I liked this episode more than any that came before it. Especially the character of Harry Mudd stole everyone the show and is now the single most entertaining person in the entire series. It was also nice to see some real character development for Michael and Ash. It was an entertaining watch, but...
...this should have been Lieutenant Staments episode, since he was the only one who noticed the time loop. Instead he is relegated to a side character, who just feeds Burnham information about what is happening. Why did Staments told Michael about the time loop and didn't go directly to Captain Lorca? Because he bumped into her?
This could have been a truly fantastic episode, but this show has to forcefully push Michael into the focus of every story. This causes the biggest flaw with this episode. Why haven't we seen Staments dealing with time repeating, but instead had to follow Burnham whose actions and experiences became moot each time the time loop reset?
...this should have been Lieutenant Staments episode, since he was the only one who noticed the time loop. Instead he is relegated to a side character, who just feeds Burnham information about what is happening. Why did Staments told Michael about the time loop and didn't go directly to Captain Lorca? Because he bumped into her?
This could have been a truly fantastic episode, but this show has to forcefully push Michael into the focus of every story. This causes the biggest flaw with this episode. Why haven't we seen Staments dealing with time repeating, but instead had to follow Burnham whose actions and experiences became moot each time the time loop reset?