#ST: Discovery

[deadgodjess]

the most important lesson that star trek can teach us is that even the utopian ideal of star trek can't be achieved in star trek if you keep expecting a finish line. There is no point we can achieve and then just be done working for, done evolving and learning and striving for. the federation is a utopia in that it keeps working towards and learning how to be a utopia. yeah, some of that is a doyalist "because we as real people keep working towards and learning how to be a utopia," but it's also because of the watsonian fact that the federation are people, and people are never done learning or adding complications or ideas to society so long as society exists.

[xfilesposterproject]

To help send off Star Trek: Discovery, I'm making all 10 of my retro episode posters for the final season available for a limited one-week order window, ending this Friday.

I'm also including some other Trek tie-in prints with the sale: first, my poster for "The Chase", the TNG ep that inspired the events of this season of Disco. Second, I've got another series finale poster, TNG's "All Good Things...". Finally, I'm offering a new printing of my sold out teaser poster for Star Trek: Legacy.

Pre-order at jjlendl.com/shop until June 7th.

[sicksicksixx]

michael acting like she’s never met a human this IS AMANDA GRAYSON ERASURE

[savequeerstories]

Stamets and Culber - Star Trek: Discovery

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[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Michael Burnham…

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[whovianwatchingstartrek]

A Whovian Watches Star Trek for the First Time: Part 106 - Deep Cover within a Deep Cover

Star Trek: Discovery - Season 1 Episode 11 - The Wolf Inside

We open this episode with a monologue from Michael about her time so far in the Empire universe, and how the constant need to watch her back is effecting her. Additionally, we find out that this universe's Saru is a slave, which is sad to see, but for this universe's standards should have been expected. Also the use of a transporter as a method of execution is absolutely brutal to see.

Michael has managed to obtain the information on the Defiant, however cracking the firewall from the Shenzhou is difficult, and sending it to Discovery would be noticed.

Unfortunately back on Discovery, our crew has discovered the death of Colbert, and their immediate assumption is that in his current state, Paul did it. Sylvia has an idea to cure Paul's condition however, and takes him down to the engineering lab. Her theory is that the Spore Network is simply using all of Paul's physical resources to keep the portal between the universes open, and that a fresh dose of spores might wake him up, and she puts this hypothesis to the test.

On the Shenzhou, Michael has been given the location of the leader of the Klingon rebellion, someone called "The Firewolf" and is ordered to kill him.

In a private conversation with Lorca, Michael reveals that she is really hopeful that this rebellion could lead to a Federation like entity if it wins. It's even made up of the same mix of species as the Federation founders, just substituting Klingons for Humans. She is reluctant to go through with her orders. Her plan is to beam into the Firewolf's camp with Ash to negotiate. The pair are captured immediately after appearing, and are taken to the firewolf.

Apparently Sarek is among the firewolf's camp, and they refer to him as "The Prophet". Sarek performs a mindmeld with Michael, and sees the memories from the Federation Universe, and he clears any doubt about Michael's intentions. Michael, looking for advice on how to help with the war in the Federation universe starts asking the Firewolf questions, however a lot of the Firewolf's answers start to trigger Ash's sleeper programming, and a sword fight ensues. Sarek manages to break it up however, and continues to vouch for Michael.

Meanwhile on Discovery, Sylvia's experiment is having a positive effect on Paul, and moving the stress on his brain to some of his other organs, however it then goes wrong, and medical staff have to step in to stabilise him, but he goes braindead, albiet only temporarily. Once Tilly is alone with him, we get to see Paul's perspective inside the spore network, and we're teased with him encountering his empire universe counterpart.

Back on Shenzhou, Ash finally confesses as much as he can about his current state to Michael, and he starts to remember his true past. Apparently, he is a Klingong that was molded into a human and given false memories to infiltrate discovery. More specifically, he is the Federation Universe's counterpart to the Firewolf. He attacks Michael to avenge T'Kuvma, but the Shenzhou crew apprehend him, and Michael orders to have him Transporter Executed. As he sufficates in Space though, Discovery transport him aboard, and turns out this was partially a ruse to get the Data on the Defiant to Discovery. We're then hit with a final blow of another ship appearing to destroy the Rebels themselves, and we're hit with another surprise that apparently the Emperor is Georgiou, something which I really wasn't expecting.

I'm liking this whole corruption arc for Michael, and I thought the Ash twist was fun. It was nice seeing more of this universe, but I wish we could have spent a bit more time fleshing out the Rebels. Good episode, but I think the previous one was a bit better. Still excited to see where this goes now that the Emperor is directly involved though.

[clockwards]

a short and sweet snapshot of Michael and Spock's relationship as children (and the experience of already being ghosts to one another)

[pinazee]

S2E4 Discovery without context

[can0n-fodder]

Too much of a good thing really is ST: Discovery's problem. I love high emotion...but not in every scene, damn near every conversation. I love high-minded speeches...but, again, not 3 per episode. It's exhausting.

I love self indulgence...but not when it's painfully boring to everyone but the writer doing the indulging, and it's taking valuable screen time away from the plot.

[virovirokun-has-adhd]

[oldwickedsongs]

I still hope against hope that he pops up in SNW

#578 by @thelesseroftwoweevils

"It's a pity we never met Prime Lorca. I'd be interesting to see Jason Isaacs break the typecasting and play a genuine nice Picard style paragon captain."

[eruptedinlight]

Saru: A Flat Ass Icon

[peachviz]

It’s just my Silly Little Space show

[gettheorion]

[savequeerstories]

Culber, Stamets, and Adira - Star Trek: Discovery

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[purpleenma]

And Michael joins the Star Trek Women sketch series ✨

See the whole series in AO3 here