You know that no matter how much she flaunts Federation directives or the laws of physics she’s never going to be made to pay for it. It’s not fair, obviously, which is entirely the problem with “That Hope Is You, Part 2”. She’s a smart, capable, charismatic, daring leader who everyone likes. She has the scientific know-how to solve every plot problem, the pretty face to attract the attention of whatever handsome male happens to be around, and the right hook to deck any of the show’s plentiful villains.
As I have speculated for a while now, Saru’s and Tilly’s leadership arcs were, really, just an excuse to put Michael in the captain’s chair, which is hardly an impactful decision since she has occupied the entirety of the plot’s attention until this point despite having been demoted more than once and having a well-documented history of insubordination that actually got worse, rather than better, since she was catapulted into the future, initially on her own. I wish I loved you as much as Star Trek: Discovery season 3, episode 13 obviously does. Now, in large part because of Michael, everyone seems too safe for their own good.Īh, Michael. But there was definitely a sense in the early days that nobody, except perhaps Michael, was ever truly safe. Virtually all of the crew are imperiled to an extent that they might die, but none of them do, which is a shame not because I care about any of the bridge crew – I don’t know most of their names offhand, in all honesty – but because it implies that the show isn’t willing to do anything genuinely interesting anymore. The fact that all of this turns out mostly okay is a bit of a condemnation of the show’s writer’s room since it requires some rather absurd logical gymnastics and contrived plotting to pull off. It’s only link with its experimental spore drive, Stamets, has been ejected by resident one-man-army Michael Burnham, who is also being held by the Chain along with Book, who spends a good chunk of “That Hope Is You, Part 2” (Part 1 was the premiere) being tortured. Its acting captain, Sylvia Tilly, is leading the bridge crew on an against-the-odds mission to retake the ship, which has been captured by Osyraa and the Emerald Chain. Its captain, Saru, is stuck with Culber and Adira on a highly irradiated planet in the middle of a volatile nebula with the man-child Kelpien whose temper tantrums caused the Burn.
Things are not looking good for the crew of the USS Discovery.
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