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And there you have it: The USS Discovery has disappeared a thousand years into the future, apparently never to be heard from again in the 23rd century. And not just that, but everyone who knew of its true mission into time has agreed to keep it a secret even from Starfleet Command, essentially wiping the ship and her crew from the history books. I guess…?
But that also illustrates what’s frustrating about the reset that happens here. Because after two years of fighting to establish itself in the ecosystem of “10 years before TOS,” it feels like Discovery has given up, if just a little, by jumping away from all those continuity hazards. We’ll have to see what happens in Season 3, it seems.
Of course, there’s so much more going on in “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2.” Stamets and Hugh are reunited when Paul is injured, though I don’t quite buy the arc that relationship has taken here. Section 31 is in need of “a radical overhaul” and Tyler’s the man in charge now, while Control is stuck to the floor in engineering on the Discovery. Which… wasn’t the whole point of going to the future to get away from Control? And the Enterprise is badly damaged and refitted, and heading off on a new mission by the end of the episode with Spock in classic, full bridge-officer form. (That’s a show I’d watch.)
Questions and Notes from the Q Continuum:
- Let’s take an accounting: The Disco crew now consists of Burnham, Saru, Tilly, Stamets, Culber, and Jett Reno. Also, Georgiou was still onboard at the time, as was Nhan who is seemingly still alive. And then of course there’s the secondary crew like Detmer, Owosekun, etc. And presumably we’ll find Dr. Burnham in the future?
- Those we left behind: Admiral Cornwell is dead, killed because we needed dramatic stakes and her character was not going to be around for Season 3 anyway. Of course, the crew of the Enterprise got Pike and Spock back too. And then there’s Tyler and L’Rell, left behind for (hopefully) the Section 31 show to pick them both up. And of course Sarek and Amanda will apparently never see their daughter again either… and we’ll never see them again. At least not on this show if the time jump sticks.
- We never did sort out who the captain would be post-Pike. Has to be Saru, right?
- Notice how the Golden Gate Bridge doesn’t actually have any vehicles on it? Or even a proper road? Because… why would it?
- Regulation 157, Section 3, which Spock quotes, comes from Deep Space Nine’s “Trials and Tribble-ations.”
- Crazy Inception-style gravity fight FTW!
- If Season 3 is in fact set 1000 years in the future, that will be the most distant point in the Star Trek timeline seen yet.
The Verdict
Star Trek: Discovery ends its second season with a huge reset, sending the crew a thousand years into the far-flung future. It’s the kind of big idea that Disco needs in the wake of an uneven season. In the process, the show has also sought to tie up continuity gaps that have vexed some viewers, but it also raises the question of why even bothering to try at this point? Still, it’s ultimately the emotional connection between Burnham and Spock that makes this episode fly.
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