And while we don't actually meet the individual responsible for destroying countless worlds - including Book's home world of Kwejian - this week, it makes the remaining story arc for this season so much easier for the showrunners to flesh out using much more conventional plot devices. Maybe this might have worked had it not been for the fact that this is really rather similar to what happened last season, when it was discovered in the episode " Su'Kal" (S03, E08) that a deeply disturbed delinquent was responsible for destroying all the dilithium. If you're getting a feeling of déjà vu - or that something subtle has been changed with the computer simulation in which you dwell - that's perfectly understandable. Nice world-building: the Radvek asteroid belt, a former Emerald Chain colony, inhabited by the Akaali. Which conveniently gives everyone a laser-focused point to direct the anger, loss, sadness and grief that's been piling up over the last five weeks. Yup, it's no longer a natural phenomena, it's been created by someone. We very quickly (and in an extremely lame manner) discover the dark matter anomaly (DMA) is a weapon. Within the space of the first 10 minutes, even before the opening credits, the entire plot of Season 4 is suddenly turned on its head.
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You'd be forgiven for thinking the showrunner on "Star Trek: Discovery" doesn't know how to effectively pace out an 11-episode season without the audience requiring Dramamine. Last season, in " The Sanctuary" (S03, E08) the storytelling suffered a similar, sudden, substantial yank in a decidedly different direction. The insane thing is, we've seen this happen before.
The change in pace - and more than that, the change of direction - of the story is enough to give you whiplash. It's like suddenly realizing - just a micro-second after ignition – that your Ikea armchair is actually a Martin-Baker Mk14 Naval Aviator's ejection seat. It's like doing 90-degree turns in the car from "Automan" at 90 mph. and I still don't know exactly what happened. I've watched it four times already in preparation for writing this review.
It's hard to know where to start with episode five. Or maybe Wiseman would just prefer to keep this matter private. There was even a card you could sign circulating on Twitter. We know she's heading to New York soon to appear in a theatrical production off Broadway, whether or not that will interfere with principal photography for season five is unknown. There was even an entire episode of " The Ready Room" hosted by Wil Wheaton devoted to Mary Wiseman that aired the very same day and still she didn't explain why she left. Is this all a super-elaborate ruse and in the finale episode we'll see Tilly trigger the second Big Bang, with jump cables from Book's ship, in the epicenter of the dark matter anomaly, fulfilling her ultimate destiny and becoming God.? Come on, it's not that much more far-fetched than an albino Klingon undergoing full-body surgery to make himself human. That said, she has made it very clear that we will see her again before the end of this season. Clarity is more important than mystery.Mary Wiseman herself has given a few interviews since last week, but not once has she remarked on why the decision was made to write her out of the main cast for the second half of fourth season. This plot wrinkle is pretty dumb, and reeks of the "mystery box" storytelling that made the first two seasons so insufferable. He takes out four Changelings on his own. When Jack has the visions, he "activates," and becomes an ultra-violent killing machine. This may be the door used by the Guardian of Forever in a recent episode of "Star Trek: Discovery," but likely not. The visions include creepy red tree roots, and the appearance of an old-fashioned red door.
The hints audiences are given as to Jack's value have come in the form of frustratingly oblique visions that Jack has been experiencing for the last few episodes. This will be before a rather dramatic exit for the character. Ro, however, does explain that Starfleet has been deeply infiltrated and that Changelings are more prevalent than anyone might suspect. Why the Changelings are attacking Starfleet at this particular juncture, and why they want Jack hasn't yet been explained. Meanwhile, there is another mystery afoot: why do evil shapeshifters want Jack Crusher? It was explained in previous episodes that these Changelings, ordinarily made of liquid, have learned how to approximate internal, biological organs, making them less medically detectible.
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