History Recap / StarTrekDiscoveryS2E11PerpetualInfinity

* CanonImmigrant: Georgiou derisively mentions her "sentimental Prime-universe counterpart." The term "Prime Universe" was, until now, an unofficial label for the franchise's original continuity, founded by Creator/GeneRoddenberry, as opposed to the "Kelvinverse" AlternateTimeline from Creator/JJAbrams's films. It originates from the credits of ''Film/StarTrek2009'', where Creator/ZacharyQuinto is credited as "Spock" while Creator/LeonardNimoy plays "Spock Prime," but had never been used in-universe until now. It's also never been used to differentiate aforementioned continuity from the MirrorUniverse whence (this) Georgiou originates, though it obviously serves the purpose.

* AdultFear: Gabrielle tells Burnham that she's seen her dying hundreds of times.

* AdultFear: Gabrielle tells Burnham she's seen her dying hundreds of times.

* GravitySucks: The longer ''Discovery'' keeps Gabrielle and the suit in the containment field, the more power they have to use to fight the gravitational effect of time trying to "yank" her back. Pike and Saru compare it to playing tug-of-war with the universe itself.

* MeaningfulEcho: Gabrielle tells Georgiou that Control will try to kill her because it sees her as "an unacceptable risk to the larger mission", a phrase [[SpottingTheThread Leland had used earlier]] to describe Gabrielle.

** Gabrielle tells Pike that "I can tell you more about your future but you wouldn't like it."

* NoSell: The nanotech-modified Leland-Control shrugs off phaser blasts and even the ridiculously skilled Georgiou can only delay him slightly in hand-to-hand combat.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Control tells Leland before [[GrandTheftMe taking him over]] that his goals and methods to reach those goals aren't that different from Control's.

* OutOfCharacterAlert: Both Georgiou and Tyler realize something is up with Leland but it's only when Georgiou [[SpottingTheThread spots the thread]] that she realizes what's wrong.

** Gabrielle Burnham used the Red Angel suit to try and save her husband and Michael the day the Klingons attacked, but jumped 950 years into the future, long after Control had destroyed all intelligent life in the galaxy.

** Gabrielle was responsible for putting the Sphere in the position where ''Discovery'' would encounter it, hoping that would prevent Control from getting the data.
** Gabrielle has no idea what the crew is talking about when they mention the signals ''Discovery'' was investigating, because she didn't make them.
* SadisticChoice: The only way to stop Leland-Control is to destroy the containment field generators, but with the suit damaged and Gabrielle outside of it she will be lost in the timestream with no technology to assist her.
* SpottingTheThread: Georgiou realizes Control is influencing Leland when Gabrielle makes a comment about how Control views her which echoes a phrase Leland used earlier.
* TrappedInThePast: Inverted with Gabrielle, who inadvertently jumped 950 years into the future and couldn't return because the suit anchored her there. She could only make short jumps back to change the timeline. At the end of the episode, Leland-Control destroys the time crystal in the suit, meaning she's permanently stranded in the future.

* WhamLine: When Pike asks Gabrielle about the red signals, she tells him "I don't know about any signals." This flies in the face of everyone's assumption that as the Red Angel, she was responsible for the red signals.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gabrielle asks Georgiou to promise to look after Michael, stating she's seen her risk and even give up her life to save Michael, even that she loves her. When Georgiou dismisses her by saying Gabrielle obviously believes she's Georgiou-Prime and that as a Terran she's too self-centered and out for herself to ever be so noble, Gabrielle states that to the contrary she knows ''exactly'' who Georgiou really is.
* YouCantFightFate: Gabrielle explains that she keeps trying to change history to prevent Control from committing genocide, but no matter what she does it seems Control gains the Sphere's data and goes on its rampage. At the end of the episode, Spock insists they still have an opportunity to prove her wrong.

