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** Saru is taken aback when Lorca decides to seek Starfleet's opinion when Cornwell is captured, rather than simply rescuing her without delay. Lorca justifies this by noting her capture could be another potential trap and ''Discovery'' is too important to sacrifice, which placates Saru.

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** Saru is taken aback when Lorca decides to seek Starfleet's opinion when Cornwell is captured, rather than simply rescuing her without delay. Lorca justifies this by noting her capture could be another potential trap and ''Discovery'' is too important to sacrifice, which placates Saru. (Of course, in reality Lorca doesn't want Cornwell and her psychiatric evaluation of him to get back to Starfleet, lest he loose the ''Discovery...)''
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Kol managed to get at least Dennas, Ujilli, and their houses to support him as ''de facto'' leader of the Empire by offering cloaking technology in exchange.
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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Kol managed to get at least Dennas, Ujilli, and their houses to support him as ''de facto'' leader of the Empire by offering cloaking technology in exchange.
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* SpaceClouds: Sarek's shuttle is knocked out of warp in the middle of a highly radioactive nebula. The radiation scatters sensors and its size makes probes impractical for a search. ''Discovery'' can't fly in to get him because it would react explosively with their spore drive. Burnham has to fly in with a shuttle so she can get Sarek to activate his locator beacon.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Burnham confronts Sarek over his failure to tell her the truth of what had happened on Vulcan and his continuing refusal to discuss it with her.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Burnham confronts Sarek over his failure to tell her the truth of what really had happened on with her rejection by the Vulcan Expeditionary Group and his continuing refusal to discuss it with her.
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* AllForNothing: Sarek reluctantly allowed Burnham to be denied a place in the Vulcan Expeditionary Force so his son could one day join, only for Spock to reject the invitation and join Starfleet. Having such a difficult choice be rendered moot through no fault of his own weighs heavily on him.

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* AllForNothing: Sarek reluctantly allowed Burnham to be denied a place in the Vulcan Expeditionary Force Group so his son could one day join, only for Spock to reject the invitation and join Starfleet. Having such a difficult choice be rendered moot through no fault of his own weighs heavily on him.



** The Vulcan Expeditionary Force would only accept either the human Burnham or half-human Spock, because one-and-a-half humans would be unacceptable even though both were eminently qualified.

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** The Vulcan Expeditionary Force Group would only accept either the human Burnham or half-human Spock, because one-and-a-half humans would be unacceptable even though both were eminently qualified.



* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. Instead of fighting for both he chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead. He never told Burnham the truth, allowing her to believe that she hadn't been good enough.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. Group. Instead of fighting for both he chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock later made the decision to go into Starfleet instead. He never told Burnham the truth, allowing her to believe that she hadn't been good enough.
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* SavedByCanon: It'll be a while yet before Sarek dies, so his rescue here is guaranteed.

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* RankUp: Lorca officially gives Burnham a posting on ''Discovery'' as the science specialist on the bridge, moving her up from an unranked consultant.

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* RankUp: RankUp:
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Lorca officially gives Burnham a posting on ''Discovery'' as the science specialist on the bridge, moving her up from an unranked consultant.consultant.
** Kol has leveraged his control of the cloaking technology into becoming the leader of the entire Klingon Empire.
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* EnemyCivilWar: The Klingons lure Sarek and then Cornwell into the meeting by pretending that one of these is brewing within the Empire.
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* TheBusCameBack: Dennas and Ujilli reappear for the first time since the second episode.

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* CallBack: Sarek involuntarily uses the interstellar mind meld that he used in the pilot to contact Burnham.



* DrillSergeantNasty: Burnham plays a version of this as she works with Tilly to improve her physical fitness scores.

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* DareToBeBadass: When Tilly questions the necessity of shaving a few seconds off her time while doing laps, Burnham points out that getting a certain score shows merit which counts toward being captain, and encourages her with that goal.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Burnham plays a version of this as she works with Tilly to improve her physical fitness scores. At the end of the episode, she admits that she was too harsh, but Tilly still sees her advice as worth following.



