# Star Trek Discovery season 4 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [November 19, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597 "2021-11-19T02:56:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/121 "2022-02-25T13:14:16Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Sad part is - its affecting my ability to even get excited about the next Trek works - I have no desire to watch Picard 2 (picard 1 was good until the last fucking episode) and I was really lloking forward to SNW. Just don’t let it get in your way of watching the animated shows - _Lower Decks_ is terrific, and _Prodigy_, while more kid-oriented, is also loads of fun. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/122 "2022-02-25T13:27:18Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Just don’t let it get in your way of watching the animated shows - _Lower Decks_ is terrific, and _Prodigy_ , while more kid-oriented, is also loads of fun. Lower Decks is pretty much on an endless loop for background noise - and never forget, gumato genitals are sensitive to phaser fire! Okee Dokeee! Prodigy I just couldn’t get past about 3 episodes - I’ve heard the latest may make me want to re-consider that, but the animation/kid style is hard for me to get past - and because it just didn’t feel ‘Trek’. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/123 "2022-02-25T15:19:36Z")
What Discovery needs is more shots of everyone on the bridge looking at each other instead of doing their jobs like professionals. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/124 "2022-02-25T15:27:09Z")
They need to bring Tilly back. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/125 "2022-02-25T15:28:58Z")
_Chilllliiii’s Tilly-back ribs!_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/126 "2022-02-25T23:36:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Disco is getting too terrible to even hate-watch. I now just skim tbrough episodes, which are around 80% filler. I started doing that about two and a half years ago. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/127 "2022-02-26T05:20:09Z")
Is it just me, or has Sonequa Martin-Green been whispering even more of her dialog this season, which, frankly, I didn’t think was fucking possible? She hasn’t cried as much as previous seasons, so I assume she’s compensating with more fucking whispering. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/128 "2022-02-26T05:25:49Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > What Discovery needs is more shots of everyone on the bridge looking at each other instead of doing their jobs like professionals. And more shots of gentle touches on the shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/129 "2022-02-26T14:30:30Z")
I think the absolute worst, yet expected, part of this most recent episode is that after everything - Book still didn’t manage to ‘one up’ the other guy at the end. THat would have made much of it worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/130 "2022-02-26T17:15:59Z")
I really really want to like it. And it has improved a bit but it’s like 80% crying, meaningful looks and speeches about what is about to happen. HAVE AN ADVENTURE FOR SPOCK’S SAKE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/131 "2022-02-26T19:17:57Z")
And therapy. Don’t forget therapy. This series is written by people who thought the best part on _TNG_ was Deanna Troi. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/132 "2022-03-02T20:55:52Z")
I don;t think I would want to be on a starship - or any ship - where every bump causes sparks to fly on the bridge… Latest episode - more of the same but SLOWER - you would think that breaking the galactic barrier would be a bit more fun - it just wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/133 "2022-03-10T14:41:33Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > And therapy. Don’t forget therapy. This series is written by people who thought the best part on _TNG_ was Deanna Troi. I just had to point something out; you saw Deanna Troi actually do less genuine personal counselling in an entire season of TNG than you see counselling in two episodes of Discovery. On the very few occasions you see Troi formally engaging in counselling, it is directly in furtherance of the plot. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/134 "2022-03-10T15:19:41Z")
In a show largely about feelings and stuff - they just took it to 11 with MORE FEELINGS. And its surprisingly easy to get aboard a starship and take people hostage. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/135 "2022-03-10T17:14:07Z")
I would be fine if they used stress over being ripped out of their time and flung to the far future as a plot point and wrote about it _competently_ (look at the _BSG_ remake for an example of crews under stress) but this show has _Saved By the Bell_-level writing. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/136 "2022-03-11T07:20:25Z")
They really should just get it over with and change the title of the show to Star Trek: Group Hug. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/137 "2022-03-11T12:59:46Z")
Their take on The Arrival was simultaneously interesting and boring. They just can’t help themselves with making some scenes go too long but the story was not bad. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/138 "2022-03-11T14:15:18Z")
She is the ships head counselor but her primary responsibility is to act as a Diplomatic advisor to the skipper. Guessing most of the actual counseling is handled by her subordinates. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/139 "2022-03-11T17:01:17Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Their take on The Arrival was simultaneously interesting and boring. Every time anyone makes a suggestion they turn to gaze at each other with goofy grins and bedroom eyes. ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597/140 "2022-03-11T23:09:48Z")
I liked how the most recent episode had that scene with Burnham and Saru in Burnham’s quarters right before they left the ship that was clearly an homage to a similar scene in an episode from the original series. You know, the episode where the fate of the galaxy is hanging in the balance, so Kirk takes Spock into his quarters and privately admits that the whole situation is slipping through his fingers? And Spock says it helps to yell? So they yell and they laugh and they almost cry and then they hug? You know the episode I’m talking about, right? The one where all of that happened? Remember? No? Must have been a Picard and Riker episode then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-season-4/954597.md?page=8)