DISCO S2E11 "Perpetual Infinity" Review By AnswerMan

Horrible:Meh:Adequate:Good:Fantastic

Well once again the new season of DISCO is about to launch and that is putting me in the position where I have to force myself to power through the rest of these reviews of last season. It's not that I don't like DISCO, I do. It's just that... I don't know, it's exhausting. The show is very dark, and ...not fun. I almost feel guilty about not having much good to say about it, because I do appreciate that Star Trek is still a thing. Yet here we are.



So Burnham's mom exists and is the Red Angel. Michael is stoked to talk to her, but no. Mom doesn't want to. Mom specifically requests to not have to deal with her daughter right now. When Michael goes to talk to her anyway, Michael is given the cold shoulder and told that she's nothing but a ghost and none of this matters anyway. You see, Mom basically exists outside of time. She has seen thousands of different timelines and scenarios over and over to point where nothing is real or has weight anymore. But then, later in the episode she actually states the exact opposite. Mom says that actually she has been obsessively watching Michael all the time. Through the ups and downs, and probably even when she poops. Michael means everything to her. So why did she say all that hurtful stuff before? Who knows!

Also Leland is now Control. And Tyler is probably dead. But probably not. Even though the scene was dramatic and full of gore, I just couldn't bring myself to give a crap about Ash Tyler's mortal wounding. I just don't care about him at all anymore.

Anyway, Michael's mom explains that Control causes The End Of All Sentient Life In The Universe (tm) by getting all the information from the sphere. She actually orchestrated putting Discovery in the sphere's path in order for them to protect the info. The team has the idea to dump the info in the angel suit and let it go back to the future, so that Control can never get it. But it doesn't work, Control still gets more than half of the info, and Mom and the suit both go back. So ya.

I don't know if my current mood is affecting my attitude, or if it's just this season has been interrupted for me or what, but I really want to give this episode a horrible rating even though I'm sure it doesn't deserve it. Meh at best.

Published February 19, 2020