While IMDB users are not representative of the wider population, I find it interesting to see that they’ve soured on Season 4 episodes so far.
I’ve soured on s4 too. First one was the best, second acceptable but not really trek, and it’s just been shit since.
Please just give us a final 1.5 seasons of quality fucking trek. Is that really so hard? I’m glad they’re having fun making the show, but the audience isn’t.
Funny, I thought the first episode was pretty terrible. Pike’s decision to go along with a planetary genocide on a hunch was indefensible to say the least. And there wasn’t even very much dinosaur action to offset that with stupid fun.
The rest of the season I’ve really enjoyed. A big step up in quality from season 3, though still not hitting the highs that season 2 reached.
Pike’s decision to go along with a planetary genocide on a hunch was indefensible to say the least.
And I think that’s the most compelling part!
TBH, one could argue that this season has been pretty successful, if the number of discussion points is anything to go by.
I’d feel better about ep1 if it was presented as a difficult or haunting choice. It’s the hunch aspect that really bothers me.
But on reflection, there were still some very good ideas in there. The small bit with the translation of “alone” was possibly the cleverest thing that’s happened this season, and hard to actually pull off in dialogue as well as they did.
Honestly, I think “A Case of Chiaroscuro” deserves another look. If you disregard the B&W “gimmick” (which I think served the story quite well, but YMMV), I think the A- and B-stories are good, classical Trek.
A little TOS-y in some respects, but I don’t consider that a knock against.
Worth noting that the trendline in that plot would be pointing down anyway, before you include season 4. That tends to happen for every long running TV show.
