Discovery fires up the old spore drive again in order to hop across the galaxy to the next flashing light. This time they find a planet inhabited by primitive humans, who somehow arrived prior to the invention of warp drive and just around the time of WWIII. Just like last week, Discovery seems to have arrived at just the right time to save the people that they encountered. It's becoming clear that the "angelic being" that they keep seeing is guiding them to the places in order to save people. But it's also clear that it was the angelic being that put these people there. If a being can transport an entire colony of people across the galaxy, why can't it also save them when things go to shit there as well?
This time the big rescue involves using the giant dense asteroid from last week to round up the radioactive debris that surrounds the planet and send it into a star. Which, now that they've brought this up, why don't they always send their trash into the sun? Seems like a good way to dispose of things. I wonder why the Malons in the Delta Quadrant never thought of that. Anyway, it's Tilly that comes up with the plan, and she provides the usual dose of comedy along the way as she runs through the corridor in her sick bay gown, and coins the phrase "space donut." It's fun, and the remedy is plausible, not just technobabble. But Tilly has another problem as well. She is seeing dead people. Well, really just one, a girl that she went to school with is somehow manifesting as a crew member. I'm sure we'll be getting to the bottom of this soon."New Eden" has a ton of religious overtones, and the main event takes place at an actual church. The people on the planet have adopted a religion that is a mashup of all Earth religions. Plus there's the angelic being. The crew does a bang-up job of not violating General Order One, until they decide to violate General Order One by telling a guy the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Plus they give him new technology to power the church. That will certainly raise questions with the otheres. When Pike leaves the man, rather than a final goodbye the men say that they're sure they'll see each other again. I think they will too.
Also, the still absent Spock is in a mental ward and Burnham can't be granted permission to approach him, even though she has been allowed to steal his stuff from his quarters. This episode feels like filler to me, still teasing a more interesting plot twist that has yet to come. Also Star Trek is usually pretty bad at mixing religion into the plots, and I just can't see how this can end other than, "so you see, religion is a lie." I don't know, I'm just not that excited about this season of DISCO so far. Meh.
Published February 1, 2019
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