I've been watching the series and I've got to say that this is awesome! I'm thoroughly enjoying it and the more they reveal the more I find it intriguing.

I like the darkness behind it. Some fans of Trek may disagree, but I think it is something that's been needed for some time. So much of Trek is based on the sleek and shiny future where humanity is near perfect having overcome all of our many vices (except lust). I say, that's an impossibility without actually giving up our humanity and that's a problem I've had with Trek from the beginning. DS9 started the fan base down this path, but only scratched the surface. I like that in Discovery no character is safe and they are all flawed.

A spore drive is still a little "sci-fi" in my opinion, but I'm interested to see where they take it and how they remove it from the timeline later on (seeing how it doesn't exist in canon).

I'm still a little off-put by the main character's name, but I'll get used to it and that's trivial, and unlike many fans, I love the look of the show.

In my opinion, it is well worth the $2.50 an episode on CBS All Access. So, what are your thoughts?

I am enjoying the story and the premise of the series but I have completely divorced it from Star Trek as a continuum. It is in an alternate dimension next to the one out of mirror mirror.

...but the first episode "turned me off," so to speak.

Like Roger said, if you divorce it from existing Trek continuity, it makes for a fine show in it's own right, I suppose... but trying to make sense of it/fit it into canon... Maybe if I tied it to the Abramsverse Trek?

I may chance another episode... I have yet to decide.

I found the story gets better as episodes move on and the last one they showed (5?) was the most startrekky episode so far. Some interesting character development.

Not sure about the very random swearing insertion. It was really not needed, and did not add to the dialogue. It is like the writers have no idea who the audience is. I am waiting for a nude scene, sex scene, lesbian scene to be thrown in just to keep the audience interested. "look! we are being edgy and adulty!!!"