10 Most Overrated Episodes Of Star Trek
5. Project Daedalus
Star Trek: Discovery got off to a shaky start in its debut year, but time has been its friend. The shock of the opening war with the Klingons has long since worn off, so the attempts by the show to push the franchise in a new direction are much more forgivable.
The second year saw the introduction of Anson Mount as Pike, Ethan Peck as Spock, and the mystery of the Red Angel. With much of the focus on these new characters, the already limited screen time that the rest of the Discovery's crew received was now at a strain.
Project Daedalus attempts, in a single outing, to get the audience to care about Airiam, then mourn her loss, without any real build up. In isolation, the episode is strong enough, with an excellent performance by Hannah Cheeseman. However for its strengths, its emblematic of the issues facing Discovery - the audience was being told that they needed to mourn this supposedly important character, rather than allowing them to develop feelings for her, only to tear her away.
It is a challenge that Discovery has never truly overcome, with Project Daedalus, while a good episode in its own right, only serving to highlight this.