The 'Star Trek: Discovery' Final Leaves a Confusing Conclusion to Season 2

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This is it, then. Crunch time. Last week's episode polarized "Star Trek: Discovery" fans, but regardless of whether or not you enjoyed it, there were some undeniable issues. Arguably, why did everyone give up when they were trying to destroy the Discovery? Solutions from both YouTube and Reddit have included simply firing more photon torpedoes, using the prefixed code so that it could possibly be found in the market – possibly Sector 001 – where the whole of Starfleet could have fired on Discovery, or even trying to communicate with the sphere data, since it seems to be rapidly showing signs of intelligence. Starfleet officers. They may not have worked, but it would have been nice to have heard.

Moreover, if Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner) and Sarek (James Frain) sensed Cmdr. Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) was in danger, which was ridiculous enough, you'd have thought they might have taken it upon themselves to inform you. reinforcement) would go far to their cause for concern.

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Finally, we are not quite sure why Leland (Alan Van Sprang) still needs the sphere data so much, even with Control of consciousness, it seems capable of murdering the entire division of Starfleet and ordering 30 starships.

All these questions, or possibly none of them, can be heard in this, the Season 2 finale of "Star Trek: Discovery." And frankly, there's a lot riding on this; the second season has been a long time in the future.

The pre-credit sequence offers hope of a quality conclusion. We see crewmembers doing everything in preparation for battle. (Although they had not done so much before, but they had not done so much.) The dialogue is sharp, especially between Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and Lt Saru (Doug Jones), and there's a nice split-screen, comic book-esque representation of a conversation between Cmdr. Reno (Notaro Tig), Number One (Rebecca Romijn) and Saru.

The refit of shuttles and drones of both the Discovery and the Enterprise is more than enough, but it really does seem to be an excessive amount of them. Leland appears on the view of the river and Georgiou tells him more about 200 vessels, compared to his 30.

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To fight this itty-bitty armada of probes, pods, drones, bots and shuttles Hundreds of drones from Each of the Section 31 starships. A 20-second montage of the subject of the discovery and the companionship to a dramatic, staccato orchestral accompaniment, and the opening credits roll.

Hence, it feels unimaginative and disappointingly mainstream. It makes the writers to have explosions everywhere, screeching fighter sound effects and fast-moving "action" scenes filling the screens with random laser fire and VFX to dazzle the viewer. This also marks the point where a high-quality final begins to fade.

In "Star Trek: The Original Series," references are made to the USS Enterprise having phaser-gun crews. Most notably, "Balance of Terror" (S01, E14). While this concept has become inconsistent and was never mentioned after "The Original Series," "Discovery" takes place a few years before, so the occasional retrospective throwback instance – and would have been more of a substitute, bringing about the need for a substitute space and bringing the battle back to something more believable and less contrived.

Battles between stars in "Star Trek" have been portrayed in a number of ways, from a slower, much more dramatic, submarine-style fight in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" to a slightly faster-paced conflict in "Star Trek: First Contact, "thankfully not quite as insane as Malloy's handbrake turns in"The Orville. "(In" Deep Space Nine "the Defiant was a smaller craft designed specifically for greater maneuverability.)

We've seen phasers in "Star Trek" fired in both shorts pew-pew-pew bursts and as a beam; These are battlecruisers after all, they have different weapons for different purposes. The "Discovery" Season 2 finale was an opportunity to do something really interesting by taking a break from it.

For Instance, the USS Discovery could have used its spore drive to return to Sector 001 – not necessarily Earth, but, say, Alpha Centauri – where Starfleet had managed to muster 15 starships, the best they could do at such short notice. The battle with Leland, Control and the Section 31 fleet of ships would take place here. Phaser fire is exchanged between the ships, and we see the gun crews of Enterprise and Discovery firing different types of anti-ship phasers and loading photon torpedoes to be fired as the precious stockpile of munitions dwindles.