* NotSoDifferent: Control tells Leland before [[GrandTheftMe taking him over]] that his goals and methods to reach those goals aren't that different from Control's.

* CanonImmigrant: Georgiou derisively mentions her "sentimental Prime-universe counterpart." The term "Prime Universe" is a fan label for the franchise's original continuity, founded by Creator/GeneRoddenberry, as opposed to the "Kelvinverse" AlternateTimeline from Creator/JJAbrams's films. While it's never been used to differentiate aforementioned continuity from the MirrorUniverse whence (this) Georgiou originates, it obviously serves.

* MythologyGag: Perhaps a CallForward. Prior to assimilating him, Control tells Leland "Struggle is pointless", which sounds a lot like "Resistance is futile".

* GrandTheftMe: Control injects nanotechnology into Leland which allows it to modify Leland's body and occupy it.

** Garbielle tells Pike that "I can tell you more about your future but you wouldn't like it."

* MythologyGag: Perhaps a CallForward. Prior to assimilating him, Control tells Leland “Struggle is pointless”, which sounds a lot like “Resistance id futile”.

* YouCantFightFate: Gabrille explains that she keeps trying to change history to prevent Control from committing genocide, but no matter what she does it seems Control gains the Sphere's data and goes on its rampage. At the end of the episode, Spock insists they still have an opportunity to prove her wrong.

* NotMeThisTime: Gabrielle denies any responsibility for the red spots.

!!Tropes in this episode

* BodyHorror: When Tyler walks in on Leland, the camera doesn't see what's happening with Leland's face, but from what is seen when the camera shows it and the Control nanotech finishes reconstructing it, it probably didn't look pretty.

* MeaningfulEcho: Gabrielle tells Georgiou that Control will try to kill her because it sees her as "an unacceptable risk to the larger mission", a phrase [[SpotTheThread Leland had used earlier]] to describe Gabrielle.

* SpottingTheThread: Georgiou realizes Control is influencing Leland when Gabrielle makes a comment about how Control views her which echos a phrase Leland used earlier.

* YouCantFightFate: Gabrille explains that she keeps trying to change history to prevent Control from committing genocide, but no matter what she does it seems Control gains the Sphere's data and goes on its rampage.

Michael and the crew of ''Discovery'' learn her mother Gabrielle's history and self-decided mission to save life from Control, and Control takes over Leland's body.

* OntologicalInertia: Gabrille explains that she keeps trying to change history to prevent Control from committing genocide, but no matter what she does it seems Control gains the Sphere's data and goes on its rampage.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gabrielle asks Georgiou to promise to look after Michael, stating she's seen her risk and even give up her life to save Michael, even that she loves her. When Georgiou dismisses her by saying Gabrielle obviously believes she's Georgiou-Prime and that as a Terran she's too self-centered and out for herself to ever be so noble, Gabrielle states that to the contrary she knows ''exactly'' who Georgiou really is.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gabrielle asks Georgiou to promise to look after Michael, stating she's seen her risk and even give up her life to save Michael, even that she loves her. When Georgiou dismisses her by saying Gabrielle obviously believes she's Georgiou-Prime and that as a Terran she's too self-centered and out for herself to ever be so noble, Gabrielle states she knows ''exactly'' who Georgiou really is.

* MeaningfulEcho: Gabrielle tells Georgiou that Control will try to kill her because it sees her as "an unacceptable risk to the larger mission", a phrase Leland had used earlier to describe Gabrielle.

* SpottingTheThread: Georgiou realizes Control has taken over Leland when Gabrielle make a comment about how Control views her which echos a phrase Leland used earlier.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gabrielle asks Georgiou to promise to look after Michael, stating she's seen her risk and even give up her life to save Michael, even that she loves her. When Georgiou dismisses her by saying Gabrielle obviously believes she's Georgiou-Prime and she's too self-centered and out for herself to ever be so noble, being a Terran, Gabrielle states she knows ''exactly'' who Georgiou really is.