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The finale was underwhelming. Pike getting to see the life he and Marie should have been able to have together but can't was good and the whole sequence was well done. But the explanation for why Marie has her powers didn't make a lot of sense. Also M'Benga was super important to the episode until like 2/3 of the way through then he didn't matter, and the thing with Kirk and Spock felt like padding.

For the season overall, there's some stuff I liked but I don't think it was as good as the prior two seasons. Through the Lens of Time and Terrarium were excellent, and I also really liked The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail (I wasn't sold on Paul Wesley as Kirk at first but I've grown to like him). The biggest miss was Wedding Bell Blues. I'm fine with the idea of bringing Trelane back but the episode didn't work. What Is Starfleet? brought up some really good questions about the nature of Starfleet and the Federation but failed to engage with them in the way it should have.