Star Trek Discovery - Episode 6 (Review) Spoilers

Hey you, welcome back to the channel. And guys, today we want to talk Star Trek Discovery episode 6, titled Lethe. And from what I know about the title, after doing a little bit of research online, Lethe seems to be related to Greek mythology. A river in Greek mythology where people would drink from and forget, if I'm not mistaken. So this River of Forgetfulness. So let's try to see if we can parallel some of what we got in this week's episode with that title, how it relates. And I want to say, going into this, guys, probably the best episode for me of the season. This episode and last week's episode, probably the strongest in my opinion. And I'm not sure why Star Trek Discovery has chosen to have, you know, a lot of what I thought were unnecessary episodes. I understand that after Bryan Fuller left, there were some problems with the stories and various things, and A lot of various information going around online about what happened, but so far I did like those 2 episodes. The first 2 were acceptable episodes for me. So I think Star Trek: Discovery would have been a lot better received had maybe we got those first 2 episodes and then probably got something like last week's episode in this week's episode. And, uh, to try to fill in the gaps, fill us in, uh, maybe would have been a good idea to have Commander Burnham reflect back on some of the events and they just kind of move the story forward. I don't think, uh, a lot of what we've gotten up to this point has, you know, done anything personally for me. But this week's episode did a lot of things right. We got to see Ambassador Sarek, his story move along, and you know how Commander Burnham related to growing up having Ambassador Sarek basically as her father, Spock's mom, and a brother Spock. And so we got a lot of information we didn't know about the Vulcan family, or the very interesting multicultural family that Surak, as ambassador to Earth, had created for himself. And very interesting opening scene we get on Vulcan with, you know, Surak basically, you know, almost being an assassin, Vulcan zealot, kind of this zealot to this ideology about the contamination of the Vulcan culture. And so been a lot of, you know, not so well received fans that just don't like the nature of how Vulcans are being portrayed. There seems to be inconsistencies with Vulcans as we know them, and I can agree with several of, you know, some of their concerns. And I will, you know, clarify some of the things that I've seen, where they're coming from, some things I personally don't like myself. But we clearly get to see Sarek telling what seems to be a lie back to Burnham. We know through the episode we got to see him faced with an interesting ultimatum from the Vulcan Academy that they weren't very much open to this various multicultural expansion, and that he could allow one outsider in. He already had a half-human son, we know it's Spock, and now Commander Burnham, his kind of adopted daughter, full human, both with the mental aptitude to enter what seems to be like the Vulcan Scientific Academy. I could be wrong, but maybe it was a wing of that, a part of that. And so, you know, we find out very interesting that Commander Burnham, who thought she had failed not being a Vulcan, is was very much capable, but the Vulcans in this weird way blocked her anyway. A lot of people find this very weird with the, with the Vulcan culture. They find these type actions kind of illogical, you know, in a sense. And, you know, getting back to the lion part, I just kind of find, found that weird, you know, with a lot of what we got with Vulcans You know, from Spock's perspective, lying was incapable by Vulcans, but great degrees of exaggeration was acceptable. So, uh, but this clearly seems like a lie that was a well-executed one at that. So there, you know, a lot of people have trouble with that. Another thing is the contra. We got a lot of that contra thing where Sarek can communicate across light-years to Burnham. And, uh, you know, who needs subspace communications when you got that ability? But, uh, you know, this, this large degree of mysticism, if you will, uh, you know, a lot of people just weren't well received to that. I, I would have preferred they kept it like in the old, uh, series, but Hey, it's, uh, we're getting, you know, we're learning more things about quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement. Uh, I'm just gonna go with it and, uh, you know, not focus on it too much. But we got where Sarek was almost assassinated, and he's able to use this to communicate with Burnham. And as she's engaging inside his mind, we're seeing that, uh, you know, at the near brink of death Sarek is, you know, basically reflecting on past situations, you know, or the event rather that happened with Commander Burnham and his, you know, he lies about it. He's trying to keep her out of his mind because he doesn't want her to see that, even at the expense of his own death. And she, you know, and so it's kind of symbolically, you know, created where he's doing this kind of Vulcan martial arts, you know, and creating this representation of keeping or setting up defenses to keep Burnham out of his mind. But, you know, she, as we got to see, she gets in and she learns the truth, and she learns that You know, she was good enough to, to, you know, be accepted, but there was only one spot open, and Sarek didn't want to pass up his biological child, his, his only son, uh, you know, for Burnham. Um, and, uh, you know, when he finally lets her in, she's able to save Sarek, uh, and You know, uh, really, really, with a few things that I didn't like, overall I thought the story was pretty good and I, I, I was entertained by it. And, uh, I, for the, probably for the first time in this whole series, I did feel it, it did feel more Star Trek-like to me, and I think that's, uh, that's very important. I also like James Fran, I believe his name is, who plays Sarek. I've seen him in many things, and I