Star Trek: Discovery Recap — The War Without, The War Within

Season 1 / Episode 14 / CBS All Access We’re back in the Prime Universe now with Star Trek: Discovery, Episode 14, “The War Without, The War Within”. Everything has changed. Mirror Georgiou is here. Mirror Lorca is dead. Dr. Culber is also dead (A fact about which no one seems to be sad?). The war with the Klingons has gone directly to hell, no handbasket. A fact which Mirror Lorca would take as proof of the effectiveness of his tactics, but that’s another article. What is for sure is that Discovery, with so much action and twists, has had some pacing problems, that continue for me in this episode. They’ve shown all the cards in the first 13 episodes; now they have to deal new cards to set up for season 2. However, we viewers are smarter now, we’re not going to fall for the old 3-card monty again. Will the showrunners try to run past us with more drama-stuffed, who-is-who-isn’t plots? Or will they have to settle down into a more steady stream of exploration and adventure? For now, this episode seems to promise more of the high drama, as you’ll see. What Did You Do Michael? We kick off with the moment that Saru goes into the transporter room to meet Burnham, and who does he see? The Emperor! Or who he thinks is Captain Georgiou. Once Saru gets the low-down, he’s as shocked as I was about what Burnham did. This is the least logical action in a world absolutely chock-a-block full of illogic. As she’s trying to excuse her emotional behavior, Saru has a bomb of his own: Your man A…