Star Trek: Discovery 3.10 Review: Ups And Downs From Terra Firma, Part 2

This week's episode was a LOT. It had a slower pace than last week's episode and, for once, the Mirror Universe wasn't treated as extreme, world ending fare. It was very much centered on Georgiou and her own growth and, yes, discovery. There were many reveals, though there was still a very large Lorca-shaped hole in the episode.

In a way, this was one of the most cerebral episodes that Star Trek Discovery has yet produced, even with the gnashing teeth and twirling moustaches of the Mirror Universe characters. We also got to see a few breaks in our Prime Universe - along with some potentially duplicitous actions on Saru's part.

Overall, another strong episode this week. Discovery has definitely settled into a style at this stage, whether or not it's a style that suits everyone. The departure of Michelle Yeoh is likely to be felt hard in the coming episodes, though if this is to be her swan song in Star Trek: Discovery, it was an excellent piece to bow out on.

While the episode opens directly on from last week's reveal and capture of the traitorous Burnham, the first up of the episode goes to Captain Killy. Mary Wiseman clearly revels in her role as the evil counterpart here, grinning with an evil glee when Georgiou enlists her to help break Michael.

The voice over that Michelle Yeoh delivers over these scenes suggests the pain that she's feeling from the, as she sees it, necessary breaking of Michael. This is a universe where the language is pain, and only pain will break through the walls that Burnham has employed.

She is locked in the agonizer, left in for weeks and weeks, all while Killy laughs and dials the intensity up to the max. It is both brutal and sadistic, and Wiseman sells the hell out of it. We are in the Mirror Universe now and we are reminded why exactly its so fearsome.