Gonna repost something that I shared on my other account. As it's on my mind.

Warning: what follows is my personal opinion. I will state that once up front and that's it.

#StarTrekDiscovery is okay. Not great, not terrible. Okay.

Sorry, chuds, it's not a wretched travesty of a show and a disgrace to #StarTrek

Sorry, progressive fans, it's not the groundbreaking work of genius that some of you seem to think it is. It's okay.

The problem with Discovery is not the cast. In fact, the cast is the show's best feature. The diversity is definitely a strength, but of equal importance is the fact that these characters are just bursting with personality. They're the kind of people that you would love to hang out with on an ordinary Tuesday and just watch them go about their everyday lives.

The problem is that you seldom get to see them do that.

The show is loaded with pacing issues and sideplots that don't go anywhere or lead to an unsatisfactory conclusion.

Each season sets up a mystery arc with a lackluster finish where the big reveal is never as interesting as you hoped it would be.

The writers rely too heavily on cheap action and poorly executed fan-service as opposed to exploring the rich and detailed universe that only a franchise like Star Trek could provide. You have 55 years of history and 9 television series to play with, but Discovery often refuses to touch that material beyond casual references and jokes.

For instance, Nog: the first Ferengi in Starfleet and a primary character in Deep Space Nine. His character arc was also a chance to explore the changing social conditions on his world. At the start of the series, Ferengenar was a misogynistic, capitalist planet where women didn't have the right to work or even wear clothes. By the end of the series, the new government was instituting changes: supporting labour unions, extending rights to women and starting public healthcare plans.

Discovery - which is set 800 years after DS9 - will show us a ship called the USS Nog. And it will show us a random Ferengi in a captain's uniform. But it won't take us to Ferengenar or let us see how the planet has changed.

Cheap fan service as opposed to good world building.

All that said. Burnham is a wonderfully complex character and it's about damn time we had a black woman in the captain's chair.

Stamits and Culber are my favourite couple in all of Star Trek. Their little family with Adira and Gray as children is adorable.

Tilly is delightful in every single scene that she's in.

I love Jett Reno's snarky attitude.

Georgiou is always a treat. As I said: fantastic characters, boring plot. When you average out the good and the bad, you get something in the middle