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Old 04-24-2024, 03:58 AM
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[Discovery] 5:05: Mirrors

5.05

Capt. Burnham & Book journey into extra-dimensional space in search of the next clue. Rayner navigates his first mission in command of Discovery, & Culber opens up to Tilly.





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Sounds interesting. Looking forward to the Culber & Tilly scenes.

Thanks for getting this started Tracey.
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No worries Chris

Unfortunately didn't think much of this episode..

- Nice scene between Burnham and Rayner about him taking over
- Why is it most missions with Michael, Book has to be with her
- Nice to see Tilly Looking out for Hugh, although why isn't Paul doing this?
- Ooo ISS Enterprise..
- Not interested at all with the Moll/Locke backstory
- Nice scene with Adira and Paul
- Like the bridge scene with Raynor and the crew sorting out in getting the ship out
- Where are Owosekun and Detmer?
- Good scene with Hugh and Tilly, but I was expecting more than a 2 min scene at the end of the episode considering it was in the synopsis

Ok half way through the season and Hugh hasn't had any scenes with Paul or Adira and Michael had hardly any scenes with the majority of her crew apart from Rayner and Book
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It was an interesting episode, in parts, but if I'm being honest I almost fell asleep during some scenes. I'm all about the emotional punch, but there are too many pauses in between moments that should flow fluidly from one scene to the next. Instead, we're taken on a detour into a 10 minute discussion while events are happening right now.

This has been an issue with Discovery from the beginning, and it continues to irritate me, even though I still enjoy the series as a whole. I get that it's too late to do anything about it now, but I figured I'd at least comment on it.
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Thank you! I didn't want my first comment here to be negative, it's just, as Sean Ferrick said on TrekCulture, there were some real missed opportunities here. Still, I'm pulling for the show, and I want it to go out with a bang.
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This was my fave episode this season I think. Learning more about the Breen was great.
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I did like that we saw the Breen, just wish the storyline was better

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Not a problem... and yeah hope so too
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Overall I wasn't very impressed with this episode

- Rayner is becoming much more likeable. Good scene at the start when Michael puts him in charge, and him questioning her going with just Book. Also Raynor's scenes with Paul and Adira when he cuts them off to say give me the short version, then decides that he does need more details to make a decision. Also that Raynor encouraged the crew to brainstorm a solution, and gave them a prize as an incentive to voice all ideas
- a whole episode to show Michael and Book realize they still care for each other?
- no interest at all in backstory for Moll & Locke. Book's reveal about her father being his mentor, and the family history as he knew it was more than enough for me.
- nice to see the Enterprise again. Also, Michael figuring out where Spock's station would be
- I don't get why we have all the different bridge crew while Kayla Detmer & Joann O are nowhere to be seen. At least Michael mentioned putting them in charge of the Enterprise. Hope that means we'll see them next week.
- nice scene at the end between Tilly and Culber
- overall this episode seemed to be a filler.
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Overall I wasn't very impressed with this episode

- Rayner is becoming much more likeable. Good scene at the start when Michael puts him in charge, and him questioning her going with just Book. Also Raynor's scenes with Paul and Adira when he cuts them off to say give me the short version, then decides that he does need more details to make a decision. Also that Raynor encouraged the crew to brainstorm a solution, and gave them a prize as an incentive to voice all ideas
- a whole episode to show Michael and Book realize they still care for each other?
- no interest at all in backstory for Moll & Locke. Book's reveal about her father being his mentor, and the family history as he knew it was more than enough for me.
- nice to see the Enterprise again. Also, Michael figuring out where Spock's station would be
- I don't get why we have all the different bridge crew while Kayla Detmer & Joann O are nowhere to be seen. At least Michael mentioned putting them in charge of the Enterprise. Hope that means we'll see them next week.
- nice scene at the end between Tilly and Culber
- overall this episode seemed to be a filler.
Thank you!

Agreed. It felt like they had to have an episode that needed to be a buffer between two larger setpieces.
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I enjoyed this one. I was weirded out how they filmed on an Enterprise bridge, until I realised they must have used the Strange New Worlds set!

Book tried hard to get through to Moll, and I hope this carries on.

It was interesting to learn more of Moll and Locke's back story, and the Breen in general.

The final solution to open the wormhole, was contrived, but this is Star Trek after all, this is expected.
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