[CaptainCrunch]

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I was kind of enjoying the episode this week, though it was bizarre and over the top, and they have exaggerated the Evil Empire far beyond what it was shown as in previous series. Instead of a Empire, its more like a pirate society, where the purpose of it isn't as much about the application of strength and power that the other Mirror Empires displayed, but Ferengi like profitability.

The premise of going to a planet for a 5% change of saving George, was fine and I'm guessing that the hat wearing paper reading entity is a member of the Q Continuum , I guess.

The idea of Georgiou, changing the future in the mirror universe on the day that she executes her adopted daughter and sets into motion the events of Discovery, so the question is here.

By sparing Michael, does she change the future in both universes. Do the events in the normal and mirror universes shift in a unexpected fashion?

Like I said, I was enjoying the episode until bad actor Michael Burnham made a stunning re-appearance with heavy exaggerated makeup so we'd all know she was eeeevvvvil, she went back into tremendous terrible acting mode, especially on the zoom ins so that she could do such great hits as the psycho smile, the squinty side ways angry glare, and the the I'm so sneaky smug look. Frankly instead of looking evil or powerful, she just looked deranged.

I've gone easy on her acting after the first episode, because she's certainly been a lot better this year because the scripting choices seem easier. But she was so awful and over the top that it was jarring to me.

Meanwhile on the other side, they seem to really want to make Saru just seem like a poor Captain. His interaction with Book was uncomfortable in the face of a valuable volunteer wanting to lash on, and his whole speech with the Admiral about the needs of the many, and the yellow alert, led to the Admiral looking at him like he was a dissapointing son, that would be better off served as a delicious appetizer.

But we did learn that the ship stranded in the nebula where the burn started was Kelpian (sp?) and the Federation rescue ship never arrived. Is this another hint at the origins of the burn or a result of the burn? I don't know.

I kind of figure that this is a two episode arch break from serious work on the Burn, especially with Michael not on the good guy universe Discovery.

This is my first real write up on discovery. A somewhat solid storyline, that makes me wonder if this is Georgiou's exit from the series in the making as she's had a relatively small role this year. Does this have an effect on the time lines of both universes? Why did I cheer when mirror Staments took a knife to the throat? Does everyone in the mirror universe know that they look tremendously guilty and evil all at the same time?