This is my guide to Star Trek Discovery episode: Saints of Imperfection. Spoilers ahoy so turn back now if you haven’t seen episode 5 of Star Trek Discovery’s second season.
The Search for Spock Takes a Detour to the Underworld
Through the weightless throng our heroes travel in the name of love. The episode begins with Burnham running through the corridors of Discovery in slow motion, having just heard the news that Tilly has disappeared. We get a Burnham voice-over during these dramatic moments. “Words define who we are, officer, orphan, widower, ship-mate.” As she says widower, we see Stamets’s pained face as he looks at Burnham trying to make sense of what has happened to Tilly and foreshadowing the episodes events…
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The World Outside the Window 