Then, a few smaller, 31 Section 31 ships and attempting to breach and board Federation starships, with "assimilated" Section 31 crewmembers – like Specialist Glove Starfleet Ships and Ensures the Survival of Control. Starfleet officers and Control crewmembers in the corridors of stars stars Starfleet crewmember fights desperately to repel boarders. One starship is on the brink of being overrun, but it does not control the way it is used. It seems the battle is being lost. Eventually, the Klingons join and finally shifts momentum … and so on.

Instead, the show's creators seem to be in the background of a fast-flying fighter in their space rather than a focus on what they actually had. It's what you might expect to see J.J. Abrams wrote this episode and Michael Bay directed it.

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As the battle rages, Burnham rushes to the next day ready to fly. Meanwhile, Queen Me Hani Ika Ka Po Hali (Yadira Guevara-Prip) has been stolen from a firefight and is flying in the midst of a full-on firefight. She tells Capt. Pike (Anson Mount) that the Section 31 drones that have a detached lattice-shield design – they know they can see it in the wave patterns, apparently – and they can be destroyed only by targeting both the port and the starboard side emitters simultaneously. That certainly does not make things any easier.

Back on the bridge of the Discovery, Reno announces that the time is fully charged and Georgiou suggests a plan to bring Leland on board as presumably.

The section continues to be the only one of its kind. There are lots of explosions and teeny-tiny spacecraft spiraling through space laser squirting fire around the screen. Moreover, the shields of said starships are holding up remarkably well given the amount of fire they're taking. Any lesser vessel would have suffered a ruptured warp core by now.

Lt. Stamets (Anthony Rapp) suffers a serious injury in engineering and is rushed to sickbay as spars and debris fly from every direction. This brief sickbay is probably the most believable sequence in the episode.

Burnham and Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) prepare the time and drag the scene out somewhat – you'd really think every second would count at this stage. Since Burnham will be the target of the show, it will be made clear that it will not be possible to use it. from the ongoing battle, so she can time jump. Pike orders all remaining shuttlecraft, which turns out to be a surprisingly high number – we counted 14 – to a protective cover around her.

Meanwhile, Leland has beamed aboard the Discovery, taking advantage of the momentary drop in shields to allow burnham to exit the shuttlebay. The turbolift doors open and he comes out blasting, in an almost identical way to Burnham's premonitions. He is forced to retreat and lock out the turbolift.

Explosions continues to rock both the Enterprise and the Discovery, sparks continuing to get thrown about. Considering the amount of damage to the ship, it's nothing short of a miracle And somehow, the shields have not been depleted.

Following her "Ender's Game"maneuver, Burnham reaches the perimeter of the battle of the world, but the time is not in the future. at this point an undetonated photon torpedo embeds itself into the hull of the Enterprise.

We return to sickbay and see that Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) did not, in fact, transfer to Enterprise like he said he was going to do last weekSo, it is important to know that they are going to be on the road for the sake of the season. 3. This scene is actually handled very well. disappointing episode. Wilson Cruz, a solid actor, is a strong contributor to the barely conscious Stamets that he, Culber, has made his partner is his family and whatever happens, whatever they decide to do, they do it together .

Burnham and Spock is one of the world's most famous children. Burnham to go backward, so she must create the signals of the USS Hiawatha, Terralysium, Kaminar, Boreth and finally Xahea forward. No reasonable explanation is given to this case, which is a shame of this pivotal, instead, Burnham offers us, "[It’s] because we've been stuck in an open loop this time, this time! I have all the pieces to close it. "

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Meanwhile, Leland is scouring the Discovery, trying to find his data. Georgiou and Cmdr. Nhan (Rachael Ancheril) has the responsibility of trying to stop him. In an interesting set piece, the three of them are trapped in a small section of corridor, the set of which was clearly constructed on a stage within a rotating gimbal. Due to an extreme problem with the ship's gravity systems, they end up fighting on the walls, the ceiling and so on, the camera remains fixed and the set rotates. It's nice, but it goes on far too long – probably to the expense of the set build – and with the savagery that Leland (to all intents and purposes, a machine) is punching them both, it becomes unbelievable how neither of them get broken jaws.

