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Yeah the pacing of the Klingon stuff is difficult, I wish they'd have switched to English early on, in the "yes they're speaking Klingon but for the purposes of the show we're hearing English". Didn't they do that in a movie? I want to say The Undiscovered Country.

I liked the intent of the episode, but it really was a mishmash like someone changed a bunch of stuff in the middle and didn't bother to go back and proof read the rest after the changes.

I don't like what they did with Saru, it seemed like he was under control, but then we find out it was all him, so the earlier stuff of Saru growing as a leader is undermined and now he's what, a broken character?

If Tyler is who it's rumoured he is, they've WAAAAY overplayed their hand there IMO, I know the want to setup the sudden but inevitable betrayal moment and have quickly built up this romance to give it meaning, but it'll be hollow because it won't be at all believable.

It's still entertaining, but it's frustrating because they're trying to do too much too fast I think, there's so little time for setup to give us a reason to care about these people. Though movies do it, so I guess it's just the writing. In an age where some shows have outstanding writing, it's just disappointing that it could have been so much more.