TL;DR – While there was a lot that happened in this episode, it just didn’t click with me the way the rest of the season has.
Score – 3 out of 5 stars
Review –
We are about at the mid-point of the season and the story of the red lights is
still unfolding. However, as we go along, there is still nothing concrete to
hold onto, Spock is still missing, the red lights are still an enigma, and who
knows what Section 31 is up to. Now while this has been fine up until a point,
at some time we need to have a moment of focus. Without that, we get today’s episode that is full of promise and cool moments but is lacking something.
So to set the scene, we start today’s episode in the moments after An
Obol For Charon finishes with Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green) racing to
the engineering section after hearing about Tilly’s (Mary Wiseman) disappearance.
When she arrives all she finds is the alien cocoon pulsating on the floor and
no Tilly in sight. However, all of that is put on hold when the USS Discovery catches up with Spock’s
shuttle, only it is not Spock that makes a graceful exit after it docks with
Discovery, but an old friend … though I don’t know if you could call her that. Now
from here, we will be looking at the episode as a whole, so there will be some
[SPOILERS] ahead.
Before
we get too deep into the weeds, I do want to say there were a number of things
about the episode that I did really like. The first thing was literally anything
Michelle Yeoh did. Look Michelle is amazing, and everything she does just
works. I did love the scenes between Georgiou and Michael where there was a lot
of tension, but also an undercurrent of something else. As the series goes on,
one of the interesting things I think we will see is the growing bond between
them, and at some point, Georgiou will
have to make a choice as to what sort of person she wants to be. As well as
this, I did like the fluorescent
landscape of the mycelium network and the fact that after being in the
background a bit this season I did like that they let Mary Wiseman really go for
it.
When it comes to the Section 31 side of
things, I have mentioned how I am not a fan of them and their inclusion in the
canon. However, I did find it interesting that there is a slight change to the
organisation on Discovery. In both Enterprise
and DS9,
S31 was a very clandestine organisation that people might have heard about, but
it is not common knowledge. Here they seem to be an officially recognised
portion of the Starfleet Intelligence Section. This is a big shift, and it will
be interesting to see what led to them being folded in and if we get to see them disappear back into the shadows. Also
with clocking issues aside, it looks like they are using a rudimentary holographic
shield much like was set up in Star
Trek Beyond, which was a nice touch.
On
the other side of things, it was interesting to see the USS Discovery half-in and half-out of the barrier and watching the
barrier edge closer and closer to the crew was a good way of having a visible countdown
clock. However, this whole side plot feels like it is missing something. Yes, it was nice to get Culber (Wilson Cruz)
back at the end, and it will be interesting to see how that plays out. It is
just, well I don’t know, I’m just wondering what the point of it all is, and at
this point of the season, I just don’t see what that will be.
In the end, do we recommend Saints of
Imperfection? Look why it did leave me feeling a little disappointed, there
were still some great moments in the episode. Looking back I might be a bit
more charitable once we know how the season plays out, but here in the moment
it does feel like the show needs something to hold on to, and I hope that we
get it soon.
By Brian MacNamara: You can follow Brian on Twitter Here, when he’s not chatting about Movies and TV, he’ll be talking about International Relations, or the Solar System.
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Credits – All images were created by the cast, crew, and production companies of Star Trek Discovery
Directed by – David Barrett
Written by – Kirsten Beyer
Based off – Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry
Created by – Bryan Fuller & Alex Kurtzman
Production/Distribution Companies – CBS Television Studios, Roddenberry Entertainment, Secret Hideout, CBS All Access & Netflix.
Starring in Season 2 – Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Shazad Latif, Wilson Cruz & Anson Mount with Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Alan Van Sprang, Rachael Ancheril, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Oyin Oladejo, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Ronnie Rowe Jr. & Julianne Grossman
