who jumped onboard for Season 2 because of Pike and Spock and hadn't binged Season 1.

Between the quick-but-efficient recap of S1 at the beginning of "Brother", the roll call for the crew in the same episode, and the explanation of the Spore Drive here, you really could get by watching this season without watching last.

There were a few more things like that as well. The talk of World War 3 would be included in that. Someone new to Trek likely wouldn't know that took place in Star Trek's history and was a key point for this story.

 

[DEWLine]

I think Pike's gambled correctly on this usage, though.

 

[Noname Given]

If they were from Earth, the Prime Directive doesn’t count. They should be allowed to tell them everything.

^^^
I liked it as it was Captain's discretion. The people there did create their own society over the 200 years since they were taken there.

- Plus, could they fit everyone on the planet on the ship (and if not would Starfleet authorize and Stamets be willing to endure the number of Jumps it would take?)

- Would everyone want to leave? You also have the situation that if enough DO want to leave; would the ones who remain have enough manpower and diversity to continue living and procreating there.

Pike thought abut the above and figured it was best to leave these people as they were. That said, I do LOVE that he in the end had a reason to reveal the truth to the one person who needed to hear it.

 

[Vger23]

And damn, do I have a crush on Emily Coutts (Detmer).