Discovery: Season One, Episode Fourteen

Star Trek Discovery
Season One, Episode Fourteen The War Without, The War Within
[original airdate: 02|04|2018]
[spoilers ahoy!]

cw: graphic descriptions of torture

Last time on Star Trek Discovery: that one guy who wanted real bad to be a Klingon in high school: Well now he is! (Not clickbait!) Also nice use of the tie-fighter noise when Lorca died lmao. Oh yeah, and then there's the fact that the Klingons won the war. Shit.

                                 [Oh good, they're putting the u back on]

 

The look on Saru's face when he's like "Captain?" and she's like "EMPEROR." Poor guy lmao. "On your knees slave!" Michael: NO *slap* lmao this is comedy freaking gold.

Literally no one: …
Me: NO ONE TELL SARU ABOUT THE KELPIEN THING
Georgiou: *tells Saru to his face*

Saru deals with problems by transporting them away. I feel so bad for him though omg. This is not the way you want to be introduced to someone. And he's so mad and you can't blame him, but her reasoning, not to tell him because of what was going on??? Shit. Agreed. And you know, he'd probably hoped there were no Kelpiens.

Whoo I guess that's a compliment? I mean.

And then she finds out about the Tyler thing... and that he's not really okay right now. Ugh. And Saru's hoping she can help somehow. Soft boy. Oh geez. I didn't expect that she wouldn't want to see him. I mean. I get it, but wow.

 [Walkin away and he ain't even there]

(ps how the heck does that even work? He stops having the Klingon mindset so he stops having the strength? I guess this really is mind over matter???)

So there was actually a name for this procedure and apparently they planned to use it more than once. Eep. One test we're really glad failed. (Unless you're Klingon, then maybe not)

Man hearing about what he/Voq went through... ugh. But I think you might be romanticizing things a bit there, Tyler. And Saru seems. Shocked, baffled maybe.

OKay, new feels go to Ash Tyler for how awful he must feel. Especially since he doesn't know that he killed Culber. Sdjkhaslkjdh. Oh no he does know. Fffffffff.

 [same, tbh]

Thank you for Saru who is trying to help Tyler shed his guilt. I love him ok.

What? Why is the Federation approaching with phasers locked and shields up?? WHATS GOING ON

(damn the tellarites and andorians look amazing)

WHoA first there's a ton of security guards and then it's SAREK AND ADMIRAL CORNWELL??? Omg

She's also taking over the ship?? LIke okay does she know about Lorca? She was asking pretty angrily... (also who is this chick on the bridge in her space t-shirt?? 9:00-9:06)

 [sorry for the terrible screenshot]

Why is she in a tshirt? That appears to be the undershirt for the uniform, she has no badge. Is she in training? Did she just take her jacket off for a minute because she's hot? Is the zipper broken? WHAT IS HaPpEnInG?

LITERALLY STOP MINDMELDING WITH EVERYTHING SAREK (and without consent, I mean that's literally bullshit I don't care if the times demand it you don't mindmeld without consent. GURL)

 [sarek, seriously stop mind-melding with everything]

At least he seems actually concerned about his kid when he finds out Discovery's been through a lot of shit.

"Captain Lorca is...........dead."

DUN DUN DUNnnnnnnnnnn

(cut to: intro)

LMAO SHE LITERALLY JUST SHOT HIS FORTUNE COOKIES.

Omg Michael's face after she does it. Also I mean, I get that she's mad about it but thank you Sarek for pointing out that everyone didn't know. So please chill Admiral. TY okay so you thought Discovery was dead, I get you. Oh no... "my" Gabriel. Jeez this is another episode after my feels.

(Also just saying it but. This summary dismissal of Lorca is really sad. I mean I can just imagine him skulking around the mirrorverse in a hooded cloak like "is anyone ever going to come get me? shit. country roads sure aren't taking ME home. fricken john denver")

Man, I'm glad they can use the cloak-breaking tech but ugh. This is just so bad. And when they say "nine brutal months" a lot of people must've died in this war. 

 

Damn. I didn't even think the Klingons were into suicide missions, and they took out one third of the Fleet by hitting three or four different Starbases. Damn. Along with four outposts. Looks like if they spared any children, they didn't spare many, either.

