Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 3x02 - "Far From Home"

[tomalak301]

I'm giving that episode a 5. It was ok, but I kinda felt after Discovery goes through the Wormhole we should have gotten a little more "ummph" as a resolution to that cliffhanger. The stuff with Suru, Tilly, and the inhabitants they found left me with a sense of "why should I care" even though it did play up to Giorgeu's storyline of not doing things the starfleet way. Still, I guess maybe I was looking for more background information, like what planet they were on, what is going on, stuff like that. I left that episode feeling like I really didn't learn anything and it stalled to find out more next week. However, seeing Burnham on the viewscreen and revealing that Discovery had come a year after she did was probably the most important information of this episode.

There were good things about it however. Detmer has a storyline this season it looks like and I'm intrigued. I still really like the interplay between Jet and Stamets, and the storyline between Hugh and Paul this season is already great. We're seeing Culber do more Doctor work and I loved his line "I need you alive so I can kill you". That chemistry that we briefly saw in Season 1 with the tooth-brushing scene has finally made a comeback and I'm excited to see where it goes. I also liked how Rhys and Bryce got more dialogue. It looks like the writers are trying to make a push to make this be a more well rounded crew.

Still, I found the plotline to this episode kinda boring. I know it's early and I appreciated a Discovery only story, but considering how last season ended, I feel like there could have been so much more.

 

[Tim Thomason]

I read people's replies about the ship crashing. My point is it hit. Hard. Whenever we've seen a starship crash like that, it was trashed and no longer space worthy. I think this ship was built by Skynet. lol

I think it's like in Back to the Future II where Doc Brown says the '54 Ford will rip right through his '83 DeLorean like a piece of tin foil. They built the 23rd century ships alot hardier than the 24th century ships because they couldn't rely on their shielding and deflectors to come through in a pinch. 22nd century ships with their polarized hulls and no shields are even tougher.

 

[Bollie74]

So now we know what happened to Nhan... NOTHING.

The actress got added to the credits at the beginning which is cool.

 

[NCC-73515]

I'm giving that episode a 5. It was ok, but I kinda felt after Discovery goes through the Wormhole we should have gotten a little more "ummph" as a resolution to that cliffhanger. The stuff with Suru, Tilly, and the inhabitants they found left me with a sense of "why should I care" even though it did play up to Giorgeu's storyline of not doing things the starfleet way. Still, I guess maybe I was looking for more background information, like what planet they were on, what is going on, stuff like that. I left that episode feeling like I really didn't learn anything and it stalled to find out more next week. However, seeing Burnham on the viewscreen and revealing that Discovery had come a year after she did was probably the most important information of this episode episode.

There were good things about it however. Detmer has a storyline this season it looks like and I'm intrigued. I still really like the interplay between Jet and Stamets, and the storyline between Hugh and Paul this season is already great. We're seeing Culber do more Doctor work and I loved his line "I need you alive so I can kill you". That chemistry that we briefly saw in Season 1 with the tooth-brushing scene has finally made a comeback and I'm excited to see where it goes. I also liked how Rhys and Bryce got more dialogue. It looks like the writers are trying to make a push to make this be a more well rounded crew.

Still, I found the plotline to this episode kinda boring. I know it's early and I appreciated a Discovery only story, but considering how last season ended, I feel like there could have been so much more.

Another problem is that we only have 13 episodes this season, so a lost one is more of a loss than in the old seasons with 20+ episodes

 

[Vger23]

I think that I would have rated this episode quite highly, but this episode has perhaps the most tone deaf moment I have ever seen in the franchise. This episode completed filming sometime last year. Many months have past as it has gone through post-production. During that time, we've had to trust people to keep the spaces we occupy and the things we touch clean. There are some people who have been asked to go back to work in unsafe conditions in order to keep the food supply active and, in some unfortunate circumstances, teach children packed into tight spaces. Jett Reno telling the man cleaning up the remains of Leland that effectively, his name does not matter, is perhaps the most dehumanizing things I've heard in Star Trek from one of our heroes. Moreover, it comes at a time when we can't take such jobs for granted. How someone did not catch this and expunge the line is surprising.

Human beings bust balls and are minor assholes to each other all the time. It’s not dehumanizing. It’s how people behave in real life. These are supposed to be people, not saints...and for that, I’m grateful.

I think there are greater things in the world to be indignant over, to be honest.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Another thing, the little detail of Saru bringing Tilly along to disarm people was brilliant. I hope he becomes permanent Discovery captain, he deserves it.

And I loved seeing him use his poison barbs offensively for the first time.

 

[Vger23]

I liked this one. A lot. Much like “New Eden,” it felt a lot like a classic frontier TOS episode. Simple story, lots of witty banter between the crew, scenery chewing villain, and a countdown to avert disaster to the ship, not to mention some good old-fashioned ass-kicking. Great focus on the Discovery crew...and an emotionally uplifting ending that was well-earned. This kind of Star Trek is my bag.

This could be a really great season in the making.

9/10

 

[cooleddie74]

TNG, DS9 and ENT each came into their own with their respective Season 3. Let's hope that DSC follows that.

 

[Uhura's Song]

TNG, DS9 and ENT each came into their own with their respective Season 3. Let's hope that DSC follows that.

