1x10: Despite Yourself - 8.5/10
Considering the Internet is such a horrible place sometimes, I've done remarkably well avoiding spoilers for upcoming episodes. But the writing was all over the wall that we were headed to a mirror universe (bleh!)
But I'm really liking the show so far, and went in with as open of mind as I could . . . and I really liked the episode, in spite of the mirror universe angle.
I figure either Dr. Culber or Captain Georgiou will be the Terran emperor. Or something totally out of left field, like Spock. Or, perhaps Mirror Universe Captain Lorca was missing (dead/presumed dead? I forget) because he crossed from the MU into the regular timeline long before? Okay, that last one is a stretch.
I didn't see Culber's death coming, and it just feels like there's more to that than "see ya, I forget your name actor who was on My So Called Life." It's anybody's guess as to what will happen in Discovery, but I'm willing to bet this isn't the last we've seen of the doctor. Maybe his mirror universe-self will cross over. Maybe they can repair broken necks in this version of Trek. I neither liked nor disliked Culber, but his character could definitely benefit from being shaken up a bit.
As much as I enjoyed this episode, I still hope they're not going to linger in the mirror universe for too long, but if they do, I would prefer to see lasting ramifications to the ship and crew.
Tilly is annoying as ####, but no question she's delivered some of the funniest lines in the show thus far. I much prefer the mirror universe Captain bad-ass version.
And thank god for the universal translator. Episode nine introduced it, and I was hopeful that the end of the boring as #### Klingon/subtitles was nearing its end; here's to it being a permanent thing going forward.
Final note, I'm pretty sure I've said this before: Discovery is packed full of easter eggs: prop design, sights, sounds--particularly the sounds!--and are such a throwback to all things Star Trek: I just love the background sound of the bridge, doors opening with that iconic 'swoosh,' or when the computers make those synth sounds straight from the 60s.
So glad Discovery's back. It's the only show I'm watching these days (####ing X-Files . . . *grumblegrumble*)
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