Late to Discovery but finally saw it

[fireproof78]

No, she was pardoned because of her actions. All Lorca did was put her in a position to, well, actually take actions instead of being a prisoner. My point is, her heroic actions in the Klingon war came after her sentencing, whereas Kirk's heroic actions came before his, which benefited him greatly when it came to punishment at the court martial.

I don't see how that makes his actions any better. I really don't follow that connection.

T'Kuvma may have wanted a war, but he needed a body to actually get one. He can't set off the beacon and have 24 houses show up only to say, "They...they were looking at me funny! In their own section of space, no less!" Burnham may not have intended to give him a body, but she did. And what enabled it was disobeying orders and setting foot on the Klingon ship's hull.

So, we blame the entire war on Burnhman's disobedience? I just don't follow the logic when T'Kumva is demonstrated to want the war from the beginning.

 

[DigificWriter]

That was the original plan.

This is inaccurate.

All of DSC's episodes were written, filmed, and broadcast precisely and explicitly in sequence.