Watched Discovery

[conuly]

It's tortured another couple of times, Michael angsts, then decides to get proactive. She points out that it is suffering brain damage, the doctor points out that it's probably sentient, everybody gets very serious - and the tardigrade goes into deep protective hibernation. The engineer whips up a solution to take its place with a blissful minimum of technobabble. Michael frees the tardigrade into space. Cheesy special effects as it runs as far away from Discovery as possible.

Other thoughts: 1. Tilly needs a role other than being Michael's teddy bear.

2. We have got to learn the names of some of these people on the bridge, ffs.

3. Klingons torturing people are the worst Klingons, with or without implied rape.

4. Yay, gays!

5. Creepy scenes would be just as creepy without the dramatic "don't touch that dial!" music cluing us in.

rivendellrose has an interestingly plausible theory about our new character. Spoilers, naturally.

Comments

[chelseagirl]

I thought it was only me not knowing the names. I have given them all nicknames. Though to be fair I also call Tilly "Awkward Redhead."

[conuly]

Not knowing the names is symptomatic, I think, of one of the biggest problems of this series: too much focus on one character at the expense of the rest of the crew.

I get that they're trying to shake up the ST Formula, but in this, the formula works. Trek is supposed to be an ensemble piece.