Chris

Much better … the ‘Mad Admiral’ trope is more Next Generation than original series (trivia - in the original series you never see anyone above the rank of Commodore. The first admiral is Kirk himself, in The Motion Picture), but they did it well, even if they maybe made it a bit obvious that he was going to cause trouble from the moment he walked on board. Maybe they just thought ‘we’re doing a Mad Admiral story, everyone knows when an Admiral shows up he causes trouble, what’s the point being subtle.’

I love the way they are using interactions between the Kirk brothers to fill out James T’s character and backstory. And if they don’t subsequently make a series set aboard Kirk’s enterprise with Paul Wesley as Kirk, it will be an utter travesty, and final proof that US TV execs know nothing.