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Agreed. In the very first moments of the episode I thought it would’ve been very cool if the production designer had played off the chronology of the show and created an environment that in some way mimicked the original series.
Another thought: since Discovery is set only ten years earlier than the original series, all of those earlier characters would be alive and part of Star Fleet; Kirk, Spock, etc, etc.
Sarek, Spock’s father is around but will the others appear?