It is partly a letdown from the previous episode, and partly that the Klingon war ends up not being the most interesting part of this season that leads to this episode not being the strongest so far. Not terrible or anything, but it really feels like a middle episode. Lots of moving storylines forward, but other than defending Pahvo, I am not really sure how they helped the war effort that much. The best scene is definitely the battle at the beginning which isn't exactly ideal.
We start with an intense space battle against the Klingons which is going poorly. So poorly that they lose the ship they are there to defend and barely escape with their lives. The Klingons are using cloaking tech to full advantage. Star fleet has a plan to stop them by tuning some sort of natural crystal to somehow give away the Klingon position. It is up to Burnham, Saru and Tyler to get it done. Saru at first hates the planet, but gets his mind influenced but the creatures that live there and suddenly he is in full peace mode. Back with the Klingons L'Rel ends up killing the captured admiral from a few episodes while trying to help her escape and learns Kol is even more evil than she thought. She decides to destroy him by pledging her loyalty to him. Back on Pahvo we get a few good scenes, but in the end Burnham has to shoot Saru and they think they have won, but instead it just invites the Klingons over for tea or something.
I made my feelings pretty clear at the top. These middle of the season episodes are where Discovery is at its best and worst depending on how wild the decide to go. This one could have been a lot more wild.
5 out of 10
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