thought he was a perfect acting choice for Sarek. I have liked him as Sarek up to the point where the writers have done a lot of various things with the Vulcans that, you know, he has to obviously adhere to and go with. But if, you know, they didn't barter with those particular things. Uh, James Fran makes an excellent younger Sarek. He— they couldn't have picked a more perfect actor. And, uh, about 90% of what he's done for me has been great. Um, now Ash, uh, we get Ash and Captain Lorca as well, and they're bonding, it seems, you know, uh Captain Lorca really likes Ash. He's looking for militant capable people. This is what he needs on his ship right now as they're in war. He needs capable warriors. But the issue is, you know, seems to be a rumor floating all around online due to some casting, earlier casting releases where they show this particular actor playing a Klingon. So a lot of people are saying, okay, they were so easily escaped the Klingon prison. There was so easy. And there is this scene where they're able to defeat these Klingons. And I'm like wondering, I'm like, okay, is, and Harry Mudd goes in the jail cell. I didn't know you guys could do that, but I just thought it was kind of weird how Captain Lorca was able to take down a Klingon. You know, I would have thought it was a lot more difficult to take down a Klingon. And Ash, they both take these Klingons out and escape. I mean, it's just— I mean, they escape so, you know, so easy that the rumors seem to be connecting a lot that Ash maybe fought, you know, the Klingon that we've encountered earlier. And, uh, or, you know, who's the, who's the light bearer, the, the albino Klingon. And so, um, uh, you know, that's a very interesting theory, but his military capabilities does seem to, you know, maybe, uh, somewhat support that. Uh, so, uh, how do I feel about that? I think that'll be very interesting. Uh, Very interesting that he was able to turn human and infiltrate the Enterprise. Would make a lot of sense that they want to get a spy aboard Discovery to get the information. So it makes a lot of sense in that regard. And so if that's the story, I think that would be very interesting. But anyway, You know, he also kind of bonds with, uh, both Lorca and Burnham, so he's making pretty good headway there if he is a Klingon spy. And, you know, uh, Lorca, we get to learn more about him. You know, I've been intrigued with Lorca's storyline from the beginning, and it's kind of weird because we're supposed to see everything from the perspective of Commander Burnham and, you know, how she's viewing it. But, you know, when we switch over to Lorca, he has these very strong, powerful storylines. And I like what they've done with the character of Captain Lorca. You know, he's at points— and they've kind of been hitting on this all along— but Lorca, we get to learn he's kind of got this PTSD thing going on still, and they want to take the ship from him. But Lorca is kind of really this great character. And I remember I was saying in earlier reviews and, you know, before Star Trek: Discovery aired that I wanted them to go with the storyline of Captain Gartha Iser. And I thought Jason Isaacs would be better at playing Captain Gartha Iser. Would have been a perfect choice. But Jason Isaacs The reality is with him as an actor is he is just a good dark gray non-hero anti-hero character. He's just, you know, he's at his best when he's that. And for him to be the hero, chivalrous, gallant captain, uh, it's just not his strong point. So the fact that he's his story moves into these challenges. I think they do a great job with that. That's where his strength lies. And we see he's making dark choices. His— one of his best friends here, the admiral, is in trouble as she tries to fulfill the negotiations that Sarek originally was setting out to do. And she's basically, you know, held hostage by these Klingons, and everybody's killed. And Captain Lorca doesn't go after her, although uh, he would have disobeyed orders. And, uh, just interesting, if these two ever meet up, uh, I'm sure she's gonna kind of tie that together if she survives, and, uh, that, you know, he made a choice, uh, and it was based on her decision to have him removed. So that was all very interesting, guys. I did like this episode. Uh, I will say it was the best me of the, of the season so far. It was the strongest written, strongest character-driven for me so far. And I did leave out the science officer, and that guy's name just— I think it's Sans or Sans or Sansky or something like that. But, you know, they keep hinting at him not being himself. And that he might be from the Mirror Mirror universe, or the, you know, the alternate universe where he has his doppelganger, and they— he may have switched places because now all of a sudden he's this exciting, uh, kind of cool, laid-back, uh, person. And we knew he was the very, uh, anal retentive, you know, very— this, you know, this very, uh you know, non-likable, non-personality type person. And now he's all of a sudden, he's just, you know, everything's cool and he's great. And so, you know, it's clear that that's, you know, what's going on there. But anyway, guys, tell me if you, if you like this episode, if you're kind of in agreement with me that these episodes are getting better. I hate that it's taken so many But it is 17 episodes, so they do got a, a lot of opportunities here to get it together real quick. I did hear that they have been renewed for a season 2. Very interesting, as these shows are very expensive to make. I guess it's created enough buzz and excitement to get a season 2, and maybe, uh, by the end of this season they would have gotten this together so good that going into season 2 is a good thing. I have on rare occasions seen a series able to turn things around and really, uh, uh, you know, get viewership up and get people excited. Doesn't happen very often, but it's not impossible. Guys, if you like content like this, don't forget to like, subscribe, and until next time, take care.