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Short Trek #1: You Have No Idea What’s Possible
Ok.
What do they expect us to say about this?
Is anyone buying CBS All-Access just to see a 15 minute vignette once a month?
I mean, sure, Netflix isn’t showing these because they’re furious at CBS for conning them, so I guess all the international folks might. Or they’ll pirate it.
Are they trying to show off the new fun direction? Or the new coherent writing? Because, uhh….
There was one unmistakable positive to this scene, though — a lack of Michael Burnham. It’s pretty crazy how removing the main character makes everything better. If only there was some sort of lesson to be learned there…
Let’s talk about Tilly.
For some reason Tilly has been the fan-favorite from Season 1. I think it’s because they actually wrote Tilly as a human being — y’know, relatable and quirky and not a nightmarishly overwrought self-righteous asshole who failed at every…