There’s
that line: Hell is other people. It’s
not what other people think of you, but rather, what you think other people
think of you. That seems to be the theme
for this episode.
Ash/Voq
is having a hard time being accepted as a Klingon since he looks human. Tilly thinks she’s going crazy because of
what’s ostensibly a hallucination. So,
of course, she hides it for fear of the straight jacket. Also, we learn that Spock lacks empathy and
Burnham feels like she’s responsible, due to some untold transgression against
him when they were children. She can’t
even bring herself to approach or contact him.
The
story progresses on these three fronts.
Ash learns that he has a son, which T’Rell, the mother, saw as a
liability. Her association with Voq has
made her tenure as chancellor a difficult one.
Having a kid wouldn’t make that any easier.
Tilly’s
hallucination isn’t making things easier for her. It’s taken the form of an old friend, May and
pseudo-May is persistent. This might be
all good and well, but Tilly has training to undergo and she nearly has a
breakdown in front of the captain and the rest of the bridge crew. But, there’s hope. May could be the result of a parasite.
As
for Spock, it looks like it may be a few episodes before we see him. Burnham gets a visit from Amanda. Amanda may not have been the best mother to
Spock and Burnham, but she tried. Still,
it’s difficult to think of Spock being in a mental institution.
I
mean, he was seeing the same Red Angel that Burnham saw, so there’s that. The big thing is that Burnham committed some
undisclosed transgression against Spock that may or may not explain
everything. Either way, Burnham feels
guilty.
The
second season is doing a pretty good job of building a cohesive story. There are a few missteps, like Klingons
having hair now. (Apparently, they were
shaving it before.) And everything is
tied together. Spock knew about the Red
Angel. The Klingons do, too.
I
have only one really big complaint. I
know I keep harping on this, but what’s with the whole Disco thing? Couldn’t they use Dis or Disc? I mentioned this with the first episode. I was hoping not to see it again. I really want to know why the first five
letters of the ship’s name. We never saw
Voyag or Enter. Could someone explain
this to me?
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