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4thofeleven“Man, I wish we'd gotten Georgiou as captain of Discovery. They could have had survive and escape from the Klingons or something...”
The Monkey's Paw shudders as a single finger curls inwards, and a sudden chill fills the room.
So, as we enter the home stretch, we get a much appreciated break from the constant action and a chance to catch our breath a little. All the secrets are finally out in the open, and while there's plenty of fallout to deal with, for once we get a sense of a somewhat normal day on Discovery. It's nice, and something the show's desperately needed. We're getting more attention paid to the background characters too – I hope some of the bridge crew get promoted to series regulars next season.
I'm surprised – and rather relieved – that Voq genuinely seems to be dead and buried. The character was dull and emblematic of everything wrong with Discovery's Klingon plots; I'm far more interested in seeing Ash pull his life back together – though, at this point, I doubt he'll get a happy ending. I have the nagging feeling he won't be back for season two.
I like that Tilly and the rest of crew are willing to welcome him back, but at the same time, it's good that his actions as Voq aren't being swept under the rug. Stamet's confrontation with him was a great little scene, and I thought it was perfectly reasonable and understandable that Burnham can't overlook what happened to her. It's not Ash's fault, but hey – Sisko never forgave Picard for Wolf 359, and that was a far less personal betrayal.
In hindsight, I think being spoiled for Ash/Voq's identity early on actually helped the show; its been something a lot of us have had in the back of our mind ever since we met Ash, and so this doesn't feel like a sudden twist or character derailment. Twists are overrated; dramatic irony often works just as well.
Michelle Yeoh deserves a hell of a lot of praise for her roles in the show so far; in the final scene on the bridge, she mixes what we've seen of Captain Georgiou and the Emperor's mannerisms and tone in a distinctly unnerving way. I'm glad to see the Emperor's crimes aren't being swept under the rug, and it's clear just in a few moments that putting her in command is a terrible, terrible idea, no matter how much we might want to hope she'll live up to her counterpart's role.
I am worried about how much Cornwell and Sarek will be implicated in whatever the Emperor is planning. I'm particularly concerned that Cornwell may end up taking the blame, because obviously Sarek has to stick around, and I'd much rather see Cornwell survive as a recurring character in the series going on. She's particularly great in her scenes with L'Rell; hopefully we get another confrontation next week.
Minor notes:
- Who knew the House of D'Ghor, the slimy criminal Klingon from Ds9's “House of Quark” were a power to be reckoned with at one point?
- Ash/Voq's surgery is clearly referencing Darvin, the Klingon spy from “The Trouble With Tribbles”. Lorca's pet tribble has been noticeable MIA for a while; if it returns just in time for the Emperor to use it to destroy Qo'noS's agriculture, and the entire season turns out to be a grim-dark rewrite of TOS's best comedy... well, I want people to remember I called it first.
The Monkey's Paw shudders as a single finger curls inwards, and a sudden chill fills the room.
So, as we enter the home stretch, we get a much appreciated break from the constant action and a chance to catch our breath a little. All the secrets are finally out in the open, and while there's plenty of fallout to deal with, for once we get a sense of a somewhat normal day on Discovery. It's nice, and something the show's desperately needed. We're getting more attention paid to the background characters too – I hope some of the bridge crew get promoted to series regulars next season.
I'm surprised – and rather relieved – that Voq genuinely seems to be dead and buried. The character was dull and emblematic of everything wrong with Discovery's Klingon plots; I'm far more interested in seeing Ash pull his life back together – though, at this point, I doubt he'll get a happy ending. I have the nagging feeling he won't be back for season two.
I like that Tilly and the rest of crew are willing to welcome him back, but at the same time, it's good that his actions as Voq aren't being swept under the rug. Stamet's confrontation with him was a great little scene, and I thought it was perfectly reasonable and understandable that Burnham can't overlook what happened to her. It's not Ash's fault, but hey – Sisko never forgave Picard for Wolf 359, and that was a far less personal betrayal.
In hindsight, I think being spoiled for Ash/Voq's identity early on actually helped the show; its been something a lot of us have had in the back of our mind ever since we met Ash, and so this doesn't feel like a sudden twist or character derailment. Twists are overrated; dramatic irony often works just as well.
Michelle Yeoh deserves a hell of a lot of praise for her roles in the show so far; in the final scene on the bridge, she mixes what we've seen of Captain Georgiou and the Emperor's mannerisms and tone in a distinctly unnerving way. I'm glad to see the Emperor's crimes aren't being swept under the rug, and it's clear just in a few moments that putting her in command is a terrible, terrible idea, no matter how much we might want to hope she'll live up to her counterpart's role.
I am worried about how much Cornwell and Sarek will be implicated in whatever the Emperor is planning. I'm particularly concerned that Cornwell may end up taking the blame, because obviously Sarek has to stick around, and I'd much rather see Cornwell survive as a recurring character in the series going on. She's particularly great in her scenes with L'Rell; hopefully we get another confrontation next week.
Minor notes:
- Who knew the House of D'Ghor, the slimy criminal Klingon from Ds9's “House of Quark” were a power to be reckoned with at one point?
- Ash/Voq's surgery is clearly referencing Darvin, the Klingon spy from “The Trouble With Tribbles”. Lorca's pet tribble has been noticeable MIA for a while; if it returns just in time for the Emperor to use it to destroy Qo'noS's agriculture, and the entire season turns out to be a grim-dark rewrite of TOS's best comedy... well, I want people to remember I called it first.
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on 2018-02-09 06:38 am (UTC)That's what I was thinking! Well done, too.
Really hope that Ash survives. I adore him. Sigh.
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on 2018-02-10 02:21 am (UTC)