"What's Past is Prologue" (whose title is taken from a Shakespeare play), is a very fun episode. It can be labeled as a finale of sorts, because it is the final episode in the Mirror Universe. The events that occurred in this episode leads to a surprise ending. Courage and bravery are some of the themes at play here, especially considering this world is led by the fascist Terran Empire that only exists to subjugate non-humans into slavery and other horrible things. The chemistry between Sonequa Martin-Green and Michelle Yeoh continues to be one of my favorite things about this series. There was even a nice little twist for the Empress as she is taken back to the real world of our heroes. The action remains strong, even if people believe there is too much action for a Star Trek series. Honestly, I do not mind. And we say our farewells to Lorca who meets his maker from the hands of the Empress. We could have used more of Lorca. Jason Isaacs brought a certain sense of gravitas to the backstabbing character who was on his own mission. I felt bad for the crew of the U. S. S Discovery once they learned who the real Lorca is. It looks like Saru is gonna have to step up. He had some great moments of inspiration throughout.
With the help of Mirror Stamets, Lorca was able to free his old crew and take over the Charon. Both the Empress and Burnham were able to evade capture and Burnham was able to let the Discovery understand what was happening. They come up with a plan to create an explosion that will allow the real Stamets to use the mycelial network to take them back to their own world. Burnham and Georgiou are able to attack and defeat Lorca. Georgiou wanted to stay behind, but Michael decided to take the Empress with her. They arrive back to their normal world...nine months later and learn some unsettling news.
The ending surprised me. I did not think they would have a Klingon victory in this universe. There are some questions that I thought about. How will Georgiou take to the world of the Federation? The Federation's ideals and values are certainly different from what Mirror Georgiou is accustomed to. What about Ash? Michael's former lover is a Klingon...or at least was one. How will he play into all of what's happening?
My Grade: A.
With the help of Mirror Stamets, Lorca was able to free his old crew and take over the Charon. Both the Empress and Burnham were able to evade capture and Burnham was able to let the Discovery understand what was happening. They come up with a plan to create an explosion that will allow the real Stamets to use the mycelial network to take them back to their own world. Burnham and Georgiou are able to attack and defeat Lorca. Georgiou wanted to stay behind, but Michael decided to take the Empress with her. They arrive back to their normal world...nine months later and learn some unsettling news.
The ending surprised me. I did not think they would have a Klingon victory in this universe. There are some questions that I thought about. How will Georgiou take to the world of the Federation? The Federation's ideals and values are certainly different from what Mirror Georgiou is accustomed to. What about Ash? Michael's former lover is a Klingon...or at least was one. How will he play into all of what's happening?
My Grade: A.