Joe Siegler

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 31 - Far From Home The other half of the season premiere. This one shows what happened to Discovery and her crew after crash landing 930 years in the future. The bulk of this ep shows them trying to deal with a local thug who reminded me of Hopper from

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 30 - The Hope is You, Pt I S3 premiere, and a soft reboot for the show. This ep deals with Burnham after being thrown 930 yrs into the future. In fact it deals with nothing BUT her. She's the only regular cast in this ep. Oh, there's other characters,

but we don't see what happened to Discovery until ep 2. Burnham spends most of this ep thinking everyone died and she's the only one left. We're introduced to David Ajala's Cleveland Booker character who is a regular for awhile. Also, hello Grudge 🐈! A different feel to start the season for sure.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 289 - Such Sweet Sorrow Pt II S2 finale, and a soft reboot for the show. The resolution to the Control problem was executed here after being telegraphed a few eps back. They take Discovery 930 years into the future which also removes the continuity

some great battle scenes, and some good moments of emotional resonance. I actually quite liked the scenes at the end of surviving characters being repositioned about the existence/destruction of Discovery. Overall an excellent finale to what to me is the best overall season of Star Trek Discovery.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 289 - Such Sweet Sorrow Pt II S2 finale, and a soft reboot for the show. The resolution to the Control problem was executed here after being telegraphed a few eps back. They take Discovery 930 years into the future which also removes the continuity

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 28 - Such Sweet Sorrow Pt I First of the 2 part season finale. All of the stuff with Control, Section 31, and the sphere data come to a head. In order to save the data, they decide to evacuate Discovery (to Enterprise) and destroy it. That fails due to

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 27 - Through the Valley of Shadows While officially part of the season arc, the connection is not as strong. We travel to a planet which has a Klingon monastery - the same one that Tyler & L'Rell's kid was at. In gaining what they need for defeating

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 26 - Perpetual Infinity Further dives into Burnham's parents - both in flashback (for both), and current (as Mom shows up). I find myself very attracted to this stuff on second viewing. I wasn't first time around, but I know where Burnham ends up at the

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 25 - The Red Angel This ep starts with a funeral service for Ariam - but again, the character wasn't that developed, so it didn't give me the feels. What did however was the background with Burham's family. That stuff was quite good. They figure out a

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 24 - Project Daedalus We deal with fallout from last ep when an Admiral arrives with "proof" that Spock murdered people. They work their way out of that of course with some good dialogue IMO. The idea of Discovery being a fugitive ship held some merit,

but they didn't stick with that idea enough, IMO. This is a Frakes directed ep, and there are some great unusual camera angles here. Quite liked that. We also find out about Starfleet's "Control" which sounds like their "Super AI" system - like Blake's 7's "Star One", or our own real life AI threat.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 23 - If Memory Serves Before I started on this rewatch of DSC, THIS was the episode I wanted to see more than any other. On first viewing, I was like "holy shit, they're doing this!" What they did here is a sequel to the OG pilot - "The Cage". It starts

But man, what a banger of an ep. We had Vina again, talking about what happened after The Cage. I love a good self referential story, and this WALLOWS in it, but isn't just fan service. Serves the overall arc by restoring Spock's mind from the last ep. There's also some stuff with Ash and dealing

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 23 - If Memory Serves Before I started on this rewatch of DSC, THIS was the episode I wanted to see more than any other. On first viewing, I was like "holy shit, they're doing this!" What they did here is a sequel to the OG pilot - "The Cage". It starts

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 22 - Light and Shadows The Search for Spock concludes - as he's found. He's obviously not guilty of the murder of the people he was accused of. However, it wasn't easy proving that as his mind is gone nuts for a reason you don't know in the narrative

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 21 - The Sound of Thunder We spend a lot of time with repercussions of events of the last ep. Saru returns to his home planet knowing that everything his people believed was a lie. The other is Dr Culber dealing with now being alive again. Both are good

character explorations. We also dig into the search for the Red Angel, which intensifies the need for Spock. We also have Ash Tyler back on the ship, now working with Section 31. We do get into Kelpian culture a lot. This is a fairly talk-y episode with some good emotional payoffs. Enjoyed it a lot.

#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 20 - Saints of Imperfection Various plot points are pushed forward including the Search for Spock. The big part is we find out that Emperor Georgiou has joined up with Section 31 (masquerading as Prime Georgiou). We also get introduced to Leland, who is