On the Enterprise, the issue of the unexploded photon torpedo has to be addressed. Adm. Cornwell (Jayne Brook) takes the responsibility of dealing with it, and Pike goes to assist. Klingon Chancellor 's ship decloaks, with The Rell (Mary Chieffo) and Agent Tyler (Shazad Latif) on board, ramming several Section 31 ships in the process. The footage of the accompanying D-7 battlecruisers engaging in the fight is short, sweet and it's a shame of the Klingon theme was not played at this point that never fails to inspire.

Why did not Amanda and Sarek inform the Federation? If the Klingons had time to get to the battle, Starfleet could've felt reinforcements; surely the subspace relay blackout Vulcan as well?

Burnham returns from her time jumping and sets new coordinates for Terralysium, 930 years in the future. However, we learn that the quantum fluctuations within the wormhole make it difficult. Burnham comes up with the idea to create another red – the sixth – to guide

Poor Nhan is out of the fight with Leland, who has spilled into what looks like engineering. Georgiou manages to trick it into the spore drive control console, and, with an impressive roundhouse kick (that may be Michelle Yeoh), he ends up trapped in a "reaction cube."

On the Enterprise, Pike and Cornwell determine the only way to save the ship, which can only be done manually, from a control inside the room. Naturally, no one thought to be on the other side of the door as well. The two share a meaningful moment as she orders to return to the bridge.

"Pike says" If I'm meant for a different future, then this thing can not possibly go off.

"Maybe, but how much will you pay the price if you're wrong?" Cornwall replies.

Which raises the question, what is it, how does it go, how does it go wrong? Spock has said that the weather is crystal clear. Burnham one possible future, and, in the episode, it says that the future is still unwritten, the outcome can still change, what the Klingons told him. Regardless, the torpedo detonates and Cornwall makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the ship.

Back in engineering, Leland repeatedly attempts to smash the transparent aluminum Giant was killed a couple of weeks ago, the nanoprobes ooze from his body while he screams in agony. Could this be applied to killing the Borg, too? Could the Federation's most lethal enemy be defeated with a little magnetic attraction?

After more lip-quivering from Burnham and Reviews another emotional goodbye to her brother, she readies herself to the future … and Discovery is right behind her. To let Spock know that she's safe on the other side, she'll send the seventh and final red signal back through the time hole. There's a new way to go, there's another montage of all those emotional farewells between key crewmembers that took you back to the last week.

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Faded to black, after which we see sunny San Francisco, home of Starfleet, for the most perplexing part of this season finale. There is no end-of-season tease-of-what-to-come, but there is the USS Enterprise at the end of Season 1. Instead, the crew of the Enterprise is debriefed by a faceless Federation official and following a suggestion by Spock, are the subjects of the time, the spore drive, the discovery and ever connected to recent events to be discussed, ever.

This is a new book, but … it makes little difference, since we're in a new timeline.

Finally, Spock readies himself for the next chapter of his own adventure and opts to shave his beard off. Following a sustained increase in the size of the company, the amount of time spent in the enterprise is increased.

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Clearly, the events of the "Short Trek" episode "Calypso"take place in the 33rd century, some 200 years after the Discovery arrives through the other side of the worm hole at Terralysium.And one would assume that" Star Trek: Discovery "will continue with the USS Discovery being the main setting of the show , so the ship has to return along with all the key crew.

It's an unsatisfying conclusion, to say the least.

After last week's episode where it felt like nothing happened … this is the exact opposite and frankly there's too much, in yet another example of this show's erratic, uneven storyline structure. The moment that Burnham makes her first time jump would have been a perfect point to end last week's so-called Part 1 of this season finale.

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The first and second seasons of "Star Trek: Discovery" are available to be streamed in their entirety on CBS All Access in the U.S. and Netflix in the U.K. "Star Trek: Discovery" Season 1 is available now on Blu-ray.

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