Season 3 episode 1 thoughts

I guess they were afraid the fans would not be able to accept Isaac being back in the crew without at least an episode, maybe an entire season-long arc, of making him suffer for it. This they did by exploring how the crew now views him. I would actually have been fine with his return without such an episode.

So it's a rather unusual episode. I admire the daring of doing something different, but at the same time the end result is a little underwhelming. In fact my partner started to fall asleep at times. I didn't have that problem, but still, it's not what I'm really looking for in this show. I want more discovery and adventure. But I'm patient.

For fans of ship detail, there was a whole lot of "ship porn". I can take it or leave it with this sort of stuff. Would have preferred more storytelling instead. By the way, the idea that they're doing possibly destructive maneuvers right next to several ships seemed rather foolishly risky.

It was good to see another regular character in the show, Charly Burke, as the new navigator. However, her acting at times was far from convincing. Maybe she's better for comedic or action scenes. For the dramatic scenes that happened to show up in her first episode though, she seemed out of her depth. Well, let's see if she can improve.

The level of humor seemed down in this episode, probably because of the nature of the storyline. I hope this isn't a sign of things to come, though. They should definitely bring it back.

Overall feeling was that it's fantastic to have the show back and looking forward to new stories and developments with these characters.