It
took me a while to watch the first season of Star Trek: Discovery. I refused to subscribe to CBS All
Access. So, I had to wait for it on
DVD. I then had to reserve it at the
library and wait for it to become available.
I
still refuse to pay for All Access just to watch the one show, but when the
second season became available, I didn’t have to wait as long. It turns out that Netflix has the DVDs
available to rent. So, I was able to get
the first disc of the second season pretty quickly.
The
story starts out where last season ended.
Captain Christopher Pike has assumed command of the USS Discovery,
leaving the Enterprise to be repaired.
What
happened to the Enterprise? The ship
detected seven red signals. When the
ship attempted to scan one of them, many of the ship’s systems blew out. Pike is now taking emergency command of the
Discovery to complete his mission. Pike
has brought with him two officers to help.
What
they find is a collection of debris. It
has abnormally high gravity…and the wreckage of a Starfleet vessel, complete
with survivors. A rather large sample of
the debris is brought onboard for study, the survivors are rescued and the crew
of the Discovery has a new mystery on its hands: What are these mysterious signals?
You
might be wondering where Spock is in all of this. After all, he is the chief science officer of
the Enterprise and Michael Burnham’s foster brother. That’s discussed more in the next episode.
This
episode is more concerned with setting up the next story arc. I wouldn’t say that this season is less
ambitious. Instead, it would seem that
the series has found its footing. I
suspect that it’s going to go for a more even pace.
Last
season, we had a war with the Klingons and a prolonged venture into the Mirror
universe. (I had issues with both.) From what I’ve seen, the writers decided to
stick with one main story and use Burnham’s relationship with Spock to move it
along.
The
show would also seem to rely more on a new story than canon, which is odd
considering that the first episode has two established characters, one of which
will be sticking around for the remainder of the season.
My
only issue is how to abbreviate the name of the series. ST:D never really sat well with me. ST:Disco isn’t an option, either. Has anyone used ST:DIS yet?
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