Aaaaww, a "Groundhog Day" episode! I'm always so fond of those in each and every show they all appear. But, somehow, I didn't like this one, I actually fell asleep while watching it. Mudd was too damn annoying as a character to make all the "rewinds" appealing, as they're supposed to be with this kind of episode, on other shows. It's like the writers were trying to make a Q out of Mudd, but without any of the charm or charisma. It all fell flat, in the end.
Judging by the comments around here, I know this will be an unpopular opinion, but this was the least enjoyable episode of Discovery for me, so far. Not only that, it was one of the least interesting "Groundhog Day" episodes I remember watching on any show.
God I hate time travel episodes
8.5/10
Sensational
THIS TIME LOOP EPISODE WAS FANTASTIC AND AWESOME AND BRILLIANTLY DONE.
IT'S NOT PROPER STAR TREK UNLESS YOU HAVE A TIME LOOP EPISODE AND THIS ONE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
NICE TO SEE THE STORY WITH MAD,
SORRY MUDD HAVE A MODERN
DAY RETELLING
WHICH I ABSOLUTELY LOVED
AND HOW THEY BROUGHT IT
A FULL CIRCLE AT THE END WITH
THE OG STAR TREK EPISODE
WITH A FAMILIAR CONCLUSION.
EVEN STELLA WORE THE SAME COLOUR CLOTHING AS THE ORIGINAL SERIES STELLA
(I did wonder if we would get
more than 1 Stella at the end lol).
WHAT WE DID GET THOUGH
WAS A COUPLE OF BARS OF
THE ORIGINAL STAR TREK SERIES
THEME PLAYED RIGHT AT THE END
WHICH WAS AWESOME.
THIS SHOW IS PHENOMENAL
HOW IT WRITES IT'S OWN LORE
BUT THEN IN A BLINK OF AN EYE BRINGS
IT STRAIGHT BACK TO WHAT'S
TO COME,
THEN SNAP BACK TO
OUR DISCOVERY AGAIN.
WOW IT'S FLAWLESS AND
PERFECTLY BALANCED,
THIS SHOW CAN DO IT ALL AND
THEN SOME AND THAT'S WHY THIS TREK
IS THE ABSOLUTE BEST TREK OF THEM ALL.
THIS SHOW IS OPERATING ON
A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
Finally an episode that feels like Star Trek.
This episode was quite close to being awesome. Quite an achievement, considering how new the series is.
Sadly the storytelling still is flawed in crucial moments. This time it's when Stamets falters under pressure, exactly in that moment when they finally figured out how to get the upper hand. He has seen several hundred of deaths, why should he reveal the secret to avoid one more? It makes absolutely no sense!
Such issues aside, Sonequa is awesome and fits perfectly for that character. I had high hopes, as she was one of my favs in TWD. It seems she will exceed my expectations.
Time travel is always an A+ in my book and this is classic trek.
Best episode of the series so far I thought.
This episode finally felt like a real episode of Star Trek. There wasn't a lot of internal conflict. This episode showed us the crew of Discovery working together against a common foe. Up until now, most of the episodes have focused on a lot of in-fighting.
Star Trek is supposed to be about a hopeful future for humanity: a time when we work with each other, despite our differences.
It's a shame that they had to rip off a class Next Generation episode before it finally felt like Star Trek.
When are the best ST episodes ever!
This was my least favourite episode thus far. I really love the new direction this show is taking, but the time loop episode is just a trope that has been played out. There were qualities to the episode that got it a 6/10 from me, but the time loop story itself hasn't been improved since Kelsey Grammer cameod in TNG's Cause and Effect, which, when it was new, became one of my favourite TNG episodes. But it didn't hold up to repeat viewings, and seeing it copied in other shows made me quickly tire of the trope. So it's just a boring, potentially skippable episode, if not for the developments of three of the main characters (Burnham, Stamets, and Tyler).
Be careful out there, wouldn't want to see ou go hollow...
Soon they have made the episode of Groundhog Day, although it has been good
I hate time travel/loops/anomalies nonsense!
Well, well, well. I am a bit torn about this episode. I certainly would have liked it more without that party thing going on, it felt a little out of place with that rap music. And I don´t like that romantic thing between Tyler and Burnham. It´s forced and constructed and not what that show is in need of.
Now, the general plot of the timeloop, althought for my taste a little too close to TNGs Cause and Effect, was good. But the way they figured out that they were stuck in the loop in TNG was better. If I remember correctly (has been a while since I last saw it) it was through little clues that keep popping up.
I like the portrayal of Mudd in this installment althought I think he came back to early - maybe this episode should have come later.
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It‘s good sci-fi. It‘s not Star Trek. Almost funny how Seth McFarlane‘s Orville is at its core closer to the values and themes of the original Star Trek than Discovery.