How will season 2 end?

[Ovation]

I'm pretty sure I know how season 3 is going to start.

At the last second, Michael frantically programs the red suit's time circuits to Vulcan November 5, 2505. It's 150 years into the future - far enough that she should be safe from Control, but not so far that there's a strong chance Spock will still be alive. However, a last-second volley from one of the control ships knocks her trajectory and she slams hard into the ground. She does recognize the planet as Vulcan, but it's not a region or continent she's ever been before. The wind is heavy and sand is blowing everywhere. Her leg is broken and she can feel herself falling in and out of consciousness. She probably has a concussion. She's near a home. It reminds her of Sarek's - it probably belongs to a dignitary. A figure emerges and runs to her. His face is covered save for his eyes and brow. She senses he's not Vulcan, even though she can't see his ears. Probably human. He's old but not frail. With a slight groan, he picks her up and starts off towards the house, taking great mind of her leg. Inside, he lays her down on a bed and pulls off his cowl, and she can now see his whole face. Definitely human.

Things start to go dark, her eyelids are heavy. He gives her a gentle tap on her cheek and says, "Now, now, you need to stay awake." His voice was kind and soft but very assured.

He walks to the other side of the room and pulls down what is obviously a medkit. He removes three items: one she immediately recognizes as a tricorder, but it's much more advanced than anything she'd ever seen before. The second item was definitely a hypo of some sort, probably a stimulant. She didn't recognize the other item, but it looks similar to the regeneration laser she'd seen Hugh use many times. He walks to her and injects the hypo into her arm and the brain fog immediately starts to clear. As he starts waving the regenerator over her leg, she tries to speak, but the words still don't come. "Shh," he says. "Give yourself a minute for the stims to work. That little bump you had definitely gave you a concussion, but I'm not reading any serious neural damage. You should be right as rain in a few hours. Then you can explain why a young Starfleet officer would fling herself to the mercy of my doorstep. It's certainly not the sort of thing I was prone to do in my youth." He smiles slyly.

She was able to breathe a thank you, but it was very welcome. "Well, of course,' he replies, "Seems you've found your sea legs. But you'll need something to fight off the last few cobwebs and perhaps clear the sand from your throat. I know just the thing. " He walks to the nearby wall to what she assumes is some kind of food dispenser. Tits his head and firmly says, "Computer, tea: Earl Grey. Hot."

Heads. Would. EXPLODE!!!

 

[Alan Roi]

Alternately, the camera pans to William Riker, sitting at one of the bridge perimiter stations.

"Computer, end program!"

 

[Lonemagpie]

I reckon: Discovery is sent to the Calypso era (which sounds a lot more fun that it probably is. Hm, the Calypso Era, relaxing on the beach, white rum, steel bands...) but the characters stay in orare returned to their era, and either assigned to the Enterprise or given a new Connie-class ship. Starfleet walks back a lot ofhackable-by-Control technology just in case, a la Nu BSG.

 

[fireproof78]

With Lorca returning saying, “miss me bitches?”

And Mudd shoots him.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Alternately, the camera pans to William Riker, sitting at one of the bridge perimiter stations.

"Computer, end program!"

With Director Riker sitting there already, it wouldn't take much!

 

[Paul755]

Alternately, the camera pans to William Riker, sitting at one of the bridge perimiter stations.

"Computer, end program!"

This would be the most epic of epic troll jobs.

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Alternately, the camera pans to William Riker, sitting at one of the bridge perimiter stations.

"Computer, end program!"

I would go on a killing spree....I really would.

 

[SpocksOddSocks]

I think Burnham will end up in the future, but Discovery will not. The action in the third series will be split between the Disco crew trying to follow the final signals from Burnham whilst trying to evade control, and her trying to make them, and figure out where the final signal needs to be. Once control has been stopped, Discovery will be abandoned at the location they expect Burnham to be at.

 

[Kevman7987]

I think Burnham will screw up her time jump and end up back when she left at the location of the seventh signal. Instead of going to the future Discovery will end up 1000 years in the past where, thanks to the sphere data and cyborg lady's happy memories still stored in Discovery's computer, the ship will develop that compassionate AI from the short. Remember Discovery said she's been waiting 1000 years for her crew to return?

It will turn out it was the ship itself leaving the signals to help the crew. The seventh signal will lead Enterprise directly to Discovery's position. At that point Discovery & Control will battle it out to the destruction of both AIs. I might be wrong and Discovery's AI might survive like the Machine at the end of the TV series Person of Interest (aka Jesus Kicks Ass as it starred Jim Caviezel).

If you all look back through my old posts you may find I had the beginnings of this idea back after the short first aired.

One more thing; I think it will end with Saru being named captain and given his orders for season 3s mission.

 

[TPezz]

What I don’t get though is, fair enough getting rid of Discovery and the data so Control can’t get hold of it, but Control is already super powerful and has infiltrated pretty much all of S31 and it’s ships, so how exactly do they plan to defeat Control? So far Control has killed everyone on all of those S31 ships and starbases, so how exactly does little old Enterprise think it’s going to beat it? If it goes to the future with Discovery, that still doesn’t solve the issue or have I completely missed something?

 

[Timo]

It's not as if the heroes have had time to stop and think these things through, to be fair. They are currently (rather realistically) engaged in reattempting something they already once abandoned as unviable. And that "once" was just a couple of hours ago, even if it has been weeks for the audience.

The heroes aren't thinking in terms of winning yet. They just don't want to lose outright, and hiding the Sphere data in the future is their current attempt at that. Not a well thought out one, but as said, nobody has had much time to think.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[starbuck]

Well control does not win thats for sure and the future is fine

 

[Nyotarules]

Well control does not win thats for sure and the future is fine

Or so Control wants you to think (cue Twilight zone music)

 

[eschaton]

Or so Control wants you to think (cue Twilight zone music)

Pike's vision (which is for realz what happens, based upon what the Boreth monk said) shows that at minimum Pike will survive the encounter and continue the remainder of his "prime service" as The Menagerie portrayed.

I suppose it's possible the final victory of Control was further in the future than that, but still, it suggests that there's literally no way our heroes lose this encounter.

 

[BillJ]

Discovery ends up in 28th century. On the viewscreen, we see a small cube and receive a message, "This is Mama Burnham of the Borg. Prepare to be assimilated. Resistance is futile... Michael."

 

[DaveyNY]

It's going to end with me probably crying because I have to wait till next year for Season 3.

 

[NewHeavensNewEarth]

Y'all's avatars make me think I bounced into the wrong forum.

 

[BillJ]

Y'all's avatars make me think I bounced into the wrong forum.

#MinionLife

 

[DaveyNY]

Y'all's avatars make me think I bounced into the wrong forum.

What??
You don't like the Easter Bunny?

 

[Jackson_Roykirk]

Y'all's avatars make me think I bounced into the wrong forum.

I'm not sure how BillJ and DaveNY keep it straight. Every time I see a post by campe98 (who uses a similar avatar as mine), I think it's one of mine.