Discovery: Season One, Episode Ten

Star Trek Discovery
Season One, Episode Ten
Despite Yourself
[original airdate: 01|07|2018]
[spoilers ahoy!]

tw: graphic torture flashbacks with some gore

[So apparently this was the episode that was after the break, and I scheduled these wrong, but oh well.]

This episode begins directly where we left off, with the Discovery in the midst of wreckage of what appears to be a Klingon ship. And everyone is confused. So am I guys, so am I.

Yeah, what the heck do you mean, "off"? God, can you imagine though? You jump to where you think you're supposed to, and you're in the right spot but nothing matches up??? Man I would be panicking, that's for sure.

Wait. Why did Saru's threat ganglia come out when Tyler came on the bridge???

A Vulcan cruiser shows up, and then they go and power up weapons??? Not good, not good! AND FIRING ON DISCOVERY WHAT REBELS WHAT

WHAT IS HAPPENING WHY ARE VULCANS REBELS AND FIRING ON STARFLEET

Quantum variances? That's never good.

Unless. This is not. *TURN* Our. Universe.

Gabriel Lorca, you extra piece of shit.

Cue every single bridge person's super fucking confused face to go along with mine. WHAT.


So we come back from the intro with them discussing parallel universes, and Michael still has the gall to say it doesn't match the known universe. Come on Michael, have you even heard a word he said?

Damn Saru, sassing the captain even in times of distress. But Lorca doesn't say a word, to his credit, except to explain what they need to do. Yay. Although I have to say, that projector looks almost like a smartphone.

And now we're back to Stamets staring blankly, only this time it's with creepy white eyes. Cool. (Not cool). "It's a palace! Stay close!" Him spouting off eerie non-sequiturs does NOT help. At all.

Ahhhh Tilly ;__; trying to help so much to get him back out of his head. I love you. And Culber watching all of this with such a sweet, sad face. I'm crying rn.

 [He knows you wanna help, Tilly.]

"He's suffering from a level of neural disregulation I've never seen..." Stamets gets up in the background. PS he doesn't find you annoying, Tilly dear. </3 OH SHIT

Oh shit Oh shit. He just shoved Culber across the freaking room. @_@ And yet Tilly was the one who was able to catch him and stop him. LASJHD

You know it's bad when you have to put up a forcefield between your husband and the rest of the world. And Tilly, trying so hard to Be Good and then Culber telling her it wasn't her fault because Stamets gave her an order. T_T

Whoa... Culber's like "this is all me now" and Lorca's like "nah fam" and Culber's like EXCUSE ME? I don't think he has a personal bias but I guess?

 [Did you want this to happen? DID YOU EVEN WANT HIM TO GET BETTER?]

Oooooh damn. Accusing him of wanting all of this to happen??? *snap* Man Culber is NOT happy. I feel for him, but I guess Lorca's right? I mean, with Culber saying what he is, it's possible he's right, but at the same time, if Culber really is the most qualified...... ugh.

I love workerbees. They're so cute. And now they get to examine the wreckage!!!

And they might find out what's going onnnnnnnnn whee!

 [It'd make a good Transformer.]

Uh oh... Tyler's sweating. That's not good. No PTSD now sir. You're flying a ship. Oops. Graphic torture flashbacks yay. :C And he's flying erratically, so they're noticing. At least they were able to get through to him. @_@ Poor guy. D|

Wait. What? Vulcan and Andorian bodies in Klingon wreckage? OKAY THE VIRTUAL GLOVE THING IS RAD AS HELL

 [Nintendo wishes the Power Glove was this badass]

You can do it Tyler. *crosses fingers and toes* He did it!!! Dude what is your deal with all this 'professionalism'? I mean yeah this is legit but this is twice you've mentioned it now. Today.

Oh shit it's L'Rell again. What now. Ah, Tyler is attempting to confront her yet again. Brave kid, I tell you what. Since the last time he did that, she was creepy, and it ended in tears. Watch out Tyler. It's gonna happen again.

OIfdashjljhf this feels so much like actual sexual abuse stuff. *shudder* Who knows what actually happened but yeah this is uncomfortable wow.