Yep.

TNG1<TNG2<TNG3. Ditto for DS9. IMHO.

I liked ENT early on more than most (including the theme song!), but there was a lot of cringe in there as well.

Hope this is the best year of Disco. I have liked the first half of S1 & S2 much more than the back halves. Especially S2. Would love this one to peak at the end.

 

[tomalak301]

TNG, DS9 and ENT each came into their own with their respective Season 3. Let's hope that DSC follows that.

DS9 season 2 had so many great episodes though. I thought it came into its own from Duet onward.

 

[cooleddie74]

Season 2 was - overall - a big improvement over Season 1 even with "Duet(DS9)" being such a standout episode.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

I think it's like in Back to the Future II where Doc Brown says the '54 Ford will rip right through his '83 DeLorean like a piece of tin foil. They built the 23rd century ships alot hardier than the 24th century ships because they couldn't rely on their shielding and deflectors to come through in a pinch. 22nd century ships with their polarized hulls and no shields are even tougher.

I can buy this on the pre-shields era starships. The NX-01 for example. Even then, we saw the ship's hull torn up pretty easy in a lot of episodes. The same goes for, well, just about any starship where the visual effects allowed the audience to see hull damage.

When the ship punched through the planet chunk, I was almost laughing. It should have just smashed apart like Voyager in "Year of Hell, Part II." When the ship crashed, I was thinking of the Ent-D saucer in Generations and Voyager in "Timeless."

 

[Paul755]

Same as last week, good but not great. So a solid 6.

I liked it. But it fully re-enforces something I started to realize last week, Burnham is a better character without the Disco crew and they are better without her. And that’s not to slight SMG AT ALL.

Jet Reno is such a fun character, they really need to have more of her.

Gorgeiou with pieces of Leyland on her boot was kinda funny-gross.

The parasitic ice never really felt threatening. Using it as a threat without showing what it could do beyond grow was weak. The generic bad guys...were generic.

they still hug and cry too much.

Is anyone else not getting the “next week” preview?

 

[Agony_Boothb]

I think that I would have rated this episode quite highly, but this episode has perhaps the most tone deaf moment I have ever seen in the franchise. This episode completed filming sometime last year. Many months have past as it has gone through post-production. During that time, we've had to trust people to keep the spaces we occupy and the things we touch clean. There are some people who have been asked to go back to work in unsafe conditions in order to keep the food supply active and, in some unfortunate circumstances, teach children packed into tight spaces. Jett Reno telling the man cleaning up the remains of Leland that effectively, his name does not matter, is perhaps the most dehumanizing things I've heard in Star Trek from one of our heroes. Moreover, it comes at a time when we can't take such jobs for granted. How someone did not catch this and expunge the line is surprising.

I disagree. The initial treatment of Reg Barclay was far more dehumanising and was pretty much sustained bullying. La Forge didn't like reg, Riker wanted him gone instead of figuring out why a crewmember was struggling, crewmembers were dismissive of reg's ideas and talked over him and Picard even used the shitty nickname the crew had given reg.

And what was the reason for this? The fact that Barclay had anxiety and struggled to make friends. It basically takes barclay saving the ship for people to show him any respect. As someone who identifies with aspects of Barclay it was pretty shit to see our heroes treating someone so poorly for not fitting the perfect starfleet mould.

 

[rhllot]

knowing that V'Draysh means federation I suppose that V'Draysh is the most important successor state of the federation today, so I think that the Earth, vulcan, tellar prime and andoria are part of V'Draysh

 

[Borgminister]

I'm usually an easy 8 and frequent 9, but a few things bothered me about this episode. The Stamets story line made no sense within the framework of the story, I mean it's not like they didn't have qualified personnel to go insert new cartridges without being fresh off an induced coma and near fatal injury; could've been a lower decks situation, not just a blood and guts shoveling extra cleaning up after Control. And then the ice parasites, the worst kind of device, simplified as a plot trope without investigating what the heck its composition and nature might be. Hopefully Detmer's "concussion" gets addressed further as well. Then the two-dimensional bad guys and resolution seemed a bit too pat, and I really felt nothing about that wannabe Starfleet technician being killed. Hey, maybe it's the Biden-drumpf debate hangover, but this easy mark has to go 7 this time, afer a wonderous first episode...

 

[rhllot]

I hope that the V’draysh are both as similar and as different from the federation as the Russian federation and the Soviet union!
Now it could be a more militarized and isolationist state

 

[Lord Garth]

I think what's left of the Federation and whatever of it became the V'Draysh are two different things. I see the V'Draysh being the Main Enemies in Discovery. They'll be DSC's version of the Borg or Dominion.

 

[rhllot]

I think what's left of the Federation and whatever of it became the V'Draysh are two different things. I see the V'Draysh being the Main Enemies in Discovery. They'll be DSC's version of the Borg or Dominion.

maybe the V’draysh just want to live in their territory and don't want to know anything about what happens outside.
people who still believe in the federation are seen as crazy people who still want the rebuilding of a state that no longer exists.

 

[rhllot]

just imagine a group of 17th century tsarist russians travel to the present and tell putin that he has to crown a romanov as absolute monarch