Discovery goes to Saru's home planet of Kaminar to follow up a Red Angel signal.
This is a fairly strong episode with a great focus on Saru and the Kelpian race.
The story contains very familiar Star Trek themes such as interference versus non-interference and is set on a planet where one species oppresses another.
It appears like the kind of episode seen many times before in the Trek universe, but for me it's one that feels better being done with the high end production values of Discovery. It's good to finally experience a story that actually feels like we're on a strange new world as opposed to a bit of studio land with recognisable flora and extras with a bit of prosthetic on their foreheads.
The development of Saru's character and the Kelpian species is well written and is quite intriguing for what will come next.
I slightly struggled with some of the plot regarding certain decisions characters make for an entire race of people, however it's a writer's prerogative to have characters behave however they want.
Again the exposition and tendency to over explain everything spoils a number of scenes.
Great performance by Doug Jones who is by some distance the star of this one. Anson Mount also has some solid moments.
7.5/10 for me but I round upwards.
This is a fairly strong episode with a great focus on Saru and the Kelpian race.
The story contains very familiar Star Trek themes such as interference versus non-interference and is set on a planet where one species oppresses another.
It appears like the kind of episode seen many times before in the Trek universe, but for me it's one that feels better being done with the high end production values of Discovery. It's good to finally experience a story that actually feels like we're on a strange new world as opposed to a bit of studio land with recognisable flora and extras with a bit of prosthetic on their foreheads.
The development of Saru's character and the Kelpian species is well written and is quite intriguing for what will come next.
I slightly struggled with some of the plot regarding certain decisions characters make for an entire race of people, however it's a writer's prerogative to have characters behave however they want.
Again the exposition and tendency to over explain everything spoils a number of scenes.
Great performance by Doug Jones who is by some distance the star of this one. Anson Mount also has some solid moments.
7.5/10 for me but I round upwards.