"While Captain Burnham leads an away mission to a planet that was once home to the aliens responsible for the DMA, Book and Tarka secretly infiltrate the U.S.S. Discovery." - TrekMovie.com
Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 4x11 - "Rosetta"
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"While Captain Burnham leads an away mission to a planet that was once home to the aliens responsible for the DMA, Book and Tarka secretly infiltrate the U.S.S. Discovery." - TrekMovie.com
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Thought it was quite good. There has not been a truly rough episode this season IMO. They're ready to initiate first contact now; how that goes, and the way in which every piece of this puzzle clicks together, we'll find out in the final pair of episodes. I'm excited.
Picard's premiere was effing outstanding, by the way.
Picard's premiere was effing outstanding, by the way.
I watched both this and the season premiere of PIC back-to-back. This episode had a real feeling of being out in the unknown. Good follow-up to Detmer's character arc from last season. And Tarka's an asshole. Stand up to him Book. He's treating you like George McFly.
I don't get to see until tomorrow at 9pm but I'm already exhausted that they STILL HAVEN'T MADE CONTACT by the end of this episode
Discovery's had a problem with invisible senior officers since the start (never figured out who their 23rd century chief engineer or chief medical officer was) but kidnapping Jett Reno, who I assume is basically chief engineer since the move to the 32nd century, and no one noticing for a long period of time is pretty unbelievable even for this show. Not to mention Reno's abrasive personality and combative demeanor probably would make her the last person you could kidnap without anyone noticing, because she'd be screaming from the Galactic Barrier to the center of the galaxy the whole time.
Agreed. This episode was enjoyable, but it does feel like the story was padded. For me the good was the planetary exploration and the infiltration of the Discovery by Booker. The emotional alien space-dust and all of the discussions about everyone being a hot-mess was less interesting and felt like it could be condensed.Let's go to the shuttle, no let's talk a bit. Ok we're in the shuttle, let's talk. Hey we're on the planet, we need to talk. Let's all take a few steps, then talk. Why would the suits let anything through at all? PIC is so much better
As a one-off moment, and as a personal pet peeve, it also bugs me when Captain Burnham promises to find a clue to the alien race. While it's more of a real-world annoyance than a TV based one, promises like that are always ridiculous since its a promise that she cannot possibly control whether she can keep it or not. It's like promising someone that you won't let it rain.
Perhaps part of my ho-hum feelings toward this episode also have to do with how amazing the Picard opening episode was. I'd give this weeks Discovery a 7, it was good, but not anything special or particularly memorable.
No, they wouldn't wanna risk another burn
Just finished it - Picard up next.
All I can say about this episode - and Discovery in general - is I feel I'm being whacked over the head with something and I haven't the foggiest idea why. That was a tough watch. I don't have the motivation to harp on about it. Whatever eschaton ends up saying - I agree!
Line of the episode: "I have to be right." -- Michael Burnham
All I can say about this episode - and Discovery in general - is I feel I'm being whacked over the head with something and I haven't the foggiest idea why. That was a tough watch. I don't have the motivation to harp on about it. Whatever eschaton ends up saying - I agree!
Line of the episode: "I have to be right." -- Michael Burnham
I gave this one a 7.
This season is starting to drag. It's not moving along. Episodes 8, 9, 10 and 11 should have been 2 episodes at best.
Discovery is just weird. It's talk, talk, talk... Even during intense battles, the Captain goes to her room to talk to the Federation President.
Mind you, I love slow episodes and am usually not a big fan of action packed episodes, but Discovery is so over the top with emotions and how people feel all the time... It feels like being on Discovery is one big therapy session or something.
I'm starting to lose interest and that has never ever happened to me before on any Star Trek.
:-(
This season is starting to drag. It's not moving along. Episodes 8, 9, 10 and 11 should have been 2 episodes at best.
Discovery is just weird. It's talk, talk, talk... Even during intense battles, the Captain goes to her room to talk to the Federation President.
Mind you, I love slow episodes and am usually not a big fan of action packed episodes, but Discovery is so over the top with emotions and how people feel all the time... It feels like being on Discovery is one big therapy session or something.
I'm starting to lose interest and that has never ever happened to me before on any Star Trek.
:-(
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This episode feels like it's less than the sum of its parts. There's nothing really bad (aside from the silly "It's good the know the laws of physics still apply outside our Galaxy" line) here, but it felt like we just watched an episode stitched together out of all of the various ideas for heartfelt scenes they had for this one and couldn't kill their darlings enough to make a coherent episode. The discoveries made were simple ones, and obvious to the audience long before the characters. The things they didn't seem to notice at all were by far more interesting. How large is Species 10-C? The bones and building structures looked immense! How does it yield nothing of culture or biology to be able to examine an intact structure they built? There were a lot of hints at something truly alien and no one on the away team really appeared to find that relevant.
Actually collecting the chemicals and identifying them was a good move, and I like how that might play into what is to come, but that single puzzle did not justify its runtime.
To be fair, they have a lot of characters they're trying to give screen-time right now, and it shows. It's just amplifying the same mistake this show's been making all along by giving themselves a ticking clock and then wanting to pair that with leisurely moments of self-reflection; it has the direct consequence of making your characters look needlessly self-absorbed or unable to act rationally because this isn't the right time.
Side note: they love to tell us that Burnham is a Xenoanthropologist, but I'm struggling to think of a time when she's ever demonstrated aptitude or training in her field...
Actually collecting the chemicals and identifying them was a good move, and I like how that might play into what is to come, but that single puzzle did not justify its runtime.
To be fair, they have a lot of characters they're trying to give screen-time right now, and it shows. It's just amplifying the same mistake this show's been making all along by giving themselves a ticking clock and then wanting to pair that with leisurely moments of self-reflection; it has the direct consequence of making your characters look needlessly self-absorbed or unable to act rationally because this isn't the right time.
Side note: they love to tell us that Burnham is a Xenoanthropologist, but I'm struggling to think of a time when she's ever demonstrated aptitude or training in her field...
The biggest problem for me is that the crew of Discovery are assuming that the planet was home to 10-C. I did not see a connection between this planet and 10-C. It is possible that the inhabitants of this world were not 10-C and that 10-C destroyed this planet.
There was a lot I really enjoyed this episode. Jett Reno was great, as always. And I was so happy for Saru when T’Rina invited him to take a walk with her I felt like I was squealing internally.
I liked the stuff on the surface of the planet a lot, and I’m interested to see the scale of the 10-C. Really looking forward to the final two episodes this season.
Odd, Picard popped up first for me on my browser interface and Apple TV, but Discovery followed quickly.
Absolutely! The second LD reference this season, after Haz mentioned a spider-cow in All In.
13 episodes this season.
I liked the stuff on the surface of the planet a lot, and I’m interested to see the scale of the 10-C. Really looking forward to the final two episodes this season.
Odd, Picard popped up first for me on my browser interface and Apple TV, but Discovery followed quickly.
Absolutely! The second LD reference this season, after Haz mentioned a spider-cow in All In.
13 episodes this season.
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