Title :
Despite Yourself
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Rating :
Overall Ep :
10
First Aired :
7 Jan 2018
Stardate :
Unknown
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Plotline
After much analysis Discovery's crew surmises that they have jumped to a parallel Universe. With Stamets now unconscious and unable to navigate the spore drive they are unable to use it to leave.
Tyler confronts L'Rell and she attempts to use a verbal cue to trigger something within him. At first it seems to be working but he eventually regains control.
They find a functioning data core in the wreckage of a Klingon ship and recover it. They learn that this universe is ruled by the human Terran Empire. Fighting against them is a resistance that includes species such as Klingons, Andorians and Vulcans. In this Mirror universe Burnham is the former captain of the ISS Shenzhou and is presumed dead after an attack by the fugitive Lorca. The ISS Discovery is captained by Sylvia Tilly's counterpart.
Tilly and the crew pretend to be their Mirror selves, disguising the ship to look like its mirror self. Pretending that mirror Burnham has been hunting Lorca and has now captured him, they deliver them both to the ISS Shenzhou.
Doctor Culber examines Tyler and informs him that he appears to have undergone major surgical modification. Hearing this triggers something in Tyler and he attacks and kills Culber. Tyler joins the others on the Shenzhou where Burnham has taken command. Lorca has been sent the brig to be tortured.