 

[War orphans??? SAREK nO]

Sounds like the Klingons (dear god fighting twenty-four different enemies capital Nope) are sitting here playing a freaking game.

"ALL OF THIS WILL BE CLASSIFIED AND DESTROYED." Are we sure that's the best idea? I mean-- okay no actually that's some good reasoning, Sarek. People would probably be inclined to try to replace the dead that way.

Oh boy. Not only that, with no spores, they can't avoid the Klingons. Shit. "One more thing?" What?

Oh. It's the Emperor. And she's using Sass as a weapon. No one really is impressed about your "who is stronger" speech tho. Guess it's not particularly effective. "This is really complicated" "Nah fam, send me back" "Not today."

Although seriously, does anyone look in a mirror and say "the resemblance is remarkable"? Why do both Cornwell and Sarek have to say that? What were they expecting anyway? I mean, what part of "mirror" don't you understand?

Oh yeah this guy. Hi Tyler. Annnnd shit just got awkward.

[when you accidentally run into the husband of the guy you murdered. Sort of.]

Yeah, I think it does, considering he's almost crying in the hallway. (Stametssssssss I know this is awful don't be too mean? Haha yeah who am I kidding I'd be pissed and mean too. Except he's......not.... that mean? Wow. Good on him. I'd probably be a huge bitch)

Okay who is that really cool painted person in the mess hall?? 

It's so quiet in there now that Tyler's here. What are they thinking??? What are they gonna do? :C TILLY WHAT YOU UP TO? Oh! Omg I love her so much.

 He's all alone, and he might've been completely shunned (for something not even his actual fault) and now he can't be. She is the literal best. And it means the others come over too, and Tyler has friends again.

Uh oh. It's never good when you can't establish contact. I know y'all in warp but I'm pretty sure you can contact anyone regardless of that. Uh oh, Saru's threat ganglia just came out. That's definitely Not Good.

You know when they zoom in on her and don't show the screen something is Very Wrong. Because the Starbase is completely destroyed. I see. Damn. I mean, that is some shit right there.

Ohshi- it's been taken by Klingons. Damn. There were eighty thousand people on that starbase. Now there's two hundred seventy four Klingons. And they're scanning you. Time to leave.

 

Damn. Cornwell is getting the shit piled on today! Her boyfriend's dead, her Starbase and a significant chunk of the Starfleet brass is dead. I mean... at least she got the *real* Discovery back?? I'm sure that's not helping. She is seriously shellshocked. Where do we go from here??

Oh yeah. L'Rell. Ooh I'd hoped that Cornwell would go to her. Yessss. Whoa. She admitted that T'Kuvma was wrong about something? Dang. And Cornwell is just going for the fucking jugular. She is very fucking not happy.

"T'Kuvma was an ignorant fool!"

Pretty sure she'd say that even without the forcefield there. She has ball of duranium.

Shit. This isn't working. It was so good but it just. It can't actually get the Klingons to stop. :C "Conquer us. Or we will never relent." Ffffffffffffffffff

 [Cornwell rn]

LOL Georgiou doesn't care about anything but Sarek and his connection to Michael, not even her perceived prison. Boy you don't like fate but you sure talk a lot about it, Michael. (Also very clear Georgiou is more predatory, she's circling Michael here).

Ooo yes. Ask her how she defeated the Klingons. This is good. That's... an interesting analogy. As a person dealing with cancer and chemo, that's interesting. I didn't expect her to mention Qo'Nos. Is she going to suggest they blow up the planet? I hope not.

Nice arms, Admiral Buffness.

  [welcome to the gun show.]

 

Nope. Take out all their ability to fight back. Nice. I am also here for this Andorian guy who seems to be a high level authority? Extra nice.

Wait are you nuts?? You're going to map it from INSIDE A CAVE? With your ship. Inside the cave. My mind, she is blown. Wait, why are you talking about the mycelial network? I thought you were out of spores? Oh so we're gonna go somewhere and see something cool? Here for it.

Oh no it's his original sample! *squee* "If this works, I might even let you name it." Awww.

Omg this is literally like two divorced parents fighting over which of them their child loves more. *cackle* I love Sarek and Georgiou being like this. It's hilarious.

