The Wolf Inside

I've been watching Star Trek since the first episode aired in 1966. This is one of THOSE episodes. Yes, the ones that present a great story with a muddled script and more muddled direction. While I appreciate the convoluted and complicated storyline, it's just a mess.

Burnham looks to get information about the USS Defiant's escape from the mirror universe.

I enjoyed this one for the intriguing plot, fantastic visuals and solid performances.

The story contains a number of clever twists and character reveals, along with a nice bit of suspense that keeps it compelling throughout. To go into any of it in detail would spoil, but it's safe to say that I enjoyed the direction it takes both plot and characters.

Visually it is one of the strongest examples of Star Trek I have seen. The cinematography is brilliant, displaying wonderfully composed shots that make the best use of colour, reflection and lighting to create atmosphere. It is also edited together very nicely to keep things ticking over at good pace.

All performances are solid, but what lets it down is the writers' continuing fondness for clunky exposition throughout the dialogue. It feels so deliberate and unnatural. It's a testament to the actors delivery that they can make it sound as human as possible.

Discovery is starting to raise my interest levels more now and I'm actually looking forward to the next one.

-This episode was pretty good,the only bad things were the Michael punk era haircut (it looks silly too see this creepy man's haircut on an educated female) and Tilly's huge boobs and butt hanging dangerously under that very thight uniform (i still don't get why they choosed a tight uniform ,because the old fans hate them because they look unrealistic and make the stomach and the butt too look very ugly on the sedentary actors).The Klingons are still looking like a parody version of the burned Freddy Kreuger .The Andorians and the Tellarites are looking very good (i wonder why they never did the same minor changes to Klingons too,although i don't remember if the Andorians antennae are still moving like they did in Enterprise.The Terran uniforms are looking like the Klingons uniforms from The original series.I realise now the guy from Adventures in Babysitting forgot how to act,he always looks like an old grumpy lady,and Tilly makes the show too look very comic ,it's Tilly saves the day now,what a stupid stereotype,the same kind of stereotype which almost destroyed The Next Generation and ended Stargate Universe.I still hope one day somebody smart enough will come and will make a remake with the races like they looked in The Next Generation ,Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Enterprise ,just like the majority of the fans want.This show remains a good show but this is not Star Trek , its like drinking orange juice from a cola bottle and pretending it's a cola juice.This show splitted the fans in cannonites and nutrekkers and i hate the producers because that is the thing they liked the most in the remakes , a fan who watched the evolution of all things related to Star Trek can observe this kind of things,because the controversy always brings money and audience very fast but this type of productions don't resist in time.I really hope somebody up there in the Star Trek franchise would read someday about our complains and will make the right decisions with the Star Trek franchise once again for the first time since the end of the 90's.

Considering their understand of DNA and more, and how everything is monitored, how could they possibly not know who committed a "hands on" murder?

This episode is celebrated as having the the longest opening teaser in the whole Star Trek Cannon. Fourteen minutes. (I got that little snippet from Memory Alpha after wondering why I had nodded off a couple of times).

A great deal of effort has gone into establishing a different atmosphere here in the Mirror Universe where Michael Burnham is strutting around pretending to be her evil-twin Terran equivalent while her Captain faces the prospect of a trip to the agony booth.

We have the moody, subdued lighting, languid bathing scene and slinky lingerie so Michael Burnham can indulge in the obligatory Mirror Universe recreational use of a junior crew member before getting into her gold-plated uniform.

We watch a "spacing" execution and MB, who is apparently captain over here, volunteers herself for an away mission to infiltrate the rebel base and gather intelligence rather than blasting them from high orbit.

Meanwhile, back on Discovery - at least I think that is where we are - A gold-encrusted Cadet Tilly is defending Commander Stammets from the widespread belief that he was responsible for the death of Doctor Culber. The multiple subterfuges and confusing character swaps currently taking place in this episode cannot eliminate the fact that NO SURVEILLANCE OF ANY KIND appears to have picked up Ash Tyler snapping the Doctor's neck.

Time for a well-earned cup of tea. What do you mean, the main part of this episode hasn't even started yet?