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-->''' Mirror Burnham:''' ''(to Mirror Tilly)'' Rot in hell, bitch.
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* SpotTheImposter: Played with as Mirror Saru figures out this is not "his" Emperor when she tells him the truth about the Vahar’ai ''va'harai'' on top of her other actions. He openly warns her to "go back to where you're from" before anyone else discovers it and kills her, not grasping this is still this universe's Giorgiou, Georgiou, just changed. changed.
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-->'''Georgiou''': The Klingons and Romulans despise one another.
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* KillEmAll: The Mirror version of just about every known ''Discovery'' character is dead by the end of the episode. Only Mirror Tilly, Owo and Saru are left.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The guardian can now disguise itself, use a human avatar, allow for travel to the mirror universe and back, is mobile, can express emotions, and has tripled in size.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The guardian can now disguise itself, use Guardian was previously depicted as an immobile, sentient gateway into the past. In this two-parter, it demonstrates the ability to alter its appearance at will, generate a human avatar, avatar to interact with people, can allow for travel to the mirror universe and back, is mobile, can express emotions, relocate itself anywhere it pleases, and has tripled a greater range of emotion in size.its human avatar. The Guardian lampshades that he was previously far more permissive about people using him to travel into the past, until they started abusing that privilege as a weapon in the Temporal Wars.
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* TheGhost: As with the prior episode, Captain Lorca (Creator/JasonIsaacs) is frequently mentioned but never appears. Other cameos, such as Captain Pike, Number One, and the entire ''[=TOS=]'' crew, who ought to be around somewhere -- true, they'd be the ages they were in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', but "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]" tells us they'd still be in service -- are not even contemplated.
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* EnemyMine: Apparently, Lorca has managed to convince Klingons and Romulans to ally against Georgiou. Given what Georgiou did with [=Qo'noS=], it probably didn't take a lot of convincing for the Klingons.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Georgiou after she runs Michael through with her sword.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: By the end, Georgiou is practically begging Mirror Burnham not to force her to kill her. Sadly, Mirror Burnham can only see this as [[LoveIsAWeakness weakness]].
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* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Georgiou orders that Mirror Burnham be tortured to break her will and make her loyal again, which she rationalizes as a necessity in a universe where strength is the only constant.
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* ContinuityNod: Carl alludes to his previous appearance as the Guardian of Forever when he explains that he used to let people travel back in time whenever they wanted, but it was on them to fix any damage they caused. This is exactly what Kirk, Spock, and [=McCoy=] went through.
* MutualKill: Georgiou stabs Mirror Burnham through the gut with her sword, but gets a dagger to the jugular in return, dying in Mirror Saru's arms.
* ProperlyParanoid: When Mirror Burnham turns on Georgiou a second time, Georgiou reveals that she suspected this would happen, at which point her backup breaks into the room and guns down the traitors.
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* RuleOfThree: Tn the previous episode, Georgiou strikes at Burnham with a sword, twice, but holds back each time. In this episode, she doesn't.
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* TimTaylorTechnology: In an effort to access the sensors on the Kelpien ship, Stamets and Adira keep dumping more and more power into the long-range sensors in order to break through the interference. Book then shows up with an Emerald Chain subspace amplifier which is able to cut through the interference.
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* KillEmAll: The Mirror version of just out every known ''Discovery'' character is dead by the end of the episode. Only Mirror Tilly, Owo and Saru are left.
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* CanonhCharacterAllAlong: Carl turns out to be a manifestation of [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever the Guardian of Forever]].
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* KillEmAll: The Mirror version of just out every known ''Discovery'' character is dead by the end of the episode. Only Mirror Tilly, Owo and Saru are left.
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* FakingTheDead: Burnham and Saru decide to simply report Georgiou as dead rather than try to explain what happened to her or reveal the presence of the Guardian of Forever. (This is not technically inaccurate, since she's explicitly sent back to a time when "the universes are closer together," and therefore has probably reached an age would be dead by the present day.)
