The first jarring note in this episode was Amanda's statement that Sarek banned her from showing her love for Spock which seems totally at odds with Sarek's statement that he wanted Burnham to teach Spock empathy. Surely if he wanted Spock to know empathy the best person to do that would be his own mother.
Second was a secret organization that carries around distinctive identity items, way to go on secrecy.
I have no problem with the extraction of the parasite from Tilly what ever it's rights it has none to invade another person's body.
I really object to the show runners pandering to the treker extremists into not using the tech we can imagine existing in our future because it could not be portrayed in the sixties. Should we also have the shaky sets, the rubbish fx and the ham acting as well? In my opinion if they have such a problem with the show then they should just go away and watch reruns of TOS.
Great idea, kev. I usually let the story come to me rather than trying to guess what will happen next, but the scenario you've proposed really makes sense to me. I did get the clue that Shazad (great name!) is going to continue to be on the show though, unfortunately, Mary Chieffo isn't since she is still listed in the credits as a guest star, whereas Shazad's name is in the title sequence. Too bad, she is quite the actress, and she did learn to speak Klingon with some fluency. I also hoped to see more of Kenneth Mitchell, but it looks like he's bit the dust for good.
I just discovered that Sarek National Park is located in Sweden. No lie. It's on the map.