I’m watching episode 2 and Uhura’s backstory took me by surprise. That dinner was more heartbreaking and less funny than I had expected.

It didn’t feel like Pike has confided in all that many people re: his vision so I love the openness with Number One. Their dynamic is great. Real Brotp material I think.

I’m feeling really bad second hand awkwardness for Uhura on the comet. La’an is just so unsympathetic. She doesn’t give an inch. I liked her ok in episode 1. She was business like but she feels callous, impatient and pretty uncaring in episode 2 atm. And Spock means well but isn’t exactly warm and fuzzy. I mean he tries and that’s sweet in a way and he gets better as the episode goes on.

I like the scenes on the ship much better. Feels cooperative and friendly with Pike, Number One and Ortegas.

The fake staggering when the ship takes a hit is the most over dramatic that I have seen I think on Trek 😂 way to capture the ToS vibe there.

I love that Ortegas has patented her own move. Flying into an asteroid storm is so Han Solo 😉 

I’m somewhat confused. I thought that the asteroid manoeuvre was to persuade them to move the comet but I guess the tractor beam was for the Enterprise? I guess that was a distraction so Spock could do whatever he did (and I do not understand what he did, what did he do?)

You know Number One isn’t wrong. Pike knows when the incident happens, he knows who it affects and he knows what kind of accident it is. So why can’t he fix whatever the error is and save those people without doing the hero thing? Foreknowledge means he can solve the problem differently. Fight smarter not harder.