Gotta admit though, the banter between Stammets and Reno was pretty great when they weren't talking about romantic bs.

Her I like. A lot. Kind of reminds me of a laid back McCoy.

Sadly, though, I think they hit the limit of Tig Notaro's acting abilities.

Meh. They hit the limit of James Doohan's in 1966, and he went on for decades. :D

Without a doubt, season 2 was light years better than Season 1.

Just go pirate the thing. They should pay you to watch season 1 if you're willing to do it.

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So I completely missed the CBS/Viacom re-merger yesterday, meaning for the first time in almost 15 years (re: the end of Enterprise) all the Star Trek properties are again under one roof.

Could be interesting moving forward...

I really liked the first half of season 1, mainly because Captain Lorca was a great character. Then the writers completely ****ed that up by revealing that he was actually Captain Lorca's evil counterpart from the mirror universe. They turned an interesting and complex character into a caricature. It pissed me off, as did most of the second half of season 1.

I agree that season 2 was MUCH better.

Holy shit that's awesome news.

Hopefully means the Klingons will no longer be boring dumb-looking shitty aliens

There is some stupid rule that any new Star Trek stuff has to deviate from the original by a certain amount. Apparently(?) that's why the newer movies did an alternative timeline. You know what would be a great way to get around that rule? Just make Discovery about Pike's Enterprise instead. Use the gay black doctor and the grumpy lesbian. It'd be great.

I haven't been this excited by a corporate merger since K Mart hooked up with Sears!

Hopefully this one goes better. ROFL

I just had an odd random thought. The Discovery went forward in time at the end of the last episode. Suppose they do one of those internet mini episodes showing the crew trying to make it back, involving the spore drive. It works but they collide with themselves and **** up the whole timeline. Pike's Enterprise takes the place of the original series in that universe. And that's what we get to watch starting in season three.