Unification III

Just watch The Orville if you want anything close to real Trek, this has just turned into emotion of the week

I guess I'm not as down on Discovery as a lot of the reviews I read here. The storyline for Discovery is good and I'm enjoying season 3 in the future with new dynamics for the Federation, Earth, Vulcan and the new tech/CGI that ups the sci-fi level.

I do agree with many that are frustrated with the constant waterworks on the show. How many emotional scenes with Michael and/or Tilly crying do we need? Not every show has to end with some emotional support group speeches and tears all around.

Tilly's character and her promotion to first officer also completely defies logic. She's an ensign, so wouldn't any available lieutenants be considered first? Her strength is clearly in science, not leadership, so how would the ship and crew be best served by taking her out of engineering and analytics and putting her in a leadership position? She is easily flustered, worthless in combat, doubts herself constantly, doesn't speak concisely, in what world is this the makings of a good first officer??

I like the season 3 storyline of helping the Federation get back on their feet. Why the Feds don't just reconstruct the spore drive on every ship they have is beyond me, but I guess we have to keep Discovery unique so they can save the day. Let's continue on this story with plot driven challenges for Discovery, and stop the waterworks at every turn, along with Burnham's incessant whispering. If that can happen then this has the makings of a very good show.

A possibly great episode ruined by melodrama, crying, wispering and insufferable adolescent emotional speeches by Michael Burnham that replaced intelligent conversations and riveting dialogue.

I want to like the show, but seriously: Why the hell does there have to be so much crying??? And dramatic whispering? I don't know if it's poor acting or poor directing, but the melodrama is getting old.

Please, for the love of all that is holy, let Burnham speak up. The whispering is just so distracting. It just ruins the show.