I thought the first season brought a great new impetus to the franchise. The first really adult spin - off; more violent, earthier language, a little more female - focussed, whilst still having some tenuous links to the original series.
Season 2 was even better, with Anson Mount just owning many of the episodes, with his wonderful interpretation of Cpt. Christopher Pike. Good seeing a young Spock too, even though there were difficulties in reconciling the Spock - Burnham relationship to the existing Star Trek canon. And what made these 2 seasons stand out, was the non - captain, central protagonist who also happened to be female.
Season 3 was OK. The concept of heading into the future and finding out about The Burn was imaginative, but did we really need the insert of the Tal/Gray relationship, which just felt forced and cheesy and better suited to some other show. Discovery already had plenty of diversified characters. I'd rather find out more about existing crew members such as Detmar the pilot, without introducing rather sappy new ones.
Season 4 is a definite comedown as many others have already cited on this forum. It's kind of like the Discovery TV version of the failed 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture reboot. You know what I mean. Starship crew facing overwhelming odds against a universal threat, talk, talk and talk some more. The series seems to be losing that edge it displayed in the first couple of seasons. We're served up an absolute minimum of action and a maximum of speeches. It didn't help that the "villains" were given almost too many redeeming features and that Burnham back as a captain was both a bit too derivative and bland.
I really hope the series can resurrect itself somewhat with Season 5 and I find myself happy in knowing that it is wrapping up at its end. Season 4 was ultimately quite disappointing.
Season 2 was even better, with Anson Mount just owning many of the episodes, with his wonderful interpretation of Cpt. Christopher Pike. Good seeing a young Spock too, even though there were difficulties in reconciling the Spock - Burnham relationship to the existing Star Trek canon. And what made these 2 seasons stand out, was the non - captain, central protagonist who also happened to be female.
Season 3 was OK. The concept of heading into the future and finding out about The Burn was imaginative, but did we really need the insert of the Tal/Gray relationship, which just felt forced and cheesy and better suited to some other show. Discovery already had plenty of diversified characters. I'd rather find out more about existing crew members such as Detmar the pilot, without introducing rather sappy new ones.
Season 4 is a definite comedown as many others have already cited on this forum. It's kind of like the Discovery TV version of the failed 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture reboot. You know what I mean. Starship crew facing overwhelming odds against a universal threat, talk, talk and talk some more. The series seems to be losing that edge it displayed in the first couple of seasons. We're served up an absolute minimum of action and a maximum of speeches. It didn't help that the "villains" were given almost too many redeeming features and that Burnham back as a captain was both a bit too derivative and bland.
I really hope the series can resurrect itself somewhat with Season 5 and I find myself happy in knowing that it is wrapping up at its end. Season 4 was ultimately quite disappointing.