Logline
A distress call from Lt. Noonien-Singh compels Spock to disobey orders and take the USS Enterprise and its crew into disputed space, risking renewed hostilities with the Klingons in a bid to aid their shipmate.
Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman
Directed by Chris Fisher
A note about episode discussions on startrek.website
Right now, the plan is to post the /c/startrek discussion when the episode drops on Thursdays. Once the global community has had some time to watch and digest what they’ve seen, the /c/daystrominstitute discussion will go live on Sundays for a more in-depth analysis. This is subject to change as we evaluate what works best for the community as a whole.
(Keeping my response spoiler free as far as I can to take your not having watched the show in account).
I am diehard anti-disco, it just didn’t do anything for me as a Star Trek show. I wouldn’t quite peg it as Disco-like, I’d peg it as closer to Picard season 3 or maybe Dominion War-esque in tone and design. Touches on some interesting concepts, some interesting world building to fill out that era, and seems designed to add new nuances to expand on M’benga after his daughter situation was resolved season 1.
I will say, I think the milage you’ll get out of the episode is going to be pretty reliant on how much you like M’benga. He’s one of my favourite characters in the series, so for me, I enjoyed the episode quite a bit. If you’re not an M’benga fan, I can see you enjoying it quite a bit less.