What’s Past Is Prologue
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Season 1, Episode 13
In Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham is the main star of the show. But a mistake in the first episode leads to her having to earn respect, starting at the bottom. Captain Lorca of USS Discovery gives her that chance. Yet in Episode 12, we find out that Lorca is from the Mirror Universe and has been manipulating events to cause several problems. Episode 13 is all about what the Discovery crew does, now knowing this information. Now knowing how to cross into the mirror universe, Lorca frees his old crew from capture.
Original Captain Georgiou is an Empress in the mirror universe and Lorca wants her throne. Burnham leads an effort to save the Discovery crew then attempts to stop Lorca. Knowing he will likely attempt to affect the Prime Universe too. While Georgiou kills Lorca, she attempts to sacrifice herself for Burnham but Michael takes her into the Prime Universe with her. All of this throws them off their mission, as they arrive back to their own universe nine months from when they left. While the best episode of season one, it also ranks as one of the best Star Trek episodes ever in our book.