Story: The Wolf Inside
Written By: Lisa Randolph
Series: Star Trek: Discovery
Year: 2018
I really enjoyed last week's episode, it seemed like it set the series on a new exciting path...and this week it delivers on that path. In short, I loved this episode. It built everything up, had great twists and turns in the story, and definitely has me excited for more. I think while I felt last week was the show really starting to come into it's own...this was the episode that has officially, 100%, sold me on the series.
Still trapped in the Mirror Universe, Burnham and Tyler are clinging to each other in the madness of the this universe, while Lorca remains in constant torture. While Burnham has found top secret data on the Defiant, she can't decipher it herself, and sending the info to the Discovery and Saru in any way would be easily caught by the Terran Empire. While they are stuck at a bit of a crossroads trying to figure out how they will get the info back to Discovery, the Terrans send Burnham and the Shenzhou to a planet that holds the key leadership of the Alien Resistance, lead by a Klingon. Burnham sees that alliance of aliens as a bit of hope, a possible mirror version of a Federation, and she can't see herself destroying it. So, she devises a plan to land on the planet with Tyler, claiming she can get vital info that will bring down the resistance once and for all, as opposed to just hurting them with the planetary attack.
On the Discovery, Tilly and Saru attempt to piece together what happened in the Sickbay, and hope to find a way of curing what ails Stamets. They believe it was possible Stamets was taken out of his quarantine by Culber, and Stamets was then the one to kill his own romantic partner. But Tilly thinks she can use the spores to save Stamets, where conventional medicine has failed him. Though it seems at some point she has failed, and that her attempts to use the Spores to save him has actually killed him, by the end of the episode he jerks back with a little bit of new life...and then we see into his mind, and there he meets the Mirror version of himself...clearly this thread will play heavily in the episodes to come.
On the planet with Burnham and Tyler is where things get truly interesting. Not only are we seeing an alliance with many Federation members, so we get new designs for the Andorians & Tellarites, but we also get bearded Sarek...and Mirror Voq. Hey I wonder what happened to Prime Voq...its been a while since we last saw him...Oh yeah...that theory that Tyler was Voq? Yeppers! Seeing his Mirror Counterpart awakens everything within Tyler, and after he attacks his mirror version for what he sees as a violation of T'Kuvma's ideals, he is luckily spared his life, but once he is back on the Shenzhou he reveals his true self to Burnham. She herself beams him into space to die.
Or so it seems, she does beam him into space...but he is quickly beamed aboard the Discovery. They may be in the ruthless mirror universe, but they intend to still hold him accountable as they would in the Prime. He is a spy and a killer...and they also use his transportation as a clever way to sneak the disk with all the info on the Defiant to Saru! That was a clever bit of writing I didn't quite pick up on until it happened. It felt very Star Trek to me.
Then we get to the big ending. After Burnham has sent Tyler back to Discovery, she and Lorca discuss when they can return themselves, but Lorca seems to think that may take longer, and that they will have to power through a little longer. Just in case Saru gets nowhere. But while Burnham has promised not to destroy the planet until Voq and his people escape, soon another Terran ship arrives, and begins to attack. It turns out to be the Emperor's ship...Emperor Georgiou! It's quite the fun reveal, sure to give tons of weird feelings to Burnham next week!
Something else to note before I wrap up, Lorca's resistance to returning to their ship, and the shady smirk on his face when Burnham sees Emperor Georgiou for the first time only add fuel to the fire, for me, that he is actually a Mirror Lorca all along. More and more signs are pointing to that fact for me. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds now. The show seems to have hit a real stride, and I am quite excited for more.
NEXT TIME: Emperor Georgiou
Written By: Lisa Randolph
Series: Star Trek: Discovery
Year: 2018
I really enjoyed last week's episode, it seemed like it set the series on a new exciting path...and this week it delivers on that path. In short, I loved this episode. It built everything up, had great twists and turns in the story, and definitely has me excited for more. I think while I felt last week was the show really starting to come into it's own...this was the episode that has officially, 100%, sold me on the series.
On the Discovery, Tilly and Saru attempt to piece together what happened in the Sickbay, and hope to find a way of curing what ails Stamets. They believe it was possible Stamets was taken out of his quarantine by Culber, and Stamets was then the one to kill his own romantic partner. But Tilly thinks she can use the spores to save Stamets, where conventional medicine has failed him. Though it seems at some point she has failed, and that her attempts to use the Spores to save him has actually killed him, by the end of the episode he jerks back with a little bit of new life...and then we see into his mind, and there he meets the Mirror version of himself...clearly this thread will play heavily in the episodes to come.
On the planet with Burnham and Tyler is where things get truly interesting. Not only are we seeing an alliance with many Federation members, so we get new designs for the Andorians & Tellarites, but we also get bearded Sarek...and Mirror Voq. Hey I wonder what happened to Prime Voq...its been a while since we last saw him...Oh yeah...that theory that Tyler was Voq? Yeppers! Seeing his Mirror Counterpart awakens everything within Tyler, and after he attacks his mirror version for what he sees as a violation of T'Kuvma's ideals, he is luckily spared his life, but once he is back on the Shenzhou he reveals his true self to Burnham. She herself beams him into space to die.
Or so it seems, she does beam him into space...but he is quickly beamed aboard the Discovery. They may be in the ruthless mirror universe, but they intend to still hold him accountable as they would in the Prime. He is a spy and a killer...and they also use his transportation as a clever way to sneak the disk with all the info on the Defiant to Saru! That was a clever bit of writing I didn't quite pick up on until it happened. It felt very Star Trek to me.
Then we get to the big ending. After Burnham has sent Tyler back to Discovery, she and Lorca discuss when they can return themselves, but Lorca seems to think that may take longer, and that they will have to power through a little longer. Just in case Saru gets nowhere. But while Burnham has promised not to destroy the planet until Voq and his people escape, soon another Terran ship arrives, and begins to attack. It turns out to be the Emperor's ship...Emperor Georgiou! It's quite the fun reveal, sure to give tons of weird feelings to Burnham next week!
Something else to note before I wrap up, Lorca's resistance to returning to their ship, and the shady smirk on his face when Burnham sees Emperor Georgiou for the first time only add fuel to the fire, for me, that he is actually a Mirror Lorca all along. More and more signs are pointing to that fact for me. Can't wait to see how it all unfolds now. The show seems to have hit a real stride, and I am quite excited for more.
NEXT TIME: Emperor Georgiou