Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Four episodes in, I'm really enjoying Strange New Worlds so far. I don't care how much it does or doesn't adhere to TOS canon. I even like that it's formulaic, because it is using that formula to firmly establish all of its characters and their dynamics, mixing and matching the pairings to strong effect. After the way PIC completely wasted its entire cast, for which I will always mourn, it's such a relief. Bittersweet, because I so badly wanted this kind of writing for the PIC cast, they both needed and deserved it, but a relief.

La'an is my favourite, so much vulnerability behind that hard, brittle outer shell. I'm so glad to see Chrissy Chong absolutely killing it in such a strong role after the way she got fridged on Bulletproof.