Spoilers Star Trek: Discovery 1x13 - "What's Past Is Prologue"

[Commander Richard]

"Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the USS Discovery." - Memory Alpha

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[Jinn]

I love that image.

 

[Jarvisimo]

Me too!

 

[Captain Killy]

Awesome Poster!!! Can I share that on my Twitter? Cuz it's awesome!!

 

[cultcross]

@Commander Richard you have delivered on these threads every week - I love your title images

 

[ITDUDE]

The faces are a little not to scale. Otherwise pretty cool

 

[Borgminister]

@Commander Richard you have delivered on these threads every week - I love your title images

Seconded!

 

[137th Gebirg]

I look forward to the inventiveness of those thread title pictures just as much as the episodes themselves.

 

[tomalak301]

Where do you get these posters from. They are amazing.

I wonder if this is the episode Lorca dies. I think it’s a given he won’t make it to season 2.

Also I hope this episode is at least 45 minutes. An hour would be great.

 

[guyute03]

Best day of the week
Also, DS9 reference.

 

[Captain of the USS Averof]

And now all of a sudden I want Jason Isaacs cast as Skeletor in the new MOTU movie!

 

[Agony_Boothb]

And now all of a sudden I want Jason Isaacs cast as Skeletor in the new MOTU movie!

A million times yes to this!

 

[Jarvisimo]

Todd ven der Werff, critic at Vox, has written a piece on the mirror universe arc, worth checking out.

These twists do much to destabilize whatever status quo Discovery had built up, and they’ve better crystallized the ideas at the heart of the show, too. Michael pretends to be the harsher, harder, more ruthless Mirror Michael, to gain the trust of other Mirror Universe inhabitants who have information about how to get back to her universe. But she worries constantly she is losing some part of herself in the process.

The alien character Saru (Doug Jones) now finds himself in a place where his species is hunted for food. The Discovery’s science officer, Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp), becomes lost in a strange other world built by spores, where he has to figure out how to get back to reality with the help of his Mirror doppelganger. And Ash struggles to reconcile his humanity and love for Michael with the Klingon memories suddenly taking up residence in his mind.

Lorca suffers endless amounts of torture just to get closer to the emperor he would depose in a coup (which unfolded at some unspecified point before the series began, but which he intends to revive now that he’s back in the Mirror Universe).

But only he feels as if he is single-minded, rather than exploring the chasm within. He thinks he knows what’s his, and he’s relentless in his pursuit of it. (In this sense, the Mirror Universe arc makes a surprisingly suitable companion to Black Mirror’s season four Star Trek riff “USS Callister.”)

The divide between our best and worst selves, then, is the core of Discovery. The utopian future of Star Trek is not preordained. Even those who live within it can find that it’s far too easy to slip into authoritarian modes of thinking when exposed to them for too long. There are no guarantees in this world, only things worth fighting for.

 

[Cyrus]

Jason isaacs review of this episode:

Just watched #13 of #StarTrekDiscovery and Holy McShitburgers, if it doesn't marry character, politics, treklore and kick-ass action in the most entertaining way then I'll give you all your money back. Just write to YouLyingSackOfShit@WhyDidIEverBelieveYou.com and ask for Donald.

https://twitter.com/jasonsfolly/status/957714939283566592

 

[Jadeb]

Jason Isaacs is great. If they write out Lorca, I'll miss not just the character but his actor.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Holy McShitburgers, Batman!

 

[Mr. Adventure]

It is pretty funny to think they got away with sneaking Ming the Merciless into Star Trek.

Holy McShitburgers, Batman!

That's a winner lol

 

[Commander Richard]

^ It is. Isaacs is hilarious.

Thanks everyone. The theme fits, sword and all.

Awesome Poster!!! Can I share that on my Twitter?

Sure.

The faces are a little not to scale. Otherwise pretty cool

The pic didn't work when Lorca's face was the same size as Georgiou's.

Where do you get these posters from. They are amazing.

I make them all myself in Photoshop.

Anyway, Trek is certainly at an interesting place now. Who would have thought that we'd one day see the Captain turning out to be an imposter and in a situation with no going back. Some have speculated that...

Spoiler

Lorca will simply let the Discovery go back to its own universe.

...but what will happen to Lorca himself? I can't imagine a situation where he just goes back to the captain's chair. Will he die as speculated above? Will Isaacs be written out? Can't wait to find out. I'm doing my best to avoid speculation because that usually turns out to be accurate.

And how will they resolve the Klingon war in just three episodes?

I'm also getting the impression that we won't see the Defiant. It'll be nice if I'm wrong though.

 

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

...but what will happen to Lorca himself? I can't imagine a situation where he just goes back to the captain's chair.

Lorca, going by the nickname "Skipper", will buy a private ship which he names the ISS Minnow and conduct 3-hour excursions to the MU for paying customers. Harry Mudd will partner with him but deeply resents Lorca calling him "Little Buddy" all the time.

 

[Noname Given]

"Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the Emperor, propelling Burnham to make a quick decision to save not only herself, but the USS Discovery." - Memory Alpha

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Michael Burnham: "I have the Lorcaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!"