Star Trek: Discovery 3.3 Review - Ups And Downs From People Of Earth

9. Reunion - UP

Everything about the first scene of the episode is a depiction of what Star Trek is about. It is family. It is hope. It is joy. The scene with each of the crew coming together, Tilly running to embrace Michael, is a moment that swings straight for the heart and fails to let go.

It's perfect. The pure warmth that radiates through this scene shows that Discovery has, finally, found its feet. It proves that the show was absolutely correct to split the crew and send them to the future, as they do need a guide for the future (who better than Burnham now?) and they need that excitement, that warmth and that family feeling to come through.

Even Georgiou gets in on it - even if from a distance.

It is a fantastic start to the episode, one that pays off splitting them all over the first two episodes easily.