Review by addishat

I get that the tone is different from what many of us are used to. It is more overtly emotional (though star trek has always had an emotional core, don't try to convince me otherwise)

But it feels like Discovery has really found its footing in season 4. The bridge crew is coming together and becoming more defined, the ensamble cast feel like they've found their stride and it feels like a crew now.

And I'm not saying the fans who feel let down by the direction Discovery has taken don't have a right to that feeling. But it's time to let that go. If you really truly can't abide it, then watch Strange New worlds, Picard, Lower Decks or Prodigy, or one of the upcoming series, or rewatch the classics. (or you can go over and check out the Orville). But stop trying to tear this thing down that is working, just because it's not exactly what you would have made.

I for one am glad they are trying new things. I'm sick of Star Trek that tries to do more of the same. It barely worked for Voyager, it didn't work for Enterprise. I personally am sick of reboots and rehashes. I am glad to have Star Trek that is unafraid to do something new.

And Star Trek always has been socially progressive. If it isn't making authoritarians and xenophobes mad, and isn't making hardline conservatives uncomfortable and making them think, it isn't doing it's job.

This series has been coming together for a while, and season 4 has had a genuine sci-fi story with huge stakes and genuinely broken new ground. And it worked. And I loved it.