Second review I am writing today since and fell behind! If I try to get moving again there may even be a third one tonight! I think the Discovery version of the mirror universe captures its danger in a way the DS9 strangely did not. The DS9 mirror universe always felt kinda mustache twirly if you know what I mean. This version feels like you could get stabbed or tortured to death at any time in a really brutal way.
Tyler keeps getting worse as they try to figure out what happened. He gets sent to retrieve a Klingon data core and runs into bodies and starts losing it. But fortunately they are just a bunch of Andorians and Vulcans so it's no big deal. The data core lets Burnham figure out basically everything about the mirror universe which she picks up fast, but no one seems to learn faster than Lorca who is a natural. He has a plan to capture the Shenzhou to just get some data allegedly, but clearly he is there for some more complicated plot. Tilly gets to become captain Killy which is fun. Before they leave Tyler snaps and kills Culber in front of a semi-catatonic Stamets which sucks. Burnham has to kill a guy who looks and sounds exactly like one of the bridge officers from her time on the Shenzhou, but this gets her accepted as the new captain no questions asked.
Short summary, but another good middle episode that mostly works to push towards the exciting conclusion. Not a bad episode, but with the surprises spoiled for me it is actually less exciting than the first time around.
6 out of 10
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