* ExactWords: When Burnham asks Sarek if he remembers what happened during the mind-meld, he attempts to brush it off by noting that he was unconscious. She doesn't buy it for a moment. When she then tells him that if they'd talked about it they'd have grown closer as a family, he tries to get out of it again by noting that technically they weren't related to avoid admitting he screwed up.

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* ExactWords: When Burnham asks Sarek if he remembers what happened during the mind-meld, he attempts to brush it off by noting that he was unconscious. She doesn't buy it for a moment. When she then tells him that if they'd talked about it they'd have grown closer as a family, he tries to get out of it again by noting that technically they weren't related to avoid admitting he screwed up. She doesn't buy this one, either, pointedly calling him "father" while promising to discuss it one day.



* RankUp: Lorca tells Burnham he's moving her to the bridge to be the science specialist.

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* PetTheDog: Lorca decides to rescue Sarek solely because Burnham asks him, and tells her directly that he did it because he is there for his crew just as he expects them to be there for him.
* RankUp: Lorca tells officially gives Burnham he's moving her to the bridge to be a posting on ''Discovery'' as the science specialist.specialist on the bridge, moving her up from an unranked consultant.



* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Tyler ignores Lorca's instructions to abandon the search for Sarek if Burnham was at risk.

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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight:
** Lorca decides to rescue Sarek in spite of the Vulcans' reluctance because it's important to Burnham, who he cares far more about.
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Tyler ignores Lorca's instructions to abandon the search for Sarek if Burnham was at risk.


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* SpottingTheThread: When Burnham explains the memory she keeps barging into when trying to get through to Sarek, thinking he was disappointed by her failure, Tyler realizes that Sarek wouldn't reminisce about the event unless it meant something more to him. This allows Burnham to get through to Sarek.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Cornwell is not happy about Stamets performing illegal genetic experiments on himself, though she seems to let it slide since it got the spore drive working.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Tilly tells Burnham that Tyler is hot. Tilly eventually seems to agree.

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* EatingTheEyeCandy: Tilly tells Burnham that Tyler is hot. Tilly Burnham eventually seems to agree.
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* BatmanGambit: Lorca suggesting Cornwell continue Sarek's mission to meet with the Klingons prevents her from returning home and removing him from command, and he seems to have anticipated things would go pear-shaped.

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* BatmanGambit: Lorca suggesting Cornwell continue Sarek's mission to meet with the Klingons prevents her from returning home and removing him from command, and he seems to have anticipated the possibility things would go pear-shaped.pear-shaped.
* BodyCountCompetition: After their training simulation, Lorca has 24 kills and asks Tyler for his score. Tyler says 22, but Lorca checks his rifle and reads 36. Tyler tries to brush it off, but Lorca insists that he needs to be proud of excellence. He also expects his Chief of Security to shoot better than him.



* CallingTheOldManOut: Burnham confronts Sarek over his failure to tell her the truth of what had happened on Vulcan and his continuing refusal to discuss it with her.



* DrillSergeantNasty: Burnham plays a version of this as she works with Tilly to improve her physical fitness scores.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Tilly tells Burnham that Tyler is hot. Tilly eventually seems to agree.
* ExactWords: When Burnham asks Sarek if he remembers what happened during the mind-meld, he attempts to brush it off by noting that he was unconscious. She doesn't buy it for a moment. When she then tells him that if they'd talked about it they'd have grown closer as a family, he tries to get out of it again by noting that technically they weren't related to avoid admitting he screwed up.



* ImpostorExposingTest: During their training simulation, Lorca asks Tyler various personal questions, testing if his answers match up with his personnel file. Though Tyler does generalize his hometown as Seattle despite actually living slightly outside it, he otherwise passes with flying colors. Both of them quickly acknowledge what Lorca is doing.



