Title :
The Red Angel
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25
First Aired :
21 Mar 2019
Stardate :
Unknown
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Plotline
While preparing Airiam for her funeral, her system is purged of the Control virus along with all other control systems around Starfleet. While doing this, Tilly discovers a bio-neural scan of the "Red Angel" in Airiam's code that matches Burnham.
Captain Leland reveals that Section 31 built the "Red Angel" time travel suit twenty years ago in a temporal-arms race with the Klingons and that Burnham's biological parents had been part of that programme. Leland's carelessness at the time led to their deaths.
The Discovery crew devise a plan to use Burnham as bait for the "Red Angel". By travelling to Essof IV, where there is enough energy to hold the "Red Angel" suit in position. Burnham will be left out in the planet's unbreathable atmosphere until the "Red Angel" appears. Leland's Section 31 ship can then close the wormhole behind the "Red Angel" to stop the future version of Control from following her through.
When they try this Leland is attacked by the present day version of Control that is still active within his ship. The "Red Angel" is caught in the trap and revives the momentarily dead Burnham, who recognizes the figure as her mother.
