Jinaal

Wilson Cruz carried this episode, brilliantly portraying "Jinaal", the essence of a Trill host from a millennia before. Great comedic chops by Cruz to pull off a smart plot line that underscored the mission that Booker, Burnham and Culper need to accomplish.

Mary Weisman seems lost as Tilly this season; I have no idea why she is on the ship for this mission, but okay.

And that brings me to the big DOWN with this franchise. The actors of Blu del Bario and Ian Alexander have ZERO chemistry or acting ability. They bring nothing. Their characters... have nothing believable between them other than an ability to sit next to each other and look forlorn. The ONLY... ONLY saving grace is that this is the final season and I will hopefully never have to see that story arc again. So... so... many other talented actors on the planet and the producers went with them.

The final season of Star Trek: Discovery should be going out with all thrusters blazing.

It is a shame that after a promising opening two episodes. This is a safe listless episode with the A, B and a C plot.

It was a bit of a snoozefest. T'Rina and Saru's bump in their relationship before officially announcing their engagement. The president marrying a non Vulcan or Romulan might cause waves. It seems T'Rina and Saru never discussed the implications of their cross species relationship.

The new First Officer Rayner wanting to spend 20 seconds to get to know his new crew. He was essentially being a Captain Jellico lite.

Even Burnham's and Book's quest in the planet of the Trill's only livened up when they got chased by the Itronoks.

A glacial pace but the biggest problem. It wanted to be like a Star Trek: TNG episode of the late 1980s. Discovery should be following its own course.

The unholy tradition of "shipper"-fan faction has.finally become the official Star Trek-policy.

The USS Discovery doesn't need a ship's counselor. Everybody treats everyone with corny.psychobabble, pretentious pep talk.and.pushy empathy signalling. The dialogue and the acting is almost unbearable to watch.

This misery is only interrupted by a paper-thin plot and the empty promise of suspense. The so-called writers have learned absolutely nothing from the mistakes of the previous seasons.and they are obviously fiercely determined.to carry on this.uninspired tearjerking ham to the bitter end of the show.

The writing is not as good as the previous seasons. The story lines are on par with other serial Treks, but the dialogue seems to be lacking. It feels and sounds too simplistic - as if they tried to dumb it down. It generally doesn't fit with the characters as they were developed the last four seasons. Sometimes yes, most times no.

Having said that, Wilson Cruz did a masterful job of switching character. It was more of his acting ability than the writing.

We also definitely need more Reno.

Don't know why they keep the Gray / Adira storyline in place. It's nothing more than filler, maybe even less than nothing, due to both of their abysmal "acting" abilities.

When Adira was first introduced, she was this teenage genius, but due to their lack of acting prowess they never expanded that storyline. They only have one acting mode: twitch and stutter each line they are given to say.

Gray was and still is equivalent to furniture; adds nothing to the franchise but burn through minutes each episode. If the two never existed, the Trek universe would be better off.

I don't understand the ending narration by Gray. It is far too cliche, spoken by someone who can't narrate in any compelling way. All it does is give the director an excuse to do a flyby of characters. Why? Find another way to slip in Moll.

When I watched this episode, I had to prevent myself from feeling sick because of all the bad acting and bad dialogue. How can people tolerate the cringiness and write objective reviews?

It's always this same specific type of emotional reaction from all the characters and especially Adira.

All conversations are emotional support, and avoiding any word that may cause some feeling of discomfort, God forbids.

Even children's animated movies contains more realistic emotional reactions.

It really feels like the people who create these episodes are afraid of something, and they try to walk between mines while writing the dialogue.

I wish they allow the creativity run free without being tied by the chains of social acceptance.