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Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 3x13 - "That Hope Is You, Part 2"

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The Burn was caused by a sound wave coming from someone genetically linked to subspace because he had more chromosomes.
So you're saying it's Star Trek?
It was an enjoyable episode for me. It was nice to be proven wrong. I thought Booker might not survive this season. It's good to see him alive.

I did a Google search on the mining vessel Coloma's name. I got one entry at Wikipedia. Coloma is the name of a California town where in 1848 gold was discovered, leading to the Gold Rush.

Coloma, California - Wikipedia
I live about a half hour from Coloma so it made me smile.
 
Come on, bottomless chasms are a time honored Starfleet tradition since Riker kicked the Reman Viceroy into one on Enterprise E's deck 29. Obviously Starfleet engineers are huge fans of Star Wars architecture. :lol:
Nah they date back Ruk tossing redshirts down them, ;)

I have one question: Where did Burnham beam the invading force after she took over the ship's functions?
Outer space? A la mirror universe?
I assume the Viridian. Tough break, that.
She says to the computer to beam off all the regulators but that science guy was still on the ship. How did the computer know that he turned good and could stay onboard
Good question. I guess he doesn't count.

So...new uniforms but old console interfaces?
I though all the consoles were upgraded to 32nd Century specs but look the same for "comfort".

the third season finale suffers from an utter lack of plot,
Not sure you understand what a plot is.

I don't like the new uniforms; they're Space 1999, not Trek.
I thought the same when I saw TMP back in '79. :lol:

Since Adira seems to have received an official Starfleet comission as well, does that mean Earth rejoined the Federation too?
She doesn't have to be from a Federation world to join Starfleet.
or a turbolift?
Turbolifts seem to be moving just fine. Just don't fall off.
 
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The best part of the episode, and something I heartily approve of, is that they got past the will she/won't she stage with this flirtation of Burnham with captainhood. A traditional Trek show with a traditional crew structure should have the CO be the main character.

There were other good things about the episode, but all of the action sequences were CRINGE. Actually, most of the episode was cringe, and the pacing was wonky.
 
Discovery is now a super starship that can go head to head with the federation fleet and Osyraa’s warship while having still the shields at 50%.
Not just a fleet, but a fleet and a starbase.

Both of which were trying to destroy it.

Remember how that went back in the days of DS9? The station could literally one shot starships.


Also everyone asking about the huge interior areas in Discovery, remember the Federation had the technology by the 31st century to make vessels larger on the inside than the outside.
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Earth_vessel_(31st_century)
Why do they need dilithium driven warp cores at all if they can expand the internal space of starships that much?

After all, Warp Cores are only useful because of a combination of fuel efficiency and generator size.
 
I don't usually comment, but since it's the 3rd season finale it seems like an appropriate time.

DIscovery, overall, is pretty good.

That said, there are problems, all of which have been discussed here until the cows come home, and I'm still waiting for that.

The barn door is open.

Here, cows! Here, cows! We have a nice bit of hay for you if you just come home! Here, cows!

Discovery has suffered from lack of direction for 3 seasons. The premise is good, the cast is good, they just need to decide where they're going and stick with it. I think they've decided what they want to do by the end of this season, and that's a good thing. Let them run with it.

This was a good end for the season, and the arc. We'll see what happens next.
 
They managed to stick a landing in a season that was an incoherent and inconsistent mess.

A few observations:
  • Captain Burnham. At long last! I've been waiting for this moment for three years. This makes the season almost worthwhile.
  • I greatly enjoyed the character work with Saru and Su'kal. Both actors did an amazing job. As well as the moments where Gray was made manifest and could be seen.
  • Chosen family as a theme, especially when it comes to the queer relationships in the show. And this resonates with me a lot. While I'm lucky that my birth family is a part of my life and accepting of my queerness, I know that my other LGBTQ friends aren't. I'm doubly lucky to also have a chosen family.
  • The cause of the Burn still doesn't make sense. I found myself glazing over with all the tech-the-tech double talk to handwave it. But hopefully with the cause out of the way, the show can get go on adventures exploring the 32nd Century.
  • Also the turbolift funhouse is just ridiculous. Where in the name of sanity does it fit within the ship?
 
Hmm. I'm torn on this finale. Parts of it I quite liked. Saru, the wrap up to the Burn (silly and implausible, yes, but at least it wasn't an attack and it worked thematically fine), Book's action hero one liner after he wins the fight in the turbolift. Other parts I thought were extremely weak. Osyraa's end in particular. It wasn't bad, but it didn't move me, excite me, or even make me feel satisfied. So, in that sense I suppose it failed.

This felt a LOT like a series finale. I'll be curious what they do if they bring the show back for a fourth season. I do like the new uniforms a lot better than the blue ones. And I like that Stamets is still angry with Michael. Hopefully that gets mined some more and has lasting effects.

Random Treknobabble quibble: what is the point of the separated warp nacelles if they reattach to the ship every time it goes to warp or spore jumps? Why not just leave them attached? Doesn't it take WAY more power to keep them near the ship magnetically than it would to just, you know, have them bolted on? It makes for a potentially neat visual, but if it doesn't actually serve some purpose then it's just silly.
 
Random Treknobabble quibble: what is the point of the separated warp nacelles if they reattach to the ship every time it goes to warp or spore jumps? Why not just leave them attached? Doesn't it take WAY more power to keep them near the ship magnetically than it would to just, you know, have them bolted on? It makes for a potentially neat visual, but if it doesn't actually serve some purpose then it's just silly.

They detach because "wow future"
 
Hmm. I'm torn on this finale. Parts of it I quite liked. Saru, the wrap up to the Burn (silly and implausible, yes, but at least it wasn't an attack and it worked thematically fine), Book's action hero one liner after he wins the fight in the turbolift. Other parts I thought were extremely weak. Osyraa's end in particular. It wasn't bad, but it didn't move me, excite me, or even make me feel satisfied. So, in that sense I suppose it failed.

This felt a LOT like a series finale. I'll be curious what they do if they bring the show back for a fourth season. I do like the new uniforms a lot better than the blue ones. And I like that Stamets is still angry with Michael. Hopefully that gets mined some more and has lasting effects.

Random Treknobabble quibble: what is the point of the separated warp nacelles if they reattach to the ship every time it goes to warp or spore jumps? Why not just leave them attached? Doesn't it take WAY more power to keep them near the ship magnetically than it would to just, you know, have them bolted on? It makes for a potentially neat visual, but if it doesn't actually serve some purpose then it's just silly.
I assume for the same purpose as Book's ship has detachable parts. To bob, weave and dodge.
 
It’s not an ‘if’ they started filing season 4 in November.

Cool, I'd not heard that. I look forward to seeing where they try to take this show next. It's slowly finding it's groove, on the whole. Even if I wasn't the biggest fan of this finale.
 
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