Star Trek: Discovery: Season 2

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Star Trek: Discovery: An Alien Assembly

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CBS | CBS All Access | Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: January 17, 2019

Summary: The second season of the sci-fi series introduces Spock (Ethan Peck) and sees Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) taking over command of the U.S.S. Discovery.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Season 2 Episodes

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S2:E14. Such Sweet Sorrow (part 2)
Air Date: April 18, 2019
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S2:E13. Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 1
Air Date: April 11, 2019
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S2:E12. Through the Valley of Shadows
Air Date: April 4, 2019

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Keisha Hatchett

Jan 17, 2019

Bringing in an iconic character like Pike could have been disastrous but Discovery somehow makes it work. He's seamlessly woven into the narrative, bringing exhilarating new energy that never overpowers the series' core cast. ... Season 2 takes a carefully bold, gripping and undeniably fun stab at it and in turn, is the best it's ever been. Read full review

Zack Handlen

Jan 18, 2019

The show still looks great; a little too reliant on the blue-gold thing, but still, slick and thrilling, with some striking moments throughout. Read full review

Kelly Lawler

Jan 18, 2019

It's fun to see the "Discovery" characters, who improved greatly over the course of Season 1, play in the same space as the classic guys. This is a setup the series has proven it can work with: interpersonal relationships (Spock is Burnham's brother, of course) and a multi-episode adventure. And in the season premiere, The new "Discovery" continues to shine, with a more confident atmosphere and even some humor mixed in. Read full review

Rob Owen

Jan 9, 2019

[Discovery season premiere] offers a mix of resetting characters and action sequences. But it also embraces Pike’s mandate for a lighter tone thanks largely to the Pike character--a warmer, more likable leader than season one’s cold, aloof Capt. Lorca (Jason Isaacs)--and a new character played by comedy actress Tig Notaro. ... So far, so good, but what any of this signals for the rest of the show’s second season is unknown. Read full review

Verne Gay

Jan 15, 2019

A fun, nostalgic, energetic re-entry that makes up for that sometimes bloated bore of a first season. Read full review

The Telegraph Tristram Fane Saunders

Jan 3, 2020

It's comfortingly formulaic, in a way that feels like a return to the Star Trek of yore. Going where no TV show has ever gone before? Hardly. But it's good fun all the same. Read full review

Matt Zoller Seitz

Jan 16, 2019

What’s onscreen in season two feels more consistent, smooth even, but also more distressingly typical. Read full review

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Kaeleker

May 20, 2020

By far one of the best star trek seasons ever produced. Not just for Discovery, but for the entire franchise. While I thought Season 1 was adequate, Season 2 blew my freakin' mind. The plot kept me engaged the entire time and was cleverly thought-out. The execution of the plot wasBy far one of the best star trek seasons ever produced. Not just for Discovery, but for the entire franchise. While I thought Season 1 was adequate, Season 2 blew my freakin' mind. The plot kept me engaged the entire time and was cleverly thought-out. The execution of the plot was mind-blowing and while it started out slowly, by episode 4 or 5, it took off in a very unexpected direction that kept me guessing throughout the remainder of the season. The acting was superb, especially from the actors portraying Spock and Pike. Many of these negative reviews seem to attack the show not "feeling" like the other shows in the series. Have you ever thought... perhaps this is a good thing? Yes, a good thing not to be fed the same formula over and over again until it becomes stale and unappealing. While others complain that it does not contain enough "real science," which honestly, come on... Heisenberg compensators, warp drives (perhaps possible with unlimited energy IE: never going to happen and anti-matter/matter annihilation would not begin to supply the energy needed), and phasers are real science? The show is classified as SCI-FI for a reason... it is a work of FICTION. While it does include scientific terminology, the actual devices used are at best totally unrealistic or at worst, a total work of fiction, however, they do use a scientific approach to explaining the operation of these devices (for the most part), which I find in equal quantity in Discovery. Lastly, we get the standard complaints from Trumpers about SJWs and the like... and to that I can just say... Star Trek certainly is not the show for a Trumper. It contains science (evil), no religious dogma (yay), and worst of all for you guys, a futuristic utopian Communist society without money, disease, war, and poverty. In conclusion, the story is fantastic, compelling, captivating , and most importantly entertaining. While it does not follow the "Star Trek Formula" it is able to successfully continue the saga of the story we have all grown to love and cherish over the many decades since it was originally conceived, while I think, staying true to Gene Roddenberry's original vision for the series, going boldly where no man/one has gone before.… Expand