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Carl and his door turn out topass by now.)be the Guardian of Forever, covertly testing Georgiou to see if she's worth saving.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: subverted. Emperor Georgiou ''tries'' to change the way things played out by saving both Michael and herself. [[FailureIstheOnlyOption She fails]]. She also teaches Mirror Saru the truth about ''va'harai'' and all but orders him to overthrow the Terran Empire... but given that, per ''[=DS9=]'', [[ForegoneConclusion this is exactly what happened]], it isn't necessarily accurate to assume that Georgiou changed anything. However, the SecretTestOfCharacter was not whether she would ''succeed'', but rather whether she would try at all.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: subverted. Subverted. Emperor Georgiou ''tries'' to change the way things played out by saving attempting to reform both Michael and herself.the Empire itself, if marginally in the case of the latter. [[FailureIstheOnlyOption She fails]]. She also teaches Mirror Saru the truth about ''va'harai'' and all but orders him to overthrow the Terran Empire... but given that, per ''[=DS9=]'', [[ForegoneConclusion this is exactly what happened]], it isn't necessarily accurate to assume that Georgiou changed anything.anything, at least in [[TheMultiverse the timelines we know]]. However, the SecretTestOfCharacter was not whether she would ''succeed'', but rather whether she would try at all.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Georgiou tells Burnham that, in the future she finds herself in, she's more captain material than she might think.
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: As with the previous episode, this one features a strict PointOfView scheme, starting out with an explicit and uninterrupted focus on Georgiou in the Mirror Universe and not showing anything of Prime ''Discovery'''s investigation into the Burn until Georgiou comes back to the Prime Universe.
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* BackdoorPilot: A show starring Creator/MichelleYeoh as a Section 31 operative has been promised for some time, but was complicated when she joined the ''Discovery'' crew on its TimeSkip. The ending of this episode sends Georgiou back in time so that she can survive her TemporalSickness, allowing the SpinOff to proceed.
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* TheGhost: As with the prior episode, Captain Lorca (Creator/JasonIsaacs) is frequently mentioned but never appears. Other cameos, such as Captain Pike, Number One, and the entire ''[=TOS=]'' crew, who ought to be around somewhere -- true, they'd be the ages they were in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', but "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]" tells us they'd still be in service -- are not even contemplated.
* TheGhost: As with the prior episode, Captain Lorca (Creator/JasonIsaacs) is frequently mentioned but never appears. Other cameos, such as Captain Pike, Number One, and the entire ''[=TOS=]'' crew, who ought to be around somewhere -- true, they'd be the ages they were in ''Film/StarTrek2009'', but "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E4MirrorMirror Mirror, Mirror]]" tells us they'd still be in service -- are not even contemplated.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: subverted. Emperor Georgiou ''tries'' to change the way things played out by saving both Michael and herself. [[FailureIstheOnlyOption She fails]]. She also teaches Mirror Saru the truth about ''va'harai'' and all but orders him to overthrow the Terran Empire... but given that, per ''[=DS9=]'', [[ForegoneConclusion this is exactly what happened]], it isn't necessarily accurate to assume that Georgiou changed anything. However, the SecretTestOfCharacter was not whether she would ''succeed'', but rather whether she would try at all.
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* KillYourMate: Georgiou assigns Mirror Detmer to join Mirror Burnham in culling her co-conspirators, knowing that Detmer is one of them. At the end, to prove her loyalty, Burnham has to kill Detmer to show she is serious.
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* TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive: Georgiou has Tilly torture Mirror Burnham for days on end to break her will and make her loyal again.
* EvolvingCredits: The opening credits use blue instead of orange tones while flipping the graphics upside-down.
* FakeDefector: Mirror Burnham seemingly turns on Lorca, but was actually simply biding her time to find the right moment to strike.
* FakingTheDead: Burnham and Saru decide to simply report Georgiou as dead rather than try to explain what happened to her or reveal the presence of the Guardian of Forever.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Carl and his door turn out to be the Guardian of Forever, covertly testing Georgiou to see if she's worth saving.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mirror Burnham meets her end with Georgiou's sword through her gut, though not before Burnham stabs her in the juglar.
* KillYourMate: Georgiou assigns Mirror Detmer to join Mirror Burnham in culling her co-conspirators, knowing that Detmer is one of them. At the end, to prove her loyalty, Burnham has to kill Detmer to show she is serious.
* PragmaticVillainy: Georgiou argues this to Mirror Burnham when explaining why she's been merciful to their slave worlds, as allowing them some leeway makes them less likely to rebel. The alternative, as they've already experienced, is ever-increasing revolts.
* PutOnABus: Georgiou has to travel back into the past to survive her condition.
* TheReveal: Carl is the Guardian of Forever. He went into hiding during the Temporal Wars to prevent people from using him as a weapon.
* WhamLine:
-->'''Carl:''' ''[voice echoing]'' I am the Guardian of Forever.
* YearInsideHourOutside: What was months to Georgiou is less than a minute to Carl and Burnham, though he is aware of what she went through.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Georgiou tells Burnham that, in the future she finds herself in, she's more captain material than she might think.
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* TwoPlusTortureEqualsFive: Georgiