History Recap / StarTrekDiscoveryS2E10TheRedAngel

* DudeShesALesbian: Georgiou’s hits on Stamets and Culber give both of them the chance to say “you know he’s gay, right?”

** Burnham's parents secretly worked for Section 31, and her mother developed the Red Angel suit to use in a potential temporal conflict against the Klingons. They were killed when Leland unintentionally allowed a Klingon agent to trace the time crystal that Section 31 stole from the Klingons to them, though Burnham's mother evidently escaped using the suit (or really did die in the attack, and has yet to return to that time period).

* AnythingThatMoves: According to Georgiou, who herself fits the trope, she had flings with both Mirror!Stamets and Mirror!Culber, who were pansexual. Stamets then counters that even if that were true, the Prime universe's versions of them are firmly on the "gay" side of the spectrum. Culber in particular is shocked to hear Georgiou call him "papi".

Tilly finds a datafile in Airiam's memory that reveals the Red Angel is a future version of Burnham, and the crew of ''Discovery'' and Section 31 set out to capture her in order to stop her from traveling through time.

* BaitAndSwitch: Because the Angel's neural patterns closely match Burnham's, and the Red Angel has appeared at points where Burnham's life was in danger, they believe Burnham in the future must have somehow obtained the suit and is now using it. To capture the Red Angel, they put Burnham's life in danger deliberately so future Burnham will be forced to prevent a GrandfatherParadox. As it turns out, the Red Angel isn't Burnham, but her mother, so the reason she acted as such was to protect her daughter.

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to Section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology throughout history, including Earth, were the result of time travelers. For example, [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Henry Starling jumpstarting the development of microchips]] through his study of the timeship ''Aeon'' back in the 60s or [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Scotty providing Dr. Nichols with the formula for transparent aluminum]] in 1986.
* ConnectedAllAlong: The mysterious Red Angel is not future Burnham ... but her mother.

* EntertaininglyWrong: The crew think they have evidence that proves that a future version of Burnham is the Red Angel. Instead, the being is revealed to be Burnham's mother.
* EyeScream: The future AI causes Leland's retinal scanner to jab a needle into his eye when it infiltrates his ship. It's possible this is meant to be a countermeasure for unauthorized access.
* {{Forgiveness}}: Spock finally accepts Burnham's apology for the things she said to him as a child.
-->'''Burnham:''' What you said about...me always finding a way to blame myself...You are right. I brought my guilt into your home. I’m sorry.\\
'''Spock:''' You were a child...with a child’s understanding of an event that even adults would struggle to comprehend. However, if it will ease your suffering, I accept your apology.
* FreeLoveFuture: Georgiou implies the MirrorUniverse is like this, claiming to have had casual sex with its versions of Stamets and Culber.

* GrandfatherParadox: Referenced by name when Burnham points out the way to lure her future self to where she can be captured is to have present Burnham placed in mortal danger so the Red Angel will have to intervene to save her past self.

* HostageSituation: When Pike orders the attempt to lure the Red Angel stopped, Spock pulls his phaser and holds Culber, Stamets and Georgiou hostage to prevent them from rescuing Burnham.

* MythologyGag: Airiam's funeral is an homage to ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'', right down to having a speech (or several) in her memory, followed by music (singing, instead of bagpipes), and launching the casket from the ship towards a nearby planet.

* PartingWordsRegret: {{Defied}} when Burnham goes to see Tyler after giving him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, telling him that she doesn't want that to be the last thing she says to him. He accepts that she was angry about how Section 31 indirectly caused the Klingon attack on Doctari Alpha.
* PetTheDog: Georgiou displays honest concern over Burnham's well-being and safety, and for once openly shows and isn't trying to deny she truly cares about her.

** Subverted -- Pike and Cornwell are convinced the Project Daedalus file is a fake set up by Control as a diversion, until Culber points out if it were a fake, the brain scans contained within it would be flawless and not have the small imperfections that real people have.

** Burnham's parents secretly worked for Section 31 and her mother developed the Red Angel suit to use in a potential temporal conflict against the Klingons. They were killed when Leland unintentionally allowed a Klingon agent to trace the time crystal stolen by Section 31 from the Klingons to them, though Burnham's mother evidently escaped using the suit (or really did die in the attack, and has yet to return to that time period).
* ScriptReadingDoors: Lampshaded when Tilly apologizes for barging into a meeting, saying she should have knocked but couldn't because the doors open automatically.
* SpottingTheThread: Spock realizes the times and places the Red Angel has shown up without being connected to one of the signals is when Burnham herself has been in danger.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Admiral Cornwell, who supervised the operation to overthrow Section 31, disappears again, not appearing again until the 2-part finale. (This is slightly more justified than Jett Reno's on-and-off presence as Cornwell was explicitly shown arriving via her own FasterThanLightTravel-capable shuttle -- not to mention that ''Discovery'' accomplished the objective she had set for it.)
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Nhan and Burnham come to respect each other by this -- Burnham by telling Nhan that she did the right thing by opening the airlock, and Nhan saying that she was glad Burnham was still trying to find other solutions.

-->'''Burnham:''' What you said about...me always finding a way to blame myself...You are right. I brought my guilt
into your home. I’m sorry.\\

* WhamLine:

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to Section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology throughout history, including Earth, were the result of time travelers. For example, [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Henry Starling jumpstarting the development of microchips]] through his study of the timeship ''Aeon'' back in the 60s or [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome Scotty providing Dr. Nichols with the formula for transparent aluminum]] in 1986]].

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology on throughout history, including Earth, was the result of time travelers. [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Like when Henry Starling found the]] ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Aeon]]'' [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd back in the 60s]] [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome or Dr. Nichols receiving the formula for transparent aluminum in 1986...]]

* DepravedBisexual: Georgiou claimed that the mirror universe version of both Paul Stamets and Hugh Culber were pansexual rather than homosexual.

* GrandfatherParadox: Referenced by name when Burnham points out the way to lure future her to where she can be captured is to have present Burnham placed in mortal danger so the Red Angel intervenes to save her past self.

* ScriptReadingDoors: Lampshades when Tilly apologizes for barging into a meeting, saying she should have knocked but couldn't because the doors open automatically.

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology on throughout history, including Earth, was the result of time travelers. [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Like when Henry Starling found the]] ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Aeon]]'' [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd back in the 60s]] [[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome or a Dr. Nichols receiving the formula for transparent aluminum in 1986...]]

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology on throughout history, including Earth, was the result of time travelers. [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Like when Henry Starling found the]] ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Aeon]]'' [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd back in the 60s]][[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome or a Dr. Nichols receiving the formula for transparent aluminum in 1986...]]

* ContinuityNod: When explaining their connection to section 31, Leland explains that Burnham's parents had a theory that certain jumps in technology on throughout history, including Earth, was the result of time travelers. [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Like when Henry Starling found the]] ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd Aeon]]'' [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS3E8FuturesEnd back in the 60s...]]