Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Discovery | 5x05 "Mirrors" - eviltoast
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Captain Burnham and Book journey into extradimensional space in search of the next clue to the location of the Progenitors’ power. Meanwhile, Rayner navigates his first mission in command of the U.S.S. Discovery, and Culber opens up to Tilly.

Written by: Johanna Lee & Carlos Cisco

Directed by: Jen McGowan

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    7 months ago

    I’m kinda left wondering why it needed to be the Enterprise at all, since all we see is the ship, and no one from it. Is it just to give closure in-universe for it? Why couldn’t it just be “any” mirror universe ship?

    I mean, was Burnham so incurious about mirror Spock that she never checked the records?

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      7 months ago

      I mean, was Burnham so incurious about mirror Spock that she never checked the records?

      I don’t think that’s far-fetched - I probably wouldn’t be Space Googling the alternate versions of my loved ones.

      As for it being the Enterprise…I guess it’s to give us a bit of closure regarding Spock’s rebellion. Personally, I think it would’ve been fun to have seen the modified version of the Defiant that was teased in season one.