My world is immeasurably improved by this...

The dedication at the end of the first episode of season 2 made me cry: “For Nichelle, who was first through the door and showed us the stars. Hailing frequencies forever open…”

My life just got a lot better...

Okay, so this news made my day. While I loved both Discovery and Picard, and have to say I did miss the episodic nature of the old series and its optimism. With so much bad news in the world, I really didn’t need Picard to shake my faith in humanity. And I am thrilled that Anson Mount will be returning as Pike. Now if only they could get Jason Isaacs to come back to Discovery.