No! Tyler don't--! But he did. *headdesk*

OH SHIT NO. OH GOD HE"S A SLEEPER AGENT. LIKE BUCKY IT"S TRIGGER PHRASES NO NO NO. HE'S A KLINGON IN DISGUISE NO. Omg he's across the room wtf. With a phaser in hand. Yikes. This is insane. Damn L'Rell u creepy.

Tyler and coffee. I like that tumbler, it looks like a wineglass with no stem. Hi Michael. How cute is she? Ugh. The two sides of Tyler's woman coin. L'Rell who seems like she's abused him and turned him into a sleeper agent, and Michael who he loves and might love him idk.

She is not having your shit, you can't avoid telling her about the incident, Tyler. She can see right through your shit. Tylerrrrrrrrr this isn't that easy to manage. You've literally had only like...two episodes. It might seem like you can handle it, but you have no idea. I'm just glad he has her. They're so cute.

Annnd there he goes again. Third episode? Too many that's for sure. And he broke his glass. That's not good.

HI TILLY AGAIN. The data core looks like an eight sided die. Cool. And yeah, what the heck are the Klingons, Vulcans, and Andorians allied against? The Federation? Seems like. >_> And then we see the empty spore chamber and cry.

Tilly looks like she hasn't slept in years poor baby.

Oooo so we can conclude we're in a parallel universe. And now the eight-sided die is four-sided? Five sided? Idk. It's a glowy pyramid.

 [In space, no one can hear you roll a natural twenty]

DUN DUN DUN. The Terran Empire! Woot I missed those guys. Yeah you can, and because it's a parallel universe, meeting an alternate version of you won't destroy everything like in time travel. Man.

Non-human rebels... makes sense since they're racist and xenophobic.

Oh no. They're being hailed by the Cooper. Ldjkahldjahsd nail biting here. This could go horribly wrong. Let's hope there's enough intel.

OMG MIRROR TILLY IS THE CAPTAIN OF DISCOVERY

Oh baby. Poor Tilly, having to go on the spot like this! "Have you n-noticed that I talk a lot?" *pets*

WHAT THE HECK-HELL WHAT THE HELL HOLD YOUR HORSES.

I love you.

Chief Engineer. (conceal your voice!!!) OMFG. #deceased. Nice Scotty impression. Meanwhile watching Detmer and Owosekun trade smirks is also slaying me.

And now it's time for Tilly to resign and retire forever on like. Risa or something. Somewhere quiet, and safe and happy. Poor bab.

Yiiiiikes. They've got to sit here and dress up I guess? I don't think the Terran uniforms are the same, and I guess they have to redo the USS on the ship and stuff. UOfhasfh.

The Slayer of Sorna Prime. Damn girl. The Witch of Wurna Minor.

ISS DISCOVERY.

...........and Captain Killy. Saru roasts that nickname instantly. Saru, always on point. Sippin the tea. Throwing shade.

MAN THEY ALL LOOK HOT. Okay clearly this is not what I should be taking away from this right now but damn. I mean, leather, scary pins with knives, swag, so much swag. All of the swag. OP is clearly having a breakdown.

WAT. She's presumed dead and he's wanted for her murder. YAY. Wow, Captain of the Shenzhou in the mirrorverse. Go Michael? Or should I say..... MirrorMichael.

So Lorca believes in destiny huh? Interesting, interesting. Well, it is interesting that every time someone crosses into the mirrorverse (see any other Mirrorverse episode) that they land exactly where their counterparts are. I mean.

And Michael of course doesn't believe in it.

Oohhhh the Defiant!!! Yes! Aaaand they need to break onto the Shenzhou to find the logs. Of course they do. LOL.

So you're gonna sneak on board using him as your prisoner to pretend you were never dead because they never found your body. Clever... I guess. Cool. Tyler gets to guard Michael. Sounds fun.

Well at least Tyler's smart enough to go to someone about his fears with the Klingon thing. Oh man that's nuts though... he passed all of the tests.... *shudder*

WELL THATS CREEPY THANK YOU. "Stay out of the palace!!!"

Ugh I love them so much, they're so cute. I love seeing soft gays anyway, and soft gay boys is my lifeblood. Sleeping Beauty awakens!

And then gets creepy again. 

