That Hope Is You, Part 1

Haters are gonna hate; some people are hellbent on hating Discovery no matter what. Ignore those people, they're stuck in a rut, yearning to be reminded of the shows of their youth.

Discovery was fairly uninspiring for its first two seasons and attracted plenty of criticism, some of it justified; there was also some legitimate concern about canon, which is an understandable worry when shoehorning something new, shiny and different into the middle of an established storyline and timeline. Season three addresses this perfectly. We're now way beyond the events of any other incarnation of Star Trek, so interfering with canon is no longer a concern. In fact the door is left wide open for new futuristic science fiction, which may be somewhat removed from traditional Trek, but just existing in the same universe with species we already know.

This season firmly plants Star Trek Discovery within the realms of Andromeda, which isn't a bad thing. As creator of Andromeda, I don't think Gene Roddenberry would object to this at all.

This season starts strong with this episode. Thrown into the future, with new tech and hopefully a grittier story. The narrow minded hardcore trekkies that can't stand this can stay away, please. Maybe it's not your time anymore and it's time to move aside for a new set of Star Trek fans.

I have high hopes for Star Trek Discovery!

Wow! This was an amazing beginning to what promises to be a great season! Top notch Cinematography and effects! Great story and who does not love Grudge the cat!

Can't wait for next week!

Signed, Trekker since the 60s!

What IS Star Trek? You hear people always complaining that Disco isnt Star Trek. And why? "Its too bleak" Disco is different from TOS/TNG in that...but in many ways TOS/TNG were reflections of their times. TNG was in the 80/90s, a time where the US was overly optimistic and blind to the larger ways of the real world...those times were never sustainable. "Its too PC" ST has always been "too PC". I mean, who would ever believe a black woman comms officer? It is only logical that a vision of the future would be an extrapolation of current trends moving forward...in reality in 1100 years it will be a hell of a lot more PC than we could imagine. "I hate Burnam" OK, the only actual argument against her Ive ever seen is that she's a screw up...but the fact is that noone wants a two dimensional character anymore. I would believe that the larger problem people have with Burnam is that she represents a rejection of the current fever this nation is under-one that we are breaking right now...one that has turned us against each other and resulted in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths...one that ANY iteration of ST would have rejected. **If you have these arguments, it should be clear by now that Disco is not for you...so why are you still watching? You dont like it, thats fine...dont watch.**

Disco is about hope...in the trying times of 2020, thats really all we have. A hope to rebuild things back into what they once were. Starfleet is emblematic of that which we are trying to get back to...before we were so set against each other that we let a conman make us believe that there was no such thing as an enemy that has killed over 200,000 Americans.

Disco Season 3 was made before the pandemic, but we are currently going through "the burn"...where the fuel of modern life (human interaction) has turned into death. We must stay hopeful that we can rebuild some of the past to have a better future. Will the future (of real life and Disco) be bright? I dont know, I can only put my faith that the goodness of man (the ideals of Starfleet) is still there and will win out in the end.

Was this episode perfect? Was it what I envisioned or wanted? No...but it showed promise and I have the hope that it can be good or even great...that it isnt the 21st century equivalent of Andromeda, that it will realize more of its promise.

Honestly.. Whatever else happened in this episode, seeing Burnham get completely spun out on truth serum and lampshade her character's reflexive need for being a savior while cackling like a madwoman was *chef's kiss* and a series highlight.