It's funny, of the many, many problems I had with this finale, this part actually didn't bother me. I felt it was included to remove the perception of the Progenitors as the ultimate authority. Yes, they are unfathomably old. Yes, they mastered the power of creation. But they weren't the first. There were things they didn't, and perhaps, couldn't know.- The object wasn't created by the progenitors. They found it, with no clue who made it. A last minute mystery that the writers had no intention of solving is rather annoying.
Perhaps it was also meant to speak to a cyclical nature of life in the early galaxy: a single species arose, flourished, diminished, and died. The Progenitors decided to break that cycle by seeding life across multiple worlds. The object builders didn't--or maybe they couldn't. After all, the galaxy was a very different place 4+ billion years ago, maybe there weren't that many suitable worlds to seed life on until the Progenitors came to prominence.
In any case, Disco's finally done, and after having watched all of it, I can say with confidence that if we never return to the 32nd century, I'll be completely fine with that. I have no great urge to see what becomes of these characters...except for Jett Reno. She was great. This season, like the rest of the series, had a few good episodes, but more than anything, I'm just glad it's done.
Statistics: Posted by Alferd Packer — 2024-06-03 12:45pm