Calypso

Well, Michael Chabon makes his debut in the Star Trek franchise with this episode (he is one of the people behind the new Picard show,in case if you don't know).The episode is better than the first one,but,i expected to see something more different ,with more mystery ,in the X-files style,i wanted to see a ship or a city,or even more information about the Federation,because this is the first trek (semi) episode which is taking place in the future ,beside the ones from Star Trek Enterprise ,about Enterprise J and Temporal Wars.Offcourse, there is the story of the old Spock from Star Trek 2009 , but everything takes place in the past.I think the love story is a little too forced,the ship's A.I. evolving to think like a girl,even if she is alone in space for about 1000 years is ridiculous.I espected something more darker,but once again,everything is for girls and ..delicate guys only.Another thing very wrong in this episode are the DSC circus costumes,for god's sake dear producers,before making a space or a military uniform please ask an old B5\DS-9 fan or a guy from their creative team how they should look like,because they are EXPERTS.Just like the team behind Star Trek Enterprise ,those guys don't know how to create things which are looking similar with the ones from the other Trek series.Discovery is the worst incarnation of a Star Trek series even if the series is getting better.By the way,i like they know what was wrong with the previous music scenes,because i don't think RnB music will resist in time as a classic style,actually i think it is the only music genre which will be completely forgotten so stop whining about why the Klingons are looking like a bunch of heavy-metal rockers or like some classic D.J.s,because i assure you , Sinatra,Michael Jackson,The Beatles ,Nirvana or Jean Michel Jarre will be remembered .

I love this Calypso episode. What did happen when Discovery was deserted 1000 years before Craft came? Did Craft find home? If he found the way back home, was his wife and child alive? Whst adventures he experienced during his way home. Hopefully we'll see Star Trek: Craft spin off.

Or even a short miniseries.

This short track series is absolutely very interesting to watch. Not too much actors In It and very serenity episodes. Not seen all of the episodes yet. The first episode was also good. Would like to see that queen In the future In some episodes of Star Trek: Strange new worlds. Anson Mount is good choice to act Captain Pike.

Very well-written and paced with good Star Trek and sci-fi elements in general. I look forward to more from Michael Chabon.

I'll give 10 stars to this episode because the writer had the courage to write something from the Star Trek future ,and not from the past.The episode is a combination between Lexx ,in a straight version and Andromeda.The only thing which bothers me is the strange love story and i hope i will never see a weird love relationship again,because they are a real cliche these days,even if the Oscar critics are obsessed with them.

While this started out a little slow, and with too much of the horror genre that Discovery seems to love embrace, by about 4 minutes in, all of that is over, and we're left with a story that could have been written by Asimov or Clarke back in their prime- a wounded warrior winds up being rescued by the AI on a starship that's been abandoned for a thousand years.

Other than the sets, there's nothing that makes this a Star Trek story- it's literally just a 18 minute exploration of what happens when a lonely AI and a human get thrown together in a situation where neither can leave.

And that's wonderful.

This might not be breaking any new ground, and it didn't deliver any didn't-see-that-coming plot twists, but for me, that's just fine.

If you're coming to this looking for Trek, you'll likely be disappointed.

But if you're willing to watch a classic sci-fi story, played out with a Trek budget, you're in for a treat.