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Top 10 Moments of Star Trek Discovery Episode 10 “Despite Yourself” (Spoilers)
So after a two month hiatus, err “mid-season break,” the show came roaring back with “Chapter 2” aka the last 6 episodes of season 1. Confused yet? Fear not, you’re nowhere near as confused as the writers.
Anyway, whatever, let’s get into it.
NUMBER TEN — Best episode so far!
Now, that’s not saying all that much, but it’s still notable. As one of the most vocal anti-Discovery critics out there, I think it’s safe to say that this is huge praise from me. It was an interesting story, well-paced, well-directed, well-acted. The characters felt 100x better and the visual storytelling was actually competent for once. I’m giving a lot of credit to Frakes for this, but I’m sure there’s an army of support staff who made it all come together. Everyone but the writers.
NUMBER NINE — Jonathan Frakes makes a Star Trek!
I’ve been thinking about why I, and legions of others, prefer Orville to STD. Orville is not original in any sense, it’s literally just Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek fanfiction. The plots, costumes, and characters are all recycled, but updated. But that’s ok. It’s not trying to be some epic, intelligent, plot-twisty space opera. It’s just Seth’s Star Trek fanfic, and that’s all it is. What MacFarlane did that was brilliant is that he got…