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Natanieluz

Apr 20, 2019

Very good Star Trek show. The second season is better than the first one. I have no idea why people complain about this show - Star Trek Discovery is VERY good scifi and star trek universe show.

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SanDiegoN8v

Jan 26, 2019

Love this Show. The addition of Anson Mount as Capt. Pike was inspired. He and Sonnequa Martin-Green balance each other. The new Chief Engineer is promising. Waiting anxiously for Number 1.

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QueB

Feb 24, 2019

Let me start by saying this. I LOVED season 1. It was like Game of Thrones in space! I'm a lover of all things Star Trek, so I loved the fresh on the series that was for the first time dark, and it kept getting darker. The plot twists were absolutely fantastic and well thought out. This feltLet me start by saying this. I LOVED season 1. It was like Game of Thrones in space! I'm a lover of all things Star Trek, so I loved the fresh on the series that was for the first time dark, and it kept getting darker. The plot twists were absolutely fantastic and well thought out. This felt like the best series since Star Trek TNG. But low and behold, the Trekkies who want nostalgia had to ruin it. I knew once they fire the producers of the first season I knew it was going downhill.

The first season had its issues, but for the most part, the amazing storyline and plot kept it moving, now without the grimness of war with amazing sci-fi ideas and space exploration mixed in, the series is left with trying to be the old Star Treks which like "Enterprise" it fails MISERABLY short. The captain is a total pushover; there is endless drama with no payoff or consequences and surreal teaching moments every five minutes. It's almost like the writing is done by committee and we are getting a grimacing look at just how undeveloped the characters are. It's almost as if they have lost their focus and now things are just being thrown on the wall.

So I vehemently disagree with the Trekkies who didn't like the first season. I am not beholden to the past, but what I am beholden too is good watchable sci-fi, and this isn't it.… Expand

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mortendynamo

Jan 23, 2019

I had some hope that they would listen to the critics they received for the first season, but sadly no.. Being an avid Star Trek fan this feels like a big joke. I recommend you instead watch the Orville as its much closer to the Star Trek spirit.

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triadne

Mar 15, 2023

This is a joke. They just seem to have no respect for the franchise and no consistency. I had to pause and rewind a number of times when they showed the turbo lift from the outside... And it looked like coruscant. If the inside of discovery has such massive voids in it then I don't knowThis is a joke. They just seem to have no respect for the franchise and no consistency. I had to pause and rewind a number of times when they showed the turbo lift from the outside... And it looked like coruscant. If the inside of discovery has such massive voids in it then I don't know where the hell they fit crew quarters or corridors or sick bay or engineering etc. Then there is the object the size of a manhole cover that transformed into a dark matter stasis device the size of a damn truck. At this point I wondered if I was watching bloody Harry Potter! The whole thing was an utter shambles. There was some contrived space flying sequence that went on for so long and yet was so utterly pointless and boring that I skipped through the whole thing and felt like I missed nothing. Then we have the engineer who is suddenly the most amazing doctor star Fleet has ever seen because as she said "I know how to read books". Excuse me?? I can't repeat enough what an absolute mess this is. I don't know what the hell they are playing at, season 1 was okay, I was hoping they might consider making some improvements. Alas no.
do not waste your time on this trash. Go watch the orville instead.… Expand

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tremault

Jan 29, 2019