Jinaal

The writing is not as good as the previous seasons. The story lines are on par with other serial Treks, but the dialogue seems to be lacking. It feels and sounds too simplistic - as if they tried to dumb it down. It generally doesn't fit with the characters as they were developed the last four seasons. Sometimes yes, most times no.

Having said that, Wilson Cruz did a masterful job of switching character. It was more of his acting ability than the writing.

We also definitely need more Reno.

Don't know why they keep the Gray / Adira storyline in place. It's nothing more than filler, maybe even less than nothing, due to both of their abysmal "acting" abilities.

When Adira was first introduced, she was this teenage genius, but due to their lack of acting prowess they never expanded that storyline. They only have one acting mode: twitch and stutter each line they are given to say.

Gray was and still is equivalent to furniture; adds nothing to the franchise but burn through minutes each episode. If the two never existed, the Trek universe would be better off.

I don't understand the ending narration by Gray. It is far too cliche, spoken by someone who can't narrate in any compelling way. All it does is give the director an excuse to do a flyby of characters. Why? Find another way to slip in Moll.