Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x10 - "The Galactic Barrier"

[XCV330]

good episode. i liked it. I am curious what Bryce and Kovich are up to, though.

 

[JoaquinSlowly]

I believe this was Bryce’s exit from the series, as his portrayer, Ronnie Rowe, Jr., has gotten a role on the BET/CBC series The Porter that prevented him from being able to continue on Discovery.

 

[fireproof78]

I believe this was Bryce’s exit from the series, as his portrayer, Ronnie Rowe, Jr., has gotten a role on the BET/CBC series The Porter that prevented him from being able to continue on Discovery.

I'm still sad about that.

 

[Vger23]

I wonder if the Barrier could be a galactic version of the Oort Cloud (different composition obviously, but similar concept as a natural phenomenon)….maybe an accumulation of energies and radiation that resulted from the formation of the galaxy long ago, and are now held in place by the gravitational forces of the Milky Way

 

[Lakenheath 72]

Well, they added some new features to the galactic barrier. The strangest one is that the visible spectra is effected, with people seeing in gray scale.

 

[fireproof78]

I wonder if is something from the temporal wars.

 

[XCV330]

Well, they added some new features to the galactic barrier. The strangest one is that the visible spectra is effected, with people seeing in gray scale.

It felt like someone had been watching Star Trek Continues and chanced into that one while after they were watching video of STC's galactic barrier stuff.

 

[Vger23]

It felt like someone had been watching Star Trek Continues and chanced into that one while after they were watching video of STC's galactic barrier stuff.

That finale episode of STC is really quite intriguing.

 

[fireproof78]

That finale episode of STC is really quite intriguing.

I liked seeing Smith again.

 

[Vulture]

I give this episode 7 Andys #STTNC

First things first..... a Gilligan's Island references 1000 years in the future, I call bullshit.
I really enjoyed the backstory of the mad scientist.

Bubbles in the galactic barrier, odd choice but okay.

I predict the president will get killed off by the season.

 

[XCV330]

Maybe Gilligan's Island got rebooted and reinterpreted so many times in the future that it become something of an Odyssey by the 31st century. I mean look at what two decades or so has done between the last Fresh Prince and the new one.

 

[jackoverfull]

Since there is no evidence that a Galactic Barrier exists in real life, it stands to reason it could be artificial in nature. And if it is artificial... then it could have been enhanced since the 23rd century.

In fact, since the Kelvans were able to travel from Andromeda to the Milky way in about 300 years, they had to go through the barrier themselves (and they obviously survived).

So, either the barrier was weakened by the 23rd century and then it was enhanced by the 32nd, or as you said, Disco hit a section of the barrier that was stronger (but given the mention of the kind of materials SF uses in the 32nd century, it shouldn't have posed a danger to the ship).

What bugs me is why no one questioned the existence of the barrier or who/what may have made it (and for what purpose).

The books explored this, but they aren't canon.

not that they actually needed the kelvans’ help to cross: the kelvans crashed, the enterprise didn’t.

They did enhance the TOS Enterprise to be able to ID the Barrier as Negative Energy. That much has lasted throughout the years.

I’m positive that Spock shouts “energy: negative” already in the pilot.

I disagree.
The only purpose of this character in this episode was to show how smart Michael Burnham is.
The writers make this character dumb, to contrast her against the smart Michael Burnham.
Every decision the President was not only wrong, after she got lectured by Michael Burnham, she reverted all her decisions and agreed with Burnham.

President: We need to wait for the delegates.
Burnham: No
President: Ok, let's go.

President: We need to abandon the mission to contact the 10C and turn back.
Burnham: No
President: Ok, let's continue.

President: We need to keep the information secret.
Burnham: No
President: Ok, let's tell the crew

you make a good point. I still like her but it wasn’t her great appearance. Good to have some background on her and her family, at least.

Consistency from Discovery writers?

Ouch. Even worse than I remembered. Discovery really needs a consistency advisor.

Where exactly was it indicated that the surviving Kelvans gave StarFleet the necessary info to actually get back through the barrier.
Especially since they didn't make it through unscathed the first time and the fact that taking on a humanoid form was debilitating as far as they were concerned.

3rd. Insane man takes the ship into the barrier .. And stays there for an extended period of time with no mention of imminent destruction. Till the medusan gets them out.

Starfleet exited the galaxy fine a few times, they don’t need their help.

 

[Vger23]

I give this episode 7 Andys #STTNC

First things first..... a Gilligan's Island references 1000 years in the future, I call bullshit.
I really enjoyed the backstory of the mad scientist.

Bubbles in the galactic barrier, odd choice but okay.

I predict the president will get killed off by the season.

Shakespeare wasn’t super-popular in his own time. The plays only became classics later.

Same phenomenon here?

 

[Atrili]

The Gilligan's Island reference is concrete proof that Kovich is actually an older, time traveling Tom Paris.

 

[Paul755]

The slower pace is fine with me, so long as they don’t try and cram 3 episodes worth of stuff into the finale.

not a big fan of Tarka’s “tragic backstory”. And how do they need so much power to hop to a different universe when they just needed a transporter and device the size of a water bottle on DS9?

the rest of the episode was good.

7/10

 

[XCV330]

The slower pace is fine with me, so long as they don’t try and cram 3 episodes worth of stuff into the finale.

not a big fan of Tarka’s “tragic backstory”. And how do they need so much power to hop to a different universe when they just needed a transporter and device the size of a water bottle on DS9?

the rest of the episode was good.

7/10

they have mentioned that at least the mirror universe moved further away from the prime over time. whatever that means. so maybe this mythic reality requires much more energy to cross.

 

[Avro Arrow]

they air an hour a part in Canada, so I'll have 2 hours of Trek in a row.

Which one do they show first, and when?

According to the listings I saw today, they're going to be showing Picard first (at 8:00 pm local time) and Discovery second (at 9:00 pm local time). Not sure if this is set in stone, or may possibly change before next Thursday.

 

[Amasov]

The Gilligan's Island reference is concrete proof that Kovich is actually an older, time traveling Tom Paris.

I'll agree with this assessment when he says "groovy."

 

[UssGlenn]

And how do they need so much power to hop to a different universe when they just needed a transporter and device the size of a water bottle on DS9?

At the time that episode was made the mirror universe was still oddly aligned with Prime. Probably took less energy to jump there than some other disparate universes.

 

[Therin of Andor]

By strange coincide, I watched USS Discovery traverse the Galactic Barrier this morning - and then the passing of Sally Kellerman (Dr Elizabeth Dehner) was announced.

Update:

Reports that Sally Kellerman has died. And on the very day Discovery breaks through the Galactic Barrier...

Ah, I see you beat me to it.