7 Ups & 2 Downs From Star Trek: Discovery 5.9 — Lagrange Point

10. UP — Cold Open, Warm Bridge

The relatively lengthy cold-open to Lagrange Point begins on the dramatically twisty-turny at Federation HQ, as if the camera itself had been propelled there right out the spore drive from last week's 'Burnham Manoeuvre'. It ends on a hook which is equally a reversal, not of motion but of circumstance. Whilst not necessarily the most shocking put to screen, the Breen smash-and-grab of the Progenitor structure is up there with the best executed pre-credit turn-of-events.

When the Discovery crew jumps to the final coordinates of the clue trail, the literal gravity of the life-and-death situation doesn’t seem to hamper their spirits either. They all pull together, and once on the other side of some pretty high odds against them, there is a much-deserved pause for levity (almost) all-round.

"It's tonight somewhere. Do we have to wait?" We'll all join you for those drinks! No Detmer and Owosekun yet, but absolutely glorious work from commanders Asha and Jemison in their stead. The moment certainly made me chuckle as much as it did Captain Burnham. Jemison's deadpan, immediate reply to Burnham's request for an ETA on the Breen — "Right now!" — was also pure (operations) gold!