History Recap / StarTrekDiscoveryS2E13SuchSweetSorrow

-->'''Pike:''' Serving as your captain has been one of the greatest honors of my career. You are exceptional officers. Exceptional individuals. Every single one of you. Lieutenants Detmer and Owosekun, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't saved my life on the way to that asteroid. Lieutenant Nilsson, you stepped up for Airiam in a way that honors her. Lieutenants Bryce and Rhys, you're calm under pressure. And Commander Saru...I'm gonna miss the hell out of you. Lieutenant Spock...there are no words.[...] ''(to Burnham)'' And as for you...most people will never get a chance to learn what's in their own hearts. If we figure it out, it's often not what we expected, or even what we would have chosen for ourselves. I am very grateful, Commander, to have been here to watch you discover your heart. Thank you. I know that you...''(to the bridge crew)'' I know that all of you will face your destinies with bravery and honor, even those moments to come that will test the strongest among us.

-->'''Pike:''' Serving as your captain has been one of the greatest honors of my career. You are exceptional officers. Exceptional individuals. Every single one of you. Lieutenants Detmer and Owosekun, I wouldn't be here if you hadn't saved my life on the way to that asteroid. Lieutenant Nilsson, you stepped up for Airiam in a way that honors her. Lieutenants Bryce and Rhys, you're calm under pressure. And Commander Saru...I'm gonna miss the hell out of you. Lieutenant Spock...there are no words.

* AbandonShip: Pike, Saru, Burnham and the rest of ''Discovery'''s crew do this before activating the SelfDestructMechanism to try and keep the Sphere data in the ship's memory banks out of Control's [[AIIsACrapshoot artificially-intelligent]] hands.

* AbandonShip: Pike, Saru, Burnham and the rest of ''Discovery'''s crew prepare to do this to try and keep the Sphere data in the ship's memory banks out of Control's [[AIIsACrapshoot artificially-intelligent]] hands.

* GenreSavvy: Number One made preparations for battle on her own initiative, assuming (correctly) that the situation wouldn't go according to plan.

* SentientPhlebotinum: The Sphere database proves itself to be this, shutting down the ''Discovery'''s self-destruct sequence to protect its own existence.

* CuttingTheKnot: When the Sphere database disables ''Discovery'''s auto-destruct, Pike initially intends to try destroying the ship from the ''Enterprise''. After witnessing the BadFuture, Burnham convinces Pike not to try this.

* StarKilling: When Burnham recalls that her parents used a stellar lensing array -- to power the Red Angel suit's time crystal, as she later discovered -- Mirror-Georgiou suggests using an antimatter missile to trigger a supernova to achieve the same effect. Cornwell, Pike and the others [[EverybodyHasStandards shoot this idea down]] in short order.

* CallForward: The episode strongly implies that their plan to send ''Discovery'' into the future is what leads to her abandoned state in ''[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso Calypso.]]''
* CuttingTheKnot: When the Sphere database disables ''Discovery'''s auto-destruct, Pike initially intends to try destroying the ship from the ''Enterprise''. Burnham convinces Pike not to try this.

* InsufferableGenius: Queen Po continues this trend from her last appearance, although the only character she's particularly insufferable towards is [[HateSink Mirror Georgiou.]]
* InternalReveal: Mirror Georgiou explains her true origins to Pike, but he already knows about the Mirror Universe and had guessed as much.

* OneWayTrip: Burnham's solution to the indestructible Sphere data remains [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture Flinging A Light Into The Future]], which she intends to do by driving the Time Suit. ItOnlyWorksOnce.
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: In order to charge the time crystal enough to use it the crew have to pull the power directly from the spore drive, which prevents them from using it to simply escape Control's fleet.

* ShutUpHannibal: Po casually puts Georgiou in her place after one too many sarcastic comments;
--->'''Po:''' One of the fun things about becoming queen of the most politically relevant planet in the galaxy is that I don't have to listen to any snark. [[NotHyperbole I made it an actual law.]]

