All Those Who Wander

This episode had us on the edge of our seats and could be the best episode yet. I won't give anything away but damn, I cannot recall any Star Trek series hitting the ground running like this one. The character arks are impressive and they do what so many shows fail to do. You actually feel deeply about these people (or aliens as the case may be). And they are not afraid to pull at your heart strings.

What a great episode.

What a great show.

Only one left to go this season.

I could really do with more!!!

I'm here for some horror Trek. The episode is a bit jumpy, plot wise. There is a lot going on in this episode, a lot of character development. I just hope the writers work on their pacing a bit. Going from 24 episodes in a typical season to 10-15 really messed with the flow of the story. A lot of the stuff is forced, and every main character this episode develops further, rather than just focusing on one or two for that growth.

I like it, but it takes away from the horror that could have been the main focus, with no arcs beyond it. I get that everyone has their own experience, and learns from that experience during such a hard, traumatic time, but take it easy, let's not get all Discovery on this show and cram so much in here that it becomes a s#!tshow.

Considering how awful the previous two episodes were, this one was fantastic. Decent hour of television paying homage to previous films series, with Trek flair. Love how Hemmer and Uhuras storylines come together, it gives Uhura satisfying back story.

Again, with how bad the last two episodes were, it's nice to get a simple and even story. This season has been a roller-coaster, but I enjoyed not having agenda shoved down my throat.

Basically Alien but with Star Trek uniforms, I can't speak highly enough of this episode. Not one you would watch with young children, which makes it even better. If you hate Discovery then you will LOVE this episode.

This is a fairly decent episode that succeeds more from its fine direction and character development despite the obvious cribbing from the Alien franchise. We have the "Game over, man! Game over!" guy in Sam Kirk who isn't the pride of the family name in this episode, and a Newt stand-in. It's so on-the-nose it's shameful.

We also get our first "red shirt" in Lt. Duke, and a fairly impressive creature in "Buckley." Spock has his "Khan!" moment, and the Enterprise "miracle workers" who, with a small team, can manage to repair and raise a crashed star ship where the entire original crew couldn't.

There's also some budgeting in this episode, where the Enterprise sets are redressed as "damaged" to represent a vessel with only 90+ crew members. Given that last week's episode was also a set redress episode we can see that the budget is being stretched in the SNW production offices. It's franks and beans at the Craft Services wagons.

Despite all of this, the episode is extremely satisfying. The characters are easing into their roles and have toned up their performances.

This episode ushers in a lot of changes, which I cannot go into without spoilers. Since this is the penultimate episode of season 1, it will be interesting to see how the season finale plays out.

The highest praise I can give for a production is "I'm glad I watched it." And I watched this episode twice.