I'm up to S3 E3 or 4. We just ended at the tree on earth by the original spot of the academy.
Good: This season feels much more like "trek". More exploration, more new people, more problem solving, more diplomacy. I like the chemistry between Michael and Book, the lady engineer and the blond engineer guy, Tilly and Saru, asian Sec 31 Empress lady and pretty much everyone.
Bad: They're still moving at a blistering pace and almost never take time to digest, let the characters breathe or bother to explain pretty much anything. There's almost no exposition on this show, not the way we're used to on a trek show. It's just one plot point to the next at breakneck speed.
Case in point was that whole "war" between Earth and Wan or whatever they were called. That should have been a whole episode, could have even been a two parter. instead it was literally a 5 minute tack on to the end of the episode that got resolved so quick if you got up to take a piss, you'd have missed the entire conflict, explanation and resolution.
I would've been happy with a smaller per episode budget and a much longer season to allow them to flesh out the story.
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