Poor Tilly. She looks amazing, but she is SO relatable right now. We're all excited and terrified with you, babe. Her hair is so cool. I adore her curls but this is neato.

Man, what a way to live. Fearing death at all turns... because that's how they advance through the ranks. Also I love you Michael. That was a beautiful speech. *applauds*

"LETS NOT KEEP THOSE ASSHOLES WAITING................ too much?" No Tilly you precious dumpling, it's fine.

It's gotta hurting seeing old dead friends....

And it's gotta hurt worse watching Lorca mash his face in on the door. OW. Good show but also ugh. That's just. Ugh.

Damn Michael is a badass. Wow. Tilly almost made me choke on my snack here but D A M N.

And Tyler goes charging into Sickbay..... what did Culber find. WHAT DID HE FIND. Oh god. If that's from his torture.... dear GOD. It looks horrible on the digital Xrays. Geez, they did all kinds of horrible things to him. How the hell do you shorten a spinal cord? Y'know what? I don't wanna know.

Oh no. Why does it have to get worse? This is like the Winter Soldier and shit. T_T. Poor Tyler! Hey no, look, he's just telling you what's going on! He doesn't have a solution yet, but he will, I'm sure! There's no need to panic!

*chewing all nails*

No, calm down Tyler! He's within his rights to keep you on the ship, he's a doctor, remember? "As far as I'm concerned, you're not you." Aaaaaaaaaa---

NO.

NO. NO NO NO. HUGH NO. TYLER. NO. STAMETS IS STILL DEAD TO THE WORLD AND NOW CULBER IS DEAD NOOOOOOOOOOOO. *sobbing*

"The enemy is here." SMASH CUT TO TYLER'S FACE.

*wheeze*

Oh these guys. Right. I'd kind of forgotten them in the CHAOS. WELL THERE'S THAT LOST TIME AND THOSE BLACKOUTS CULBER MENTIONED.

Lorca looks good in cuffs. Is that too much mood whiplash? I think I might need a spritz. LOL. Oh geez. You gotta do whatever you have to while you're here. Break all the rules.

WELL THAT'S NOT VAGUELY QUESTIONABLE.

 [This seems questionable to me]

God I love badass!Michael. I love seeing them turn away from her in fear. Yasssssss queen.

What's all this then? All this screaming and sparking noises? WHAT IS THIS.

What's this?

What's this?

there's screaming everywhere

what's this

there's sparking in the air

*clears throat* Sorry about that. Oh, they're agonizer booths. Of course they are. *cough* Annnnd I love the idea of her being so threatning. She's good. And Connor's even bowing to her. Yes. YES.

Connor are you making threats? Are you threatening Michael with all your talk about everyone bowing, and the Emperor seeing something in you? CAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE THREATS TO ME COMING FROM A TERRAN.

Michael knows.

 [COME AT ME]

Except she's besting you, dude, so I guess you do need a knife to kill her. Too bad she has yours. [Nice use of gravity there too]

God. And she had to kill the guy who looked like her friend. Poor Michael. :C

Well that was perfect. He falls dead onto the bridge when the turbolift doors open, and Michael looks exactly like she bested an attempt to assassinate her. Nice.

And then everyone clapped, the end.

Okay. Stop y'all. Evil should not be hot but damn is Evil!Detmer hot. Damn. LONG LIVE THE EMPIRE.

Wait. No.

Yeah and you don't even know the real reason you should be jumping a mile when you find out Tyler's in your room without you knowing. @_@ Oh geez. Well, he says he's here to protect her. I mean, you want to trust the Tyler half of this guy... but with the other half underneath.... can you?

Well, we don't know if we can, but she doesn't know. KLSJfhaslfh. And somehow they're still cute together, even with Culber's death hanging over us all in a black cloud.

 [Now snap HIS neck.]

Well this got racy in a hurry.

HEY THANKS FOR THE MOOD WHIPLASH GUYS. Agony booths again, joy. Nice way to end up on Lorca suffering in the booth.

Pretty good episode, some good humor, some good tension, some good scary stuff. AND SOME DEAD GAY BOY BECAUSE THE KLINGON SLEEPER AGENT SNAPPED HIS NECK LIKE A PRETZEL. 8/10 for murdering Culber. Gross. Good day.