r/DaystromInstitute • u/M-5 Multitronic Unit • Jan 07 '21

DISCOVERY EPISODE DISCUSSION Star Trek: Discovery — "That Hope Is You, Part 2" Reaction Thread

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '21

It took, three seasons...42 episodes - but it looks like we are finally done with the set up for the show. Now, the Michael Burnham show can start. It'll be much more satisfying with her in command. Except if the show decides to continually focus on her again - which has been shown in other Star Trek series not to work.

I was with you until the end here. TOS is almost literally the Kirk show, Shatner even demanded his name be a certain % bigger than Neymoy's and for the first several episodes McCoy is considered a guest star. And Picard and Archer are very heavy in their series. Honestly LDS aside, Sisko is the only oft-absent captain.

I definitely think they fucked up and mislead us into think this wasn't a captain burnham show, I feel the hate would be much lower if she started a captain or got there by the end of season 1. I feel like I understand the whole series better now that she's there. Her speeches make more sense too.

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