Martin-Green and Ajala continue to play off each other so well, and that continues after Book is saved and they’re safe aboard the Disco again where they can finally - after over a year of being friends and partners - kiss.īut all is not right for Burnham, despite this step forward in that relationship. But these tropes are smoothed over by some fine writing, directing, and acting moments, like the haunting image of Burnham finding a bin of old, discarded Starfleet badges, or when she and Book are reunited and can sneak a heartfelt hug… before dunking on each other about whether or not the holo-message he had sent was passive- aggressive or passive- passive. Once Michael and Georgiou find Book, who’s been forced into indentured servitude in a junk business to the stars, some typical plot mechanics kick in: the prisoner who tries to escape and is killed the vicious warden who’ll get his comeuppance the subterfuge and run and jump of it all to escape. Did Georgiou murder Mirror Michael herself? Is that why she’s so interested in the path Prime Michael takes, out of some sort of guilt? Or am I completely off-base here? I’m guessing these images will turn out to be memories of the Mirror Michael Burnham, Georgiou’s adopted daughter, whose true fate was obscured enough in Season 1 that there’s room here to find out what really happened to her. They started after her run-in with David Cronenberg’s mysterious character last week, with the former emperor having flashes of bloody visions before being rendered temporarily inert. Which also brings us to Georgiou’s crippling flashbacks, if that’s what they are. This bit of visual play also serves to remind us that this season is as much about Burnham being pulled in two different directions as it is anything else. Georgiou listens as director Douglas Aarniokoski frames the characters so that Yeoh’s reflection seems to be a third party to the conversation (this is not the only time in this episode that the Mirror Universe aspect of Georgiou is plainly drawn).
“I’d rather regret something I did than something I didn’t,” Michael says as she reveals that she’s going to disobey orders and go find Book. Which is where Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) comes in, always ready to indulge her quasi-daughter when it comes to bucking Starfleet. How can she not go to him, no matter what Saru’s orders may be? Not only is Book (David Ajala) in trouble, but he’s also got a lead on information about The Burn. The Disco is now Vance’s rapid-responder, so when Book’s ship (and cat, Grudge) shows up with a pre-recorded message from its owner, Michael’s rogue tendencies start to kick in again. I mean, the nacelles aren’t connected to the ship anymore!īurnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is also still trying to acclimate to the rigid chain of command of Starfleet, even while Saru (Doug Jones) is doing his best to assimilate into Admiral Vance’s way of doing things. It’s an… interesting revision to the look of our beloved vessel, but it may take some getting used to. Disco now has detached warp nacelles, an upgraded spore drive interface, and programmable matter consoles, among other retrofits. Which, actually, really bugs me, since the addition of the “A” would typically indicate that this was an entirely new ship that was utilizing the registry number of its predecessor (see the various versions of the starship Enterprise). But first! The Discovery has been refit and upgraded with 32nd century technology, so much so that the ship even has a new registry number: NCC-1031-A.
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