* KillCountCompetition: After their training simulation, Lorca has 26 kills and asks Tyler for his score. Tyler says 22, but Lorca checks his rifle and reads 28. Tyler tries to brush it off, but Lorca insists that he needs to be proud of excellence. He also expects his Chief of Security to shoot better than him.



** Saru is taken aback when Lorca decides to seek Starfleet's opinion when Cornwell is captured, rather than simply rescuing her without delay. Lorca justifies this by noting her capture could be a potential trap and ''Discovery'' is too important to sacrifice, which placates Saru.

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** Saru is taken aback when Lorca decides to seek Starfleet's opinion when Cornwell is captured, rather than simply rescuing her without delay. Lorca justifies this by noting her capture could be a another potential trap and ''Discovery'' is too important to sacrifice, which placates Saru.Saru.
* OldFlame: Lorca and Cornwell used to have a relationship, and they end up having sex.
* RankUp: Lorca tells Burnham he's moving her to the bridge to be the science specialist.



* SecretTestofCharacter: During their training simulation, Lorca asks Tyler various personal questions, testing if his answers match up with his personnel file. Though Tyler does generalize his hometown as Seattle despite actually living slightly outside it, he otherwise passes with flying colors.
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* KillCountCompetition: After their training simulation, Lorca has 26 kills and asks Tyler for his score. Tyler says 22, but Lorca checks his rifle and reads 28. Tyler tries to brush it off, but Lorca insists that he needs to be proud of excellence. He also expects his Chief of Security to shoot better than him.


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* SecretTestofCharacter: During their training simulation, Lorca asks Tyler various personal questions, testing if his answers match up with his personnel file. Though Tyler does generalize his hometown as Seattle despite actually living slightly outside it, he otherwise passes with flying colors.
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Lorca offers Tyler the position of security chief on ''Discovery'' and faces questions on his fitness to command by Admiral Cornwell. Sarek is nearly killed while on a secret mission and Burnham find him before he dies.

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Lorca offers Tyler the position of security chief on ''Discovery'' and faces questions on his fitness to command by Admiral Cornwell. Sarek is nearly killed while on a secret mission and Burnham must find him before he dies.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: In the mind meld, Sarek proves to be nearly the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat,
* BatmanGambit: Lorca suggesting Cornwell continue Sarek's mission to meet with the Klingons prevents her from returning home and removing him from command.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: In the mind meld, Sarek proves to be nearly the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat,
combat, despite being near-death.
* BatmanGambit: Lorca suggesting Cornwell continue Sarek's mission to meet with the Klingons prevents her from returning home and removing him from command.command, and he seems to have anticipated things would go pear-shaped.



* LuredIntoATrap: The negotiations with the Klingons were a ruse by Kol to capture a high-ranking Vulcan. A Starfleet Admiral is a decent consolation prize when Sarek is waylaid. Lorca seems to have expected this outcome when sending Cornwell.



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By attempting to kill Sarek, the Vulcan extremists unintentionally ensured he wasn't in position to be captured by the Klingons.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: NiceJobFixingItVillain:
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By attempting to kill Sarek, the Vulcan extremists unintentionally ensured he wasn't in position to be captured by the Klingons.Klingons.
** By capturing Cornwell, the Klingons have made sure Lorca will retain his post, at least for now.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: Sarek's inability to fight off Burnham in the mind meld is indicated to be a side-effect of his deteriorating condition.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: Dream-Sarek proves to be nearly the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.

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* AllForNothing: Sarek reluctantly allowed Burnham to be denied a place in the Vulcan Expeditionary Force so his son could one day join, only for Spock to reject the invitation and join Starfleet. Having such a difficult choice be rendered moot through no fault of his own weighs heavily on him.
* {{Ambadassador}}: Dream-Sarek In the mind meld, Sarek proves to be nearly the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.combat,



** Burnham specifically mentions the Constitution Class USS ''Enterprise''.

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** Burnham specifically mentions the Constitution Class class USS ''Enterprise''.''Enterprise'', indicating it and others of its class are a highly desired posting for captains.



* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. Instead of fighting for both he chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead, and never told Burnham the truth, allowing her to believe that she hadn't been good enough.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. Instead of fighting for both he chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead, and instead. He never told Burnham the truth, allowing her to believe that she hadn't been good enough.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Lorca takes note of Stamets being unusually chipper, though he accepts that Stamets turning himself into a living computer is probably exciting from a certain perspective.
** Saru is taken aback when Lorca decides to seek Starfleet's opinion when Cornwell is captured, rather than simply rescuing her without delay. Lorca justifies this by noting her capture could be a potential trap and ''Discovery'' is too important to sacrifice, which placates Saru.
* ReluctantRetiree: Cornwell tells Lorca that she plans to have him step down voluntarily rather than just removing him from command, so he can seek help and eventually regain his post. Her capture scuttles that plan for the foreseeable future.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Lorca reveals to be one when he [[WakeUpFighting wakes up suddenly after having sex with Cornwell, chokes her and sticks a phaser in her face]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Tilly was actively trying to get Burnham to play nice with Tyler.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Lorca reveals himself to be one when he [[WakeUpFighting wakes up suddenly after having sex with Cornwell, chokes her and sticks a phaser in her face]].
* ShipperOnDeck: Tilly was is actively trying to get Burnham to play nice with Tyler.



* WakeUpFighting: Lorca is suddenly awakened by Cornwell and responds violently. She does not take it well.

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* WakeUpFighting: Lorca is suddenly awakened by Cornwell and responds violently. She does not take it well.well.
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Lorca offers Tyler the position of security chief on ''Discovery'' while Sarek is nearly killed on a secret mission and Burnham goes looking for him.

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Lorca offers Tyler the position of security chief on ''Discovery'' while and faces questions on his fitness to command by Admiral Cornwell. Sarek is nearly killed while on a secret mission and Burnham goes looking for him.
find him before he dies.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: Dream-Sarek proves to be the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.

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* {{Ambadassador}}: Dream-Sarek proves to be nearly the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.



** Sarek's inability to be a good father to Michael due to stubbornness is the same problem he had with Spock.

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** Sarek's inability to be a good the father to Michael needed due to stubbornness is the same problem he had with Spock.



* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists trying to specifically kill her.

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* TheReveal: The school Vulcan learning center bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death as a child was caused by Vulcan extremists trying to specifically kill her.her.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Tyler ignores Lorca's instructions to abandon the search for Sarek if Burnham was at risk.


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* ShipperOnDeck: Tilly was actively trying to get Burnham to play nice with Tyler.

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** Sarek's inability to be a good father to Michael due to stubbornness is the same problem he had with Spock.



* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind through a remote mind-meld in order to wake him up and send out a distress signal.

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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind through a remote mind-meld in order to wake him up and send out a distress signal.signal from his damaged ship.



* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists.

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* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists.extremists trying to specifically kill her.
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* ActionBomb: Sarek's aide blows himself up in an attempt to kill Sarek and sabotage his mission.

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* ActionBomb: Sarek's aide blows himself up in an attempt to kill Sarek and sabotage his mission. He fails in the former, but succeeds in the latter.

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* BotheringByTheBook: Lorca plays by the rules and requests orders when Cornwell is captured instead of charging off to her rescue because that prevents her from removing him from command and getting psychological treatment.

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* BotheringByTheBook: Lorca plays by the rules and requests orders when Cornwell is captured instead of charging off to her rescue because that prevents her from removing him from command and getting psychological treatment.command.



** The Vulcan Expeditionary Force would only accept either the human Burnham or half-human Spock, because one-and-a-half humans would be unacceptable.

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** The Vulcan Expeditionary Force would only accept either the human Burnham or half-human Spock, because one-and-a-half humans would be unacceptable.unacceptable even though both were eminently qualified.



* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. He chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead.

