History Recap / StarTrekDiscoveryS2E03PointOfLight

* DecapitationPresentation: L'Rell presents the heads of Tyler and her child to the rest of the council to cement her rule. In reality, heads are very convincing fakes made by Section 31.

* BigDamnHeroes: Mirror-Georgiou suddenly appears to save L'Rell and Tyler from Kol-Sha.

* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Section 31 is shown to have access to a ''lot'' of technology regular Starfleet personnel don't, as Tyler notes.
** Including a [[InvisibilityCloak cloaking device]], which at this time (2257) no other Federation ship has been shown to use.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Kol-Sha accuses L'Rell of being a Federation puppet and conspiring with them because Tyler warned Burnham that the L'Rell's peace seemed to be in danger of falling apart, when L'Rell truly is totally loyal to the Empire. Neither he nor her know that Section 31 is secretly working to make sure she stays in power.

* AdultFear: L'Rell and Tyler have their child kidnapped by Kol-Sha.

** Including a cloaking device, which at this time (2257) no other Federation ship has been shown to use.

* SpottingTheThread: Burnham immediately realizes that May can't be a ghost or a hallucination because sheMay doesn't recognize tears: if she really was May's ghost, a teenage human girl would certainly know what crying is, and if she was just a figment of Tilly's mind, Tilly ''also'' knows what crying is.

* CrossReferencedTitles: The title of the episode is a reference to the story of Kahless' departure from Qo'nos, when he indicated a star in the sky, and instructed the people to look for him "on that point of light". That story and the monastery the Klingons would later build on the planet Boreth, which orbited the star that Kahless had pointed to, made their first appearance in the ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode ''[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E21RightfulHeir Rightful Heir]]''.
* DecapitationPresentation: L'Rell presents the heads of Tyler and her child to the rest of the council to cement her rule. The heads are very convincing fakes made by Section 31.
* FakingTheDead: Section 31 provides L'Rell with fake heads of Tyler and their son so she can convince the council Tyler killed the child and she killed Tyler.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tyler is shown having trouble washing the paint he'd gotten from Kol-Sha's face off his hand. Kol-Sha reveals it consists of nanotech that he was using to listen in on him.

* LaymansTerms: One of Spock's doctors states in a recording that he's suffering from "extreme empathy deficits". Amanda says that there's a much simpler term to describe it - psychopathy.

* MythologyGag: Spock is described as being "emotionally compromised", which was what Kirk weaponized to take command of ''Enterprise'' [[Film/StarTrek2009 in the]] ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Kelvin]]'' [[Film/StarTrek2009 timeline]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: Mirror-Georgiou starts making goo-goo faces at Tyler's son but snaps back to a serious expression when he catches her.
* OhCrap: Burnham does a ''magnificent'' "Oh shit" face when Amanda reveals she stole Spock's medical file.

** Michael reveals she hurt Spock as a child to keep him away from her for his own protection after she was targeted by extremists. [[TranquilFury Amanda...does not take it well]].

* RealityEnsues: Most times having a hallucinatory buddy who talks with you is, at worst, a source of irritation or confusion. This episode shows what a psychological toll such a problem is likely to cause.
* RevealingCoverup: Pike discovers that Spock is wanted for murder for killing three doctors on Starbase 5, which the commander of the Starbase was reluctant to share with him. The fact that neither Pike (his CO) or Spock's family were told or questioned about the supposed crime, and that no one else in Starfleet was warned to be on the lookout for him, tells Burnham and Amanda there's a lot more to his disappearance than they suspected.

* SpottingTheThread: Burnham immediately realizes that May can't be a ghost or a hallucination because she doesn't recognize tears: if she was May's ghost, a teenage human girl would certainly know what crying is, and if she was just a figment of Tilly's mind, Tilly also knows what crying is.

* ThatsAnOrder: When Pike finds out Spock is being hunted, he doesn't agree with Burnham and Amanda's request to hack into Spock's medical file; he explicitly ''orders'' Burnham to do so. The implication is that he does so to provide Burnham with a JustFollowingOrders defense if it gets found out.

* UterineReplicator: L'Rell tells Tyler their child was gestated ''ex utero'' because she couldn't be pregnant while their mission to infiltrate ''Discovery'' was ongoing. However, the process left the child small so it still looks like a newborn rather than months old.

* WouldHurtAChild: Kol-Sha kidnaps the child of Voq and L'Rell, threatening to kill him if she doesn't hand the chancellorship over to him.

* SpottingTheThread: Burnham immediately realizes that May can't be a ghost or a hallucination because she doesn't recognize tears: if she was a ghost, a teenage human girl would certainly know what crying is, and if she was just a figment of Tilly's mind, Tilly also knows what crying is.

** L'Rell fakes the deaths of her son and Tyler, claiming Tyler killed the child and tried to kill her, while Kol-Sha died protecting her from Tyler. She states that she's unable to have children any more and now considers all Klingons to be her children, dubbing herself "Mother" of the Empire. All of this is to make the Council believe in Klingon unity, that she's ruthless enough to kill someone she's close to, and that she will have no heir to replace her in the future.

* TranquilFury: Amanda barely shows any emotion when Burnham reveals she hurt Spock as a child to keep him away from her for what she thought was his own protection, but it's clear she's absolutely livid.

* OutOfCharacterAlert: Tilly notes that the May she knew in school was quiet and timid, while the one she's seeing aboard ''Discovery'' is increasingly angry and belligerent.

* RevealingCoverup: Pike discovers that Spock is wanted for murder for killing three doctors on Starbase 5, which the commander of the Starbase was reluctant to share with him. The fact that neither Pike (his CO) or Spock's family were told or questioned about the supposed crime, and that no one else in Starfleet was warned to be on the lookout for him, tells Burnham and Amanda there's allot more to his disappearance than they suspected.