As anyone reading my posts would be aware, I wasn't keen on the idea of this series. I didn't think much of the scenes in Discovery that lead to it, and I seemed to be in the minority about that. However, after the last episode and this episode, I think it has found its feet. There is clearly much more to explore with these characters, even though some seem very familiar to us. After this episode I want more.
It was a good idea to introduce the Gorn as a villain here at this point. It was even better not to show them, and to therefore have to retcon them so that they didn't look like a man in a plastic lizard suit any longer. No polystyrene rocks were harmed in the making of this episode! Instead we saw their never before seen ships, their method of communication using light signalling, and we contemplated how different they were from Federation species; unrelenting and un-negotiating predators. Instead, an actual meeting with the Gorn in person, is something held out for the future.
