Has anyone besides me been following this?

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If so, what do you think? Personally, I find that there isn't a whole lot of direction to the plot so far. It just kind of wanders from topic to topic, without dwelling on any one topic long enough to develop into an interesting story arc. In doing so, they have also left a lot of loose threads lying around (for instance, whatever happened with the cardassian humanitarian aid situation? They just kind of dropped the subject. Not even the cardassian crewman mentions it, and he was the main character in that episode.)

However, there are a few surprising character developments in progress. The relationship between the captain and doctor, for example. At first I thought that they were just going to use it for the compulsary romantic interest Hollywood demands of any creative work; yet they did not, they have treated it with a surprisingly mature grasp of estranged relationships.

On the other hand, there have been some disappointments in this area, as well. Quinlan, for instance. So far, she appears to have almost no development whatsoever, and what is there is very naively done. The alien Y'lan's development was easily predictable, no surprises there; and the developing relationship between the cardassian and the first officer is far to "convenient", in my opinion.

Well, that's just my overpriced $0.02, anyway. Any other opinions floating around out there?