Life is rarely fair. Ash Tyler turned out to be a Klingon spy. To cover his secret, he killed the chief medical officer and nearly killed Michael Burnham. He’s allowed to walk around the ship unsupervised. Also, Michael Burnham saves the Emperor of the Terran Empire. She’s the most ruthless product of a ruthless version of humanity. Rather than lock her up, they make her captain of the Discovery. Makes sense. Right? That’s how this episode goes. But, hey! We’re back in the Prime Universe! There’s no more evil humans or Vulcans with goatees to worry about.
The crew can focus on the Klingon war again, which has progressed nine months since they left. Things aren’t going too well for Starfleet. 20% of Federation territory has been lost. About a third of the Fleet is no more. Starfleet Command needs something major and Emperor…er…Captain Georgiou might be the one to give it to her. They do have the Klingon T’Rell in holding, so she might provide something useful.
The fact that they let two major threats walk freely through the ship is my major issue here. You might say that there’s some major plot point that will require both Georgiou and Tyler. And you’d be right. I have seen the finale. However, use of those characters would be done grudgingly. Someone would be forced to let them out of prison to accomplish something. That’s not the case here. It would seem that being human, or at least appearing human, has its advantages.
It’s also a bit of an insult to Saru to make Georgiou the captain. Saru has done a great job commanding the Discovery. You can’t even argue plot point here. First off, doesn’t the entire crew know what’s going on? Why the pretense of saying that it’s the Prime Georgiou other than to remind the crew that they have to keep up an act? Why even make her captain? They could just as easily keep her on as an advisor or something. If anyone asks, you could say that she’s taking time off to recover from being held captive or something. The fact that she’s given direct command of a starship means that she could take over the Prime Universe.
So, yeah. The first season of Discovery will end with some major questions. I’m sure the writers have something planned for Tyler and Georgiou, but many of the details seem forced or unnecessary. Basically, there are three people on the ship that shouldn’t be trusted and two of them are trusted in this episode. I’m not sure any explanation would be sufficient, but I am curious to see where the characters go in season 2.
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The crew can focus on the Klingon war again, which has progressed nine months since they left. Things aren’t going too well for Starfleet. 20% of Federation territory has been lost. About a third of the Fleet is no more. Starfleet Command needs something major and Emperor…er…Captain Georgiou might be the one to give it to her. They do have the Klingon T’Rell in holding, so she might provide something useful.
The fact that they let two major threats walk freely through the ship is my major issue here. You might say that there’s some major plot point that will require both Georgiou and Tyler. And you’d be right. I have seen the finale. However, use of those characters would be done grudgingly. Someone would be forced to let them out of prison to accomplish something. That’s not the case here. It would seem that being human, or at least appearing human, has its advantages.
It’s also a bit of an insult to Saru to make Georgiou the captain. Saru has done a great job commanding the Discovery. You can’t even argue plot point here. First off, doesn’t the entire crew know what’s going on? Why the pretense of saying that it’s the Prime Georgiou other than to remind the crew that they have to keep up an act? Why even make her captain? They could just as easily keep her on as an advisor or something. If anyone asks, you could say that she’s taking time off to recover from being held captive or something. The fact that she’s given direct command of a starship means that she could take over the Prime Universe.
So, yeah. The first season of Discovery will end with some major questions. I’m sure the writers have something planned for Tyler and Georgiou, but many of the details seem forced or unnecessary. Basically, there are three people on the ship that shouldn’t be trusted and two of them are trusted in this episode. I’m not sure any explanation would be sufficient, but I am curious to see where the characters go in season 2.
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