05-30-2024, 10:34 PM
The finale - an hour and a half episode. The whole quest was for naught, really just a big distraction to get us here. That gets resolved at around the halfway point and the rest is sentimentalism. Burnham gets her happily ever after, as do most of the crew apparently (maybe it’s me but I kinda wanted a death - if you want to pull my heartstrings, kill a major character). There’s a tease with the fate of Zora, which harkens back to a Short Trek. And Kovich (Cronenberg) reveals himself to be Daniels, a temporal agent from ST: Ent, which I barely remember.
There is an opening where more Burnham stories might be told, but it skips to her, old and gray, a retire admiral living in a pastoral homestead mansion on some planet with weird deer and river monsters, with a son and her husband.
Did it stick the landing? No and yes. This whole season as absurd, almost to the level of self caricature. But the epilogue reflection was sweet, reminding me that it was ST: Disco that reignited the franchise after the Kelvin timeline (J.J’s films). ST: LD, SNW & Prodigy are all in Disco’s wake. On that level, I’m glad the ending was happy. Disco started out great. Nonetheless, I’m glad they are putting it to rest now.
Seasons 1 & 2 are D00M recommended, but once Michelle checks out, my recommendation ends.
There is an opening where more Burnham stories might be told, but it skips to her, old and gray, a retire admiral living in a pastoral homestead mansion on some planet with weird deer and river monsters, with a son and her husband.
Did it stick the landing? No and yes. This whole season as absurd, almost to the level of self caricature. But the epilogue reflection was sweet, reminding me that it was ST: Disco that reignited the franchise after the Kelvin timeline (J.J’s films). ST: LD, SNW & Prodigy are all in Disco’s wake. On that level, I’m glad the ending was happy. Disco started out great. Nonetheless, I’m glad they are putting it to rest now.
Seasons 1 & 2 are D00M recommended, but once Michelle checks out, my recommendation ends.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse