At the end of Episode 9, Kol is dead, and the Ship of the Dead is destroyed. The only two Klingons left who are named are L'Rell (a prisoner) and Voq (probably Tyler). While there may be something which happens here in the endgame, I doubt it will result in either of them becoming the primary antagonist - and it will take some time to set the pieces in place.
I also doubt too many substantial new characters are going to be introduced in the back half of the season. All of the important recurring characters (Sarek, Mudd, Cornwell, etc) were introduced by the end of the sixth episode. I think we may see alternate/mirror versions of each of these characters, but I don't think we'll see a new "heavy" introduced into the show - if for no other reason than because if the Discovery is really now sliding through alternate dimensions, then the antagonists cannot follow along - unless they are on the ship already.
Thus by process of elimination, I feel like Lorca must be the antagonist for the remainder of the season, as much as I don't want that to be the case. If this isn't done, the back half will basically slide into an episodic adventure ("alternate timeline of the week") which I would enjoy, but wouldn't fit with the earlier tone and plot arc of the series at all.
Thoughts?
I also doubt too many substantial new characters are going to be introduced in the back half of the season. All of the important recurring characters (Sarek, Mudd, Cornwell, etc) were introduced by the end of the sixth episode. I think we may see alternate/mirror versions of each of these characters, but I don't think we'll see a new "heavy" introduced into the show - if for no other reason than because if the Discovery is really now sliding through alternate dimensions, then the antagonists cannot follow along - unless they are on the ship already.
Thus by process of elimination, I feel like Lorca must be the antagonist for the remainder of the season, as much as I don't want that to be the case. If this isn't done, the back half will basically slide into an episodic adventure ("alternate timeline of the week") which I would enjoy, but wouldn't fit with the earlier tone and plot arc of the series at all.
Thoughts?
