Red Directive

Let me preface this by saying I absolutely love the Star Trek franchise. I have repeatedly watched the shows and movies from the past. This show is an abomination and a disgrace to all Star Trek. This show is so un-Star Tek that they need to mention things from the previous series. Why mention Jumja Sticks? Oh, maybe it's an effort to say "we are Star Trek", Not! Previous series had their own identities and did not rely on dozens of easter eggs to prove they are a part of the franchise (except maybe the Kelvin timeline movies, which were not great).

The overly emotional scenes are cringeworthy and do not fit in a Star Trek world. The incessant whisper talking is very distracting. With the amount of emotional baggage, and a need to be praised all the time, these people would not fit into a "real" Starfleet. Discussing emotional issues, and pausing to do so, in the middle of a crisis? Imagine, in the middle of the Pearl Harbor attack, officers stopping to discuss; whether they are worthy of the fight and would their loved ones still respect them. Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek world was based on extreme plausibility and theoretical science. Not mushroom engines.

In the current episode(s) they are given a mission to recover something REAL important. They were not told what it is because it is classified...Huh? Well, they get to the derelict spacecraft to recover it (of course, not knowing what it is) and to their surprise a couple of scavengers were removing objects and flee with them. Of course, our heroes give chase. Wait, how did they know that they took what they are looking for? It was classified, remember? Later, the "synth" (or Data-like character) was dead. If it was a "Synth" why was it "still warm" when they felt his neck?

The plot holes and spontaneous (made up to justify a plot hole) details are too numerous to mention. The plots (not just this episode), seem awkward, and it is almost as if a fourteen-year-old has written them.

I am watching this final season only because it is "Star Trek" but do not enjoy it much. I'm sure I will not watch this again.

The worst dialogue I've ever seen in a Star Trek series. Top notch graphics with a low budget script. Over 50 years of Star Trek legacy destroyed by 1 horrible series and and an even worse final season premiere. I've heard of pushing the envelope but someone decided to strap it onto a space X rocket and send it so far out that there's no returning to something that even resembles the beloved world that Gene Roddenberry envisioned. I wish I could say I had high hopes but in truth my expectations were so low that I'm amazed the writers found a way to dig beneath them but they managed to disappoint beyond disappointment.

So it was a while episode that felt like it tried to be a bit if every Star Wars show to come out lately plus a walkthrough of galaxies Edge.

My wife and I were excited for some more Star Trek only to remember how this particular had left off and jumped the shark seasons ago.

We seemed to quickly multitask with iPads going through as it was so boring of a plot. Jumping at crazy outlandish soap opera and social politics without any real point. But strange new worlds season 2 has done that too. So maybe it's more Star Trek that just can't get it right. The first season of Star Trek shiws shiw great promise and then they just grab at stupid. Smh.

Star Trek Discovery looks fantastic. The ship, the uniforms, the tech, all slick. As for the story line, the characters, and the dialogue, well, boring, slow, and oh so tedious. The endless intervals of emotional reflection and mutual admiration by the characters is terrible. We get intervals of sci-fi action, but nothing original. And the plot. A puzzle? Really? And a poem, full of riddles to solve. This is some basic writing, not worthy of the amazing production.

Throughout the Discovery series, the characters have not developed. They are all so shallow and lost, always hurting, and always talking about it. They are more like children than intrepid time and space travellers. With all that has happened, interdimensional travel, time travel, even characters coming back to life, they remain the same. I have not warmed to any characters except Saroo, who stands out as a charismatic character that has developed significantly.

Overall, I find the Star Trek Discovery series bland and uninteresting. All show, no go.

Star Trek: Discovery returns for its fifth and final season. Hard to believe that it has been going since 2017.

The series that rebooted the Star Trek Universe once again raises its stakes. The crew has attended a celebration party to celebrate the millenium of the Federation.

Kovich (David Cronenberg) cuts short the party. He tells Burnham that a 800 year old derelict Romulan ship has been found and it contains something valuable.

A Red Directive has been issued and Discovery with its spore drive needs to get there first and retrieve it. Although Kovich remains cagey as to what exactly they need to get back.

Only when they find the ship. Two scavengers Mol (Eve Harlow) and L'ak (Elias Toufexis) have arrived and found the valuable cargo. These two are a resourceful pair who have valuable tricks up their sleeves to slow down the chase.

Now Discovery joined by another starship, the Antares need to track these two down.

The episode opens with a thrilling moment with Burnham on top of a starship. Later there is a pod chase on a desert planet. The series demonstrates it can do cinematic action sequences.

The central mystery is intriguing. Discovery has always gone for big and bombastic. Even Admiral Vance has no idea what is in this Romulan ship. It gives the impression of high stakes and something dangerous has been discovered.