I want programmable matter. And I want an alarm clock like that. 🦜
What a great great sequence of Michael crawling out from under the rubble, understanding that her plan worked, and realising what it all really means. Goodness, Sonequa Martin-Green is so good. LOVED her acting of Michael's emotional response and how she talked herself out of it and into action. She has saved all life, but has lost everyone and everything she ever knew. That's damn big. This is a great episode for her. For both, the actor and the character.
Burnham's look at Book while he wraps his handkerchief around her arm… and Ash seems suddenly forgotten. 🤣 I don't entirely blame her. (Don't tell Jordan I said that. 🤫)
Aditya Sahil is so precious. ❤️
I love feeling feelings. 😭
I always love when we get to see more than just Starfleet life.
I really love how sci-fi the design is. We are so used to warp drive and transporters, as if it was realistic. But programmable matter, man!! 🤯
Great reunion scene. I feel previous shows would not have stayed that long. This show is about the connections between people much more than any other Trek show. That's what makes it unique and special. 🖤
Having Michael be on her own for a whole year was another great decision. That way her character could change and grow without having to go through that on the show. It of course also gives the great opportunity to have her question her place in the world and discover more about herself.
I LOVE that they didn't make Michael and Book a couple before now. This also gives us the chance to see them fall in love. 😍
Captain Saru!
Love the hair, too! For both of them, Tilly and Burnham.
Detmer's Look at Book! 😏
"A viewscreen. How quaint." A running gag needs running, I agree. 😜
Love Adira from the spot.
Classic Trek solution regarding the humans. Complete with the fanfare. ❤️
At this point I believe the vfx and design people just don't care anymore about anything and embrace the funky Trek looks all the way. 😆 Dude, that symbiont is huge! Has it always been that big? (I'm here for the funky Trek looks, btw.)
Let's go to Trill!
"Don't say anything annoyingly inspirational. That makes me nuts." You and me both, Adira.
Hello Zora!
Culber messing up the last line of his Haiku — was that scripted? It felt like it was a genuine actor's mishap.
Guardian Xi, my new hero.
Linus handing Georgiou that popcorn 🍿 👀😏
It took me until after the episode was over to realise that Michael was not at the dinner. Why did Saru not wait for her and Adira's return? It's such an important event and he wouldn't wait for her?
It's cool to see how the Disco crew gets updated. They're such nerds.
"The hell yeah we do."
Hi Grudge!
Ooh, hello Book! ☺️
"You had me at unsanctioned mission."
Oh Michael, have you learned nothing? Ignoring direct orders is not a good idea.
However, I like it. It's realistic. Changing one's habits is not a straight road. There are setbacks. Two steps forward, one step back. Also, Michael's been on her own, in a wild universe, and outside Starfleet for one year, which is a very long time. She's now used to a different way of solving problems. And then this is about Book. She's in love. Of course she's risking her career to rescue Book.
She said "love" alright.
Son? Sun? What???
"Did you eat her?"
"I love me."
Great quotes this episode.
Linus is so cute! ❤️
Michael and her lovers like the turbo lift, eh? ❤️❤️❤️
Admiral Vance is great! I love how he handles Michael and Saru.
Michael's look when she heard "Ambassador Spock". 😊
That smile on Vance's face. Not only did he realise that Michael as Spock's sister was of great value in this situation. I think for the first time he acknowledges her value as a Starfleet officer with her persisting on what she thinks is the right thing to do. (At least that's my head canon now.)
😭 Spock! 😭
T'Rina's dress is beautiful! I especially love the collar and the undershirt.
I really like the Qowat Milat. I want more stories with them. Books. There should be books.
Dr. B's clothes are cool too.
I love the talk between Tilly and Stamets in the spore chamber. 😆
I like the solution to the discussion, that Michael takes back her request in order to protect the still very fragile peace on Ni'var.
"You know where to find me." 😭
So great how the bridge crew support Tilly. No infighting in Starfleet. (Except when Riker is involved. 🤣) It reminds me of the episode of Lower Decks where Rutherford tries to change divisions so he could spend time with Tendi. Everybody was cheering him on. I love that!
The budding romance between T'Rina and Saru is so visible and sweet. I can't wait for season 5!
Time travel definitely gives me a head ache too. Wow. What? 😵💫🤣
Love the Kelvin timeline shoutout and the TNG season 1 uniform.
