“Red Directive”
Logline
Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious artifact hidden inside a 800-year-old Romulan vessel – but find that they’re not the only ones on the hunt. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime.
Written by: Michelle Paradise
Directed by: Olatunde Osunsanmi
“Under the Twin Moons”
Logline
On Saru’s last mission as Captain Burnham’s Number One, the team ventures to a seemingly abandoned planet to hunt for what might be the greatest treasure in the galaxy.
Written by: Alan McElroy
Directed by: Doug Aarniokoski
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The
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self-sealing stembolt
callback was fun.
Over 800 years, and they still don’t know what they’re for…
From the Dragon Prince to Discovery references to self sealing stem bolts will always amuse me.
I probable noticed it at the time, but finding the reference in Dragon Prince seems like a good reason for a rewatch.
T’rina suggesting she could just force a mind meld on Saru to find out what he was thinking was hilarious. They are too cute.
(I will riot if one of them dies this season. Please do not take the best couple in Star Trek away!)
These two episodes were really enjoyable. Discovery is not my favorite Trek series but I have been looking forward to this final season.
With Stamets talking about legacy and Saru and Tilly leaving or talking about leaving, it really does feel like a final season. If I didn’t know otherwise, I’d think they knew it going in. I hope it can maintain that to the end.
What the actors knew and what the writers knew are not necessarily the same thing though. The writers could well have had a much better idea this would be the end of the road, and left them selves avenues accordingly.
I can’t believe I forgot to mention today’s biggest revelation: a Type 3 phaser is just a Type 2 phaser stretched out!
I wonder if the whole thing can be squished into a convenient, easy-to-conceal Type 1…
How far do they have to stretch it before they get Worf’s purple space bazooka from Insurrection?
Worf’s Purple Space Bazooka is my new band name.
Annotations for 5x01 up at: https://startrek.website/post/8825833
You are my hero.
As predicted, it’s Captain Rayner’s galaxy, and we’re all just living in it.
I can see what the various interviews were saying - things are already set up to have a sense of finality, with a strong theme of “moving on” woven throughout just about every character’s arc so far.
The “respectful Indiana Jones” vibe is a lot of fun, I hope they can sustain this energy for the rest of the season.
Annotations for 5x02 up at: https://startrek.website/post/8839649
Did anyone else notice that the alien statues in 5x02 looked remarkably similar to the Batarians from Mass Effect?
Loved the first episode, I think the way they brought Book back made sense and I think the season set up connecting to an underutilized TNG episode is absolutely awesome, I could not be more down for this kind of season of Discovery. On to the second episode!
For once I’d like for the ominous sounding color label to not be red or black. Let other colors like Mauve or Taupe have its time in the spotlight. I’m sure plenty of people would be afraid of a Mauve Death or a Flaxen alert or an Amaranth level protocol, or an Aegean mission code
A Taupe Directive is just nap time.
Code Taupe is for when you have to uncover a mole in your organisation.