[Kjesse]

This was the first time I watched After Trek and they had some OK explanations for allowing the first season to be about Lorca before the crew became the proverbial Star Trek "family". Lorca dominated the crew and they were marginalized and brow-beaten to follow his commands. The scene with Saru inspiring the crew to work together and the first real dialogue involving some of the bridge crew was meant to show how things will be handled going forward with a prime universe leader, whomever that may become.

The way Lorca was shown from master manipulator, long term thinker, to tunnel vision adoration of Burnham at the expense of his master plan was a disservice to the character. He lost his empire all because of an infatuation with Burnham. That was silly, even James-Bondish in the shallow villainy in the last Lorca episode.

Given the episode titles for the last two this season, next episode will resolve the Klingon war, and the following one will set up the next season. I double down expecting gold, blue and red attire to appear in episode 15. The war will be over, Starfleet will transition to exploration with an uneasy peace with the Klingons.