#rubincon

Reno killed it as acting captain (her girlfriend should have been in more tho)

SAM killed it at being SAM (and basically saving everyone and everything, let's be real)

Caleb future engineer confirmed was excellent

Tatiana Maslany and Holly Hunter were awesome

and Nus Braka was actually fun for the most part ("noone wants to hear about your dead son again" took me out for real).

Oh! And I loved how there was that thing that Discovery did when someone makes a speech about friendship and love and then they do close ups of everyone on the bridge looking touched, except the people we see in the episodes are people we actually care about and not ensigns numbers 1-5, plus Tilly I guess. Great improvement.

The punches were good. I would have loved me some murder but that should not be the Star Trek way (I do remember those dead pirates in episode 1, don't worry), so yeah, it's fine, it's nice.

The year book quotes and photos were adorable! (except for a certain someone missing)

The Athena atrium set vandalized felt just the right amount of tacky, if you know what I mean. I honestly commend them for saving money in smart ways.

Things I am on the fence about:

rubiNcon?? is that a typo or is that going to mean something later

flashback time

reno sounded so deadpan just then lmao

who's in charge of engineering rn sounds like they could use someone to get the warp drive back online

"do you know how to operate a tactical panel?" *deep sigh* DGFHSKDFKDSFHKSDJK

A WARRIOR DOES NOT LET A FRIEND FACE DANGER ALONE

"make that plasma leak worse" "we don't normally do that"

"like lazarus, but shorter. and a girl"

a pledge of allegiance reference? by an alien?? in the 31st century??? how tf does he even know what that is lmao

THE MOBILE EMITTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DSGFJDSGFHDJSFKSDFKDS THE DOCTOR IS HAVING A STROKE

is that 'veni vidi vici' on the wall behind him? did i miss them saying nus braka is part human or something bc he's making a lot of human-specific references

i hope we're finally about to learn what's really driving him bc he's seemed like a really surface villain so far to me tbh

oh good we're getting backstory

THE CONN IS YOURS CADET LYTHE

"i think i have to pee" DSGHFHSKDFKJDSHFSDJLGK

pep talk from reno❤️

omg sam and genesis have a secret language?? that's so adorable omg

HAHA I KNEW THE DOCTOR'S NONSENSE MEANT SOMETHING

"don't cross the rubincon with glue on your shoes" ok he did actually say rubincon instead of rubicon lmao

he said it again!

ahh it's particles

stabilizing particles!

"stop me if i say something stupid-" "stop" LMAO

wait how does that even work? if caleb and his mom don't have a telepathic connection what would tarima even be following?

lol the ship inside the gas giant looks like the face of a jack o lantern

"this is an algorithm, not a pineapple cake"

"there is no starfleet anthem, but that's a good suggestion"

LMAOOOO BRAKA'S DAD SET HIS OWN COLONY ON FIRE

caleb is so much taller than nahla it's hilarious dgsfkhdsfksdfhskdjk

SPECIALIST KREBS YOUR TALAXIAN FURFLY IS NOW MATING WITH ITSELF

hehehe betazoid wedding reference

well that was a nice finale i enjoyed that very much

Standard finale really, with no real surprises but very competently done.