Friday, 22 February 2019

Star Trek Discovery Series 2 Episode 6: The Sounds of Thunder — A Review

22nd February, 2019.


Yes … I’ve got a night off … !

OK …

I haven’t, really … 

I’ve just got another free evening where I’ve nothing better to do, then watch TV.

Oh … 

And possibly complain about my bank.

My main one … ?

Was shut, today.

A planned closure, apparently, and one that got me complaining on Twitter.


Honestly, you’d think whoever manages a bank’s social media account would be told these things.

Just in case any complaining customers happen to … you know … publicly whinge on Twitter!

~≈§≈~

At any rate, that’s not — necessarily — why I’m here.

No.

I like TV shows.

Right now, one particular favourite?   Is the hit Spanish hit that is El Ministerio del Tiempo/The Ministry of Time.

But man does not live by bravas*, alone!

Nope … just as with food, we have to have the occasional change of pace.

Yep … 

It’s Friday … 

It’s another episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Series 2

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Episode 6 — The Sounds of Thunder — opens with a log entry from Saru (Doug Jones): telling us how almost dying a few episodes ago is having an impact.

It seems losing the ganglia that alert many of his species to threat … ?

Has literally left him incapable of feeling fear … 

But also sympathetic to the newly revived Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz): who’s struggling with returning from the dead.

It’s only whilst in sick bay … ?

That a red alert goes out.

One of the mysterious red signals has been spotted … 

Just above a planet called Kaminar.

Home to the Ba’ul … and the Kelpians: Saru’s own people … 

There’s trouble, afoot … 

~≈§≈~

Now … good … ?

Actually, yes: the cast are on par, as ever, the writing and directing, done well … 

And we find more about Saru’s home world: and the things that make Kelpians tick.

What’s more?

I said, last week, that the past few episodes were maybe a little too fast: a little too zippy, to be frank.

The Sounds of Thunder gets the pacing spot on.

If the show’s producers are reading this?

A few more episodes paced like the would be good.





*        Regular, Olga, mentioned patatas braves awhile ago.   They sound easy to make, although I’ve no idea how to make the sauce … !

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