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* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. He Instead of fighting for both he chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead. instead, and never told Burnham the truth, allowing her to believe that she hadn't been good enough.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By attempting to kill Sarek, the Vulcan extremists unintentionally ensured he wasn't in position to be captured by the Klingons.

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* BatmanGambit: Lorca suggesting Cornwell continue Sarek's mission to meet with the Klingons prevents her from returning home and removing him from command.
* BotheringByTheBook: Lorca plays by the rules and requests orders when Cornwell is captured instead of charging off to her rescue because that prevents her from removing him from command and getting psychological treatment.



* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind in order to wake him up and send out a distress signal.

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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind through a remote mind-meld in order to wake him up and send out a distress signal.


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* {{Squee}}: Stamets is almost giddy at the idea of setting up a remote mind-meld.
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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind in order to wake him up.

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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind in order to wake him up.up and send out a distress signal.

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** Spock and his half-human heritage is referenced.

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** Spock and Spock, his half-human heritage heritage, and decision to refuse Sarek's wishes and joining Starfleet is referenced.



* ShellShockedVeteran: Lorca reveals to be one when he wakes up suddenly after having sex with Cornwall, chokes her and sticks a phaser in her face.

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* ShellShockedVeteran: Lorca reveals to be one when he [[WakeUpFighting wakes up suddenly after having sex with Cornwall, Cornwell, chokes her and sticks a phaser in her face.face]].
* WakeUpFighting: Lorca is suddenly awakened by Cornwell and responds violently. She does not take it well.
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* Ambadassador: Dream-Sarek proves to be the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.

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* Ambadassador: {{Ambadassador}}: Dream-Sarek proves to be the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.



** Spock is referenced.

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** Spock and his half-human heritage is referenced.

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* ActionBomb: Sarek's aide blows himself up in order to kill Sarek and sabotage his mission.
* ContinuityNod: Burnham specifically mentions the Constitution Class USS ''Enterprise''.

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* ActionBomb: Sarek's aide blows himself up in order an attempt to kill Sarek and sabotage his mission.
* ContinuityNod: Ambadassador: Dream-Sarek proves to be the equal of Burnham in hand-to-hand combat.
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Burnham specifically mentions the Constitution Class USS ''Enterprise''.''Enterprise''.
** Spock is referenced.



** Sarek's aide states humans are inferior to Vulcans before he blows himself up.
** There's a group of Vulcan "logic extremists" who use terrorist tactics due to their belief non-Vulcans ar einferior and Vulcans should have nothing to do with them.
* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists.

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** Sarek's aide states humans are inferior to Vulcans before he blows himself up.
** There's a group of Vulcan "logic extremists" who use terrorist tactics due to their belief non-Vulcans ar einferior are inferior and Vulcans should have nothing to do with them. Sarek's aide was one of them.
** The Vulcan Expeditionary Force would only accept either the human Burnham or half-human Spock, because one-and-a-half humans would be unacceptable.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Burnham has to enter Sarek's mind in order to wake him up.
* MyGreatestFailure: Sarek was forced to choose between Spock and Michael getting into the Vulcan Expeditionary Force. He chose Spock, which turned out to be a waste as Spock made the decision to go into Starfleet instead.
* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists.extremists.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Lorca reveals to be one when he wakes up suddenly after having sex with Cornwall, chokes her and sticks a phaser in her face.
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Lorca offers Tyler the position of security chief on ''Discovery'' while Sarek is nearly killed on a secret mission Burnham goes looking for him.

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* ActionBomb: Sarek's aide blows himself up in order to kill Sarek and sabotage his mission.
* ContinuityNod: Burnham specifically mentions the Constitution Class USS ''Enterprise''.
* FantasticRacism:
** Sarek's aide states humans are inferior to Vulcans before he blows himself up.
** There's a group of Vulcan "logic extremists" who use terrorist tactics due to their belief non-Vulcans ar einferior and Vulcans should have nothing to do with them.
* TheReveal: The school bombing that nearly caused Burnham's death was caused by Vulcan extremists.

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