WARNING: I’m going to give away major plot points for this episode, including the major twist at the end.
I have to admit that things got a lot more complicated on Star Trek: Discovery. The ship is in the mirror universe and things are what you might expect. Many of the same people exist there, albeit in different positions. The deceased Captain Georgiou is now Emperor Georgiou. First Officer Saru is now servant to Michael Burnham, who went from mutineer to Captain. Tilly also made a similar move, from cadet to Captain. Lorca was supposed to have killed the alternate Burnham, though. Stamets, the chief engineer, actually meets his counterpart. The two seem to get along pretty well.
The episode deals with Burnham trying to get information on the U.S.S. Defiant. This isn’t the Defiant from Deep Space Nine. Rather, it’s the one that the Tholians tried to put their web around. It was sent back in time to the Mirror Universe and might be useful if the Discovery crew can get their hands on it. Or, at least, an unredacted report. You see, anyone who has come in contact with the ship has gone crazy.
You might be asking how they got there in the first place. Stamets was able to navigate between universes, but that’s what put him in a coma. Even though he comes out of it by the end of the episode, trying it again would be risky. So, The Discovery is their best bet right now.
Here’s the thing, though. Lorca is actually the Mirror Lorca. It would explain a few things, like how his former ship got destroyed. (Incompetence as a captain or covering up that you’re not who we think you are?) It also creates a rather interesting bootstrap paradox. As I said, the ship traveled back in time about ten years. This means that the ship would have information on the Prime Universe’s major players, including Burnham. It casts much of what happened so far in a new light. It also explains why Kirk and Crew wouldn’t have discussed the events of the series so far. This is one more thing that would have been heavily classified.
Interestingly, Burnham makes the decision to level with Emperor Georgiou. It turns out she already knew about the Prime Universe. At least she has the Emperor’s help. Alas, Burnham realizes that she’s eating what might have been Mirror Saru.
I’m watching the series on DVD. This was the last episode on disc 3, meaning I’ll have to wait a while to see the next episode. A lot of people had the same idea I did, which is to get the DVDs from the library rather than pay money for CBS All Access. I’d recommend at least starting the series the same way to help gauge your interest in the series.
I have to admit that things got a lot more complicated on Star Trek: Discovery. The ship is in the mirror universe and things are what you might expect. Many of the same people exist there, albeit in different positions. The deceased Captain Georgiou is now Emperor Georgiou. First Officer Saru is now servant to Michael Burnham, who went from mutineer to Captain. Tilly also made a similar move, from cadet to Captain. Lorca was supposed to have killed the alternate Burnham, though. Stamets, the chief engineer, actually meets his counterpart. The two seem to get along pretty well.
The episode deals with Burnham trying to get information on the U.S.S. Defiant. This isn’t the Defiant from Deep Space Nine. Rather, it’s the one that the Tholians tried to put their web around. It was sent back in time to the Mirror Universe and might be useful if the Discovery crew can get their hands on it. Or, at least, an unredacted report. You see, anyone who has come in contact with the ship has gone crazy.
You might be asking how they got there in the first place. Stamets was able to navigate between universes, but that’s what put him in a coma. Even though he comes out of it by the end of the episode, trying it again would be risky. So, The Discovery is their best bet right now.
Here’s the thing, though. Lorca is actually the Mirror Lorca. It would explain a few things, like how his former ship got destroyed. (Incompetence as a captain or covering up that you’re not who we think you are?) It also creates a rather interesting bootstrap paradox. As I said, the ship traveled back in time about ten years. This means that the ship would have information on the Prime Universe’s major players, including Burnham. It casts much of what happened so far in a new light. It also explains why Kirk and Crew wouldn’t have discussed the events of the series so far. This is one more thing that would have been heavily classified.
Interestingly, Burnham makes the decision to level with Emperor Georgiou. It turns out she already knew about the Prime Universe. At least she has the Emperor’s help. Alas, Burnham realizes that she’s eating what might have been Mirror Saru.
I’m watching the series on DVD. This was the last episode on disc 3, meaning I’ll have to wait a while to see the next episode. A lot of people had the same idea I did, which is to get the DVDs from the library rather than pay money for CBS All Access. I’d recommend at least starting the series the same way to help gauge your interest in the series.
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