Ever read a poem made by a neural network? It's creepy because it's almost right. I get that feeling from this episode. It is clear that the writers have taken feedback since season 1 and that's a good thing. But most of the changes feel forced. An example is that they have some slapstick humor in there (probably because The Orville has that). But it is out of place. Also, there is multiple speeches about not leaving a single person behind something that is truly star trek. But when a character dies everyone is shocked for two seconds and then it's not reflected on again. It will be interesting to see if discovery is salvageable or not. I have my doubts because it has not in a single episode to date shown me a world that I would want to live in. And this is so central to what I understand to be star trek. A TV series about hope for the future.
