For me, this was an intense hour.
On a lighter note, the Star Trek: Star Charts and the Stellar Cartography have become more canonized. The star chart shown in the episode is close to the one seen in those reference works. There are a few slight adjustments to location, the biggest one being K-7 being moved more closer to the Mempa Sector.
Lorca said it had been 7 months since the Battle of the Binaries. So, it goes something like this:
0 - Battle of the Binaries, Episodes 1 and 2
6 months aft BotB - Episodes 3 and 4
7 months aft BotB - Episode 5