I do like her saying "our daughters" though, even if her Michael is dead. Interesting choice to have all blue except her drink. 

Not sure he's gonna take you up on that, mostly because I don't think Sarek thinks rendering Qo'Nos a cinder is logical. Or smart. Uh oh. I might be wrong on that subject.

Dude. Sarek nO. What are you doing? I mean, aside from leaving. Ok while i might not like what he might be up to, it is really sweet of him to say what he says about her loving Tyler/Voq (since she's not sure how to feel about him now that he's just Tyler).

And then he puts his hand on her shoulder. I-

[this can't be good.]

"Do not regret loving someone, Michael." *sobbing mathematically*

Oh yay, it's Tilly again! And the spore delivery system thing for them to terraform a moon? With mushrooms. So COOL. I do like that Michael feels like she can confide in Tilly. I think she had before, but this is super important. Because like me, she knows something is up.

I seriously love how they're just... helping each other, consoling each other, confiding in each other. It's a really good sign of a strong friendship. (I also ship it, shut up, I'm allowed) Tilly is so smart. Damn. A+ I love that Tilly is basically the heart of Discovery. She is the one who just. Loves everyone on there unconditionally.

Both sides of the coin too. I like that. (Michael having been abused, even if it wasn't his fault, not wanting to be near him. But also Tilly reminding her that he literally has no future because of something that wasn't even his fault). Good stuff.

Yessssssssss the moon thing with the mushrooms! I pretty much forgot about this with all the other stuff going on. Omg this is so cool I love those transport thingies. They're mushroom missiles lmao.

OKay that's fucking rad, they have propellers that turn into legs to support them? Bitchin. And then just. This just keeps getting cooler and cooler! I mean look at these roots!

EM darts? IDEFK BUT I LOVE IT. IT LOOKS SO COOL. I think maybe the mushrooms need energy? OMG. Stamets is Mushroom Dad! "C'mon kiddos....." *squealing* And they're so pretty! Sooo many spores. *sneezes*

And everyone just looking at him like "look at this proud Mushroom Dad and his Mushroom Children." It's true, even if they only just started.

Oh it's Tyler in his quarters. Uh oh. It's Michael. Am I going to have feels here? Ouch. Ten feet but it's a fucking chasm. It's worse when she backs away. "Was there ever really an Ash Tyler?" Crying already.

Hey now, wait a minute. He did come to you. And he did tell you he was having problems. And nothing came of that. Y'all just moved on.

Okay no that was uncalled for there sir. That was VERY uncalled for.

"When I look at you now, I see Voq's eyes."

"You know why it didn't take? Why L'Rell didn't get through to me? That was you."

#deceased So many feels. This scene is so intense, I can't even. Oh it is so good to see them letting a dude cry. I think I mentioned this before, dudes get to cry on this show. Continue please. Noooooooo I know she can't really handle him but Michael no. It's not always solitary. LSJDhaslfjhasfg. And then she leaves.

 [Tyler, two minutes after she leaves. Also me]

Sarek in hologram. Whatchu want son. Yes we know our very existence hangs in the balance sir, can you be less of a drama queen? (Are you kidding it's Sarek)

Yeah yeah desperate times call for desperate measures, Admiral, get to the fackin' point. OKay, so we're all gonna jump to Klingonland or really inside it. And we're brave. Cool. Hey nice callback/tie in to Enterprise.

Oh. My. GOD.

Are they really trying to pass Emperor Georgiou off as actually prime universe Georgiou? Jesus H. That's really going to go over well. Saru literally almost leaps out of his chair. Good grief. Cuz he knows it's not her.

Mannnn she's even talking like prime!Georgiou! Ajkdhada. Creepyyyyy. (I love Michelle Yeoh)

 [She looks so nice but... there's a venmous snake just under the surface. You know what 

never mind don't picture that it's horrifying]

MAN. THIS EPISODE HAS SO MUCH FEELS. I think my heart hurts. Ow. And this isn't even the episode where they killed Culber (my heart broke). But seriously, this is intense and a little (or a lot) crazy. So while my heart hurts and my head is spinning a little, I like how it legitimately shows the power of friendship. And the reality of relationships. 9/10