Spoilers How will this season end?

[fireproof78]

Gandalf has a holodeck? Cool beans.

"And, that Radaghast, is why you should never use mushrooms."

 

[Unimatrix Q]

Possibly. Though I personally prefer the (never explained onscreen so non-canon) explanation that following the destruction of Praxis in ST6, they *did* evacuate Qo'Nos to sort out its atmosphere etc and then during the period from shortly after ST6 up to TNG a lot of rebuilding/changes were necessary on the planet as it repopulated. Thus Qo'Nos would have been quite different during Enterprise and by extension TOS from the post-ST6 onwards period.

Another point for this theory to make sense is that an event like that would unify all the Klingon Houses to stand together against the Federation in their hate but too weakened for some time to fight a war until maybe "Errand of Mercy".

Edit: It would also explain why the Organians became active. There was no other way to stop the war from happening as the Klingons were way too angry for diplomatic solutions.

 

[Mad Jack Wolfe]

Lorca storms the bridge of Discovery, armed with a bat'leth and a bandolero stuffed with elite tactical tribbles (Tribbles Augmented for Combat Operations, better known as TACOs). He glares menacingly at Burnham and declares, "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I'm all out of bubblegum."

Suddenly, there's a voiceover saying, "Woah, stop. Wait a minute. This is ridiculous even for you."
It's the voice of Harry Kim.
[Tom Paris]: "What's wrong with it? Harry, this is holonovel gold!"
[Kim]: "Tom, think about it. First, there were the magic mushroom engines--"
[Paris]: "DASH drive. And it's spores, not mushrooms."
[Kim]: "Whatever. As long as Neelix doesn't try to cook them. Then the whole thing with V'oq and Ash? It'll serve you right when the EMH lectures you for hours on how it could never work."
[Paris]: "Fortunately, unlike you, he has an off switch. Any more critiques?"
[Kim]: "B'Elanna won't be happy with it, either."
[Paris]: "Point taken. Next?"
[Kim]: "The Mirror Universe."
[Paris]: "I knew you'd like that part."
[Kim]: "They declassified the reports after the incidents at DS9. Did you bother reading any of them?"
[Paris]: "Of course!"
[Kim]: "Liar."
[Paris]: "OK, fine. I skimmed them. And used a little creative license."
[Kim]: "You know what? Just... keep going. I've got duty in half an hour and need to get rid of this headache your masterpiece has given me." (turns to leave)
[Paris]: "I'll let you know when I'm ready to debut the story."
[Kim]: "Thanks for the warning."

 

[Tuskin38]

Remember Q'onos looked very differently in Enterprise than in TNG and DS9

Not really, they were both green, just a different shade.

The colour in DSC (if that is Qo'noS in the preview) is the same as TNG.

 

[eschaton]

I am admittedly having a very hard time envisioning how the various plot points and primary arc will be sufficiently wrapped up in a 45-minute timeframe.

Particularly when it looks like (according to the trailer) they're going on some undercover mission on a planet's surface. I mean, there are some cool visuals, but it seems like a weird diversion to take in the final episode.

 

[ITDUDE]

[Paris]: "I'll let you know when I'm ready to debut the story."
[Kim]: "Thanks for the warning."

Dang, this is exactly what it feels like. STD is what "sci-fi" would be within real Star Trek universe! You nailed it right on the head!