Tilly is the best. ❤️
Don't be an ass to Tilly, woman! 😠
Saru getting a lesson. It's his learning season isn't it.
The conversation between Michael and Philippa in the gym made me think about the mirror universe and that I really like it. I don't need or even want to spend so much time in it. But the concept itself is the real interesting thing for me.
Loved the good bye scene between Saru, Tilly, and Georgiou. For reasons that have to do with my point above.
I love that Michael and Philippa's last outing together is another long walk through a landscape. In the pilot it was a desert, here it is snow.
The soup headline and the photo besides it in the newspaper should have given Carl's identity away right there, but when I first saw the episode I did not look at the newspaper, and so I remained clueless.
Georgiou's (or Michelle Yeoh's) determined face after she realised what the door could mean is great!
I like Carl.
Loved the aerial silk show and scene.
I also love the costumes. And Georgiou's hair cut.
Insane Michael is insane! Well acted, as always.
"Do not confuse growth with weakness."
Georgiou's mind is racing all the time. She's doubting, and scheming. What an exhausting life!
This whole two parter is what I like about the mirror universe. The thought experiment of nature vs nurture. It's a fascinating question.
Wow! That make up on Sonequa Martin-Green at the beginning, when she was in really bad shape, is great!
I am still as excited to hear and see the Guardian of Forever as I was when this ep first aired.
"I read the field manual." 😆 I loved that whole story line. I'm a bit sad it was so short, though.
I want more about the Temporal Wars. Where are the books? 😜 The DTI books are already on my TBR though.
What I love about Trek stories, and many others too, is when they show how a bad guy can be turned and be redeemed. This is what a good story should be. Story is not reality. But it reminds us of our own compassion. We should show it more often. In reality.
So yes, Emperor Georgiou was a tyrant and a murderer. But she changed. And though that does not make her deeds undone, it makes her make different choices now. If she were a real person we shouldn't let her go. But this is a fictional story, which serves a different purpose, as I said above.
The last scene still seems a bit overboard in my opinion.
I will, however, miss Michelle Yeoh and her character, obviously.
Vance is very cautious. I like that. The Federation has a lot to loose and he's making sure they don't.
I love seeing Book and Michael work together.
Kenneth Mitchell!
I really like Ossyra's necklace. That big crystal looks cool.
Ah, the apple scene. A classic ever since. Love it.
Tilly and the crew doing their thing and outsmarting the Chain. 💪
Vance is great. Though I don't understand why he's saying all these things to Ossyra. I understand how desperate the Federation is, but putting the Chain on a pedestal like he's doing? No, I don't agree.
I do love how he negotiates though. He's thorough and does not make dangerous compromises.
Ossyra showing her real face back on the Discovery. My heart breaks for Aurellio.
Ryn! Noooo! 😭
Michael making the hard call when she's shooting Stamets out into space. She's learned her lessons. She'll be an amazing captain.
I like that Adira's holo species is only painted on. As if the programme didn't have enough juice in it to make it "real".
There's a whole city inside Discovery.
"She's a queen!" 🐈⬛
Great fight between Ossyra and Michael.
Nothing like a mad switching of chips/ discs from their slits into another to save the ship. 😆
Finally we get to see Disco's warp core — and engine room! After three seasons!
What a weight Su'kal has to carry! 😭
Bill Irwin is wonderful in that role!
Lt. Sahil!! I loved to see him again. Such a beautiful scene.
Captain Michael Burnham! 🤩
"In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of out lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate." - Gene Roddenberry
Seeing Michael as Captain sit in the chair was absolutely wonderful.
I totally accept the reason for the Burn and the 125 (or so) year old Su'kal. I totally accept a non-corporeal Gray. I am watching Star Trek after all. That's what I'm here for.
I wished they didn't make Saru suddenly and seemingly out of the blue struggle with his emotions so much during the last few episodes. I think all this wasn't necessary at all to explain his wish to take care of Su'kal for a while.
That said, I enjoyed this season a lot. I think it was the most coherent of the three.
Love all the new characters.
OMG and all the costumes are simply stunning! If I could I would have Gersha Phillips and her team be my personal tailors.
The actors are simply fantastic. So so good! Great characters portrayed by amazing actors wearing stunning costumes working in beautiful sets enhanced by gorgeous vfx. This show is a feast for the eyes. 😍