* TrueCompanions: the ''Discovery'' family comes together one more time. Remaining aboard to help Burnham with her SuicideMission: Saru, Detmer, Owosekun, Bryce, Rhys, Nilsson, Cmdr. Nhan, Stamets, Tilly, Jett Reno, Po, Spock and at least one other character who has never had lines (or a name).

--->'''Po:'''One of the fun things about becoming queen of the most politically relevant planet in the galaxy is that I don't have to listen to any snark. [[NotHyperbole I made it an actual law.]]

--->'''Po:'''One of the fun things about becoming queen of the most politically relevant planet in the galaxy is that I don't have to listen to any snark. I made it an actual law.

* MythologyGag:
** The episode's title derives from a line of Shakespeare which was also quoted in ''[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry The Undiscovered Country]]'':
--->'''General Chang:''' "Parting is such sweet sorrow," hmm, Captain? "Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?"
** Mirror-Georgiou proposes using an antimatter missile to induce a supernova. Dr. Soran later uses trilithium-bearing missiles to induce supernovae in his efforts to redirect the Nexus in ''Film/StarTrekGenerations''.

* ItCanThink: From her flash-forward to the BadFuture, Burnham realizes this about the Sphere database aboard ''Discovery'', and concludes that trying to destroy it would be futile and would just lead to Control overwhelming both ships.

* IChooseToStay: Tyler decides not to join Burnham and the others in the future, as he believes someone needs to stay behind to keep something else like Control from ever coming to be.

* CuttingTheKnot: When the Sphere database disables ''Discovery'''s auto-destruct, Pike initially intends to try destroying the ship from the ''Enterprise''. In the BadFuture that Burnham witnesses, this leads to a chain of events where both ships get overwhelmed, so she convinces Pike not to try this.

* TheBusCameBack:
** The ''Enterprise'' is back [[LetsGetDangerous in action]] after her system failures and subsequent stay in drydock earlier in the season.
** Po from "[[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE01Runaway Runaway]]" returns, since a new red burst leads to her planet.

* AllJustADream: Of sorts; Burnham witnesses a BadFuture through the time crystal in which both ''Discovery'' and ''Enterprise'' are beaten by Control's forces and Leland kills her personally -- before snapping back to the bridge of the ''Enterprise'' to warn Pike and the crew of that outcome.

* BackToBackBadasses: ''Discovery'' and the ''Enterprise'' team up in combat against Control's forces.

* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: When Burnham recalls that her parents used a stellar lensing array -- to power the Red Angel suit's time crystal, as she later discovered -- Mirror-Georgiou suggests using an antimatter missile to trigger a supernova

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Since ''Discovery'' must survive to [[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso meet Craft in the far future]], by necessity the attempts to scuttle her are doomed to failure. How she ends up completely abandoned, however, remains to be seen.

* MythologyGag: The episode's title derives from a line of Shakespeare which was also quoted in ''[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry The Undiscovered Country]]'':
-->'''General Chang:''' "Parting is such sweet sorrow," hmm, Captain? "Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?"

* BadFuture: By touching the time crystal, Burnham witnesses a future where Control's forces overwhelm ''Discovery'', followed by Leland Control boarding the ship and slaughtering the bridge crew.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Since ''Discovery'' must survive to [[Recap/StarTrekDiscoveryShortTreksE02Calypso meet Craft in the far future]], by necessity the attempts to scuttle her are doomed to failure.

* HeroicSacrifice: ''Discovery's'' bridge crew, joined by Nhan, decide to join Burnham in taking the ship to the future, even though they'll be stranded there.

* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Since destroying the ship is no longer an option, Burnham hits on the idea of just launching it 1000 years into the future, where Control can never reach it.
* ProperlyParanoid: Number One had the ''Enterprise'' shuttles retrofitted for combat and picked up Starfleet's experimental fighter because she assumed things would go south.

* TheBusCameBack: The ''Enterprise'' is back [[LetsGetDangerous in action]] after her system failures and subsequent stay in drydock earlier in the season.

-->'''[[BigBad General Chang]]:''' "Parting is such sweet sorrow," hmm, Captain? "Have we not heard the chimes at midnight?"