Star Trek: Discovery eps 5.01 and 5.02

Disappointed as I was when it was announced that Discovery would end with season 5, I'm eight eps into Star Trek: Voyager's sixth season for my blog (only the premiere has actually been posted so far, because I like to have a cushion), and maybe we're better off letting Discovery end before it gets as stale and tired as Voyager was by this stage. There's a lot to be said for short seasons in terms of how they don't leave cast and crew visibly burned out and over it.

Anyway, these are just some freeform notes which I shall attempt to express more coherently when I record the podcast tomorrow.

( Spoilers for 'Red Directive' and 'Under the Twin Moons' )