Spoilers, probably...
Discovery is pretty mediocre, IMO.
I do like the references to TOS, the fleshing out/reimagining of the Klingons, the mirror universe stuff, and that it's at least pretending to be progressive despite having zero depth to those aspects.
However, the execution is really sloppy in some places: some of the stories are really dumb, the 'science' fiction is as soft as it gets, the characterizations erratic, and the pacing so rapid that we see almost no organic character development and even fewer plausible interpersonal relationships. I'm generally left having to assume much, like most of the development is done off-screen, which it has to do out of necessity...then the actual show is filled with transparent emotional tricks interleaved with action scenes. Too many characters with not enough screen time. Watching TNG again really makes the poor pacing and hollow characters of Discovery stand out.
I liked Lorca. Kinda wished he wasn't the mirror universe Lorca though...Section 31 is too obvious and too corrupt to really be anything except for the bad guys. Lorca, at least until he went full Evil (and undid himself in the exposition), was a much more credible example of a moral gray area.
Also, giant space waterbears, from a glowing mushroom dimension, that can warp themselves around, at will is probably the most outlandishly awesome thing ever. I really didn't want to like it, but it was pretty neat and felt like one of the most original things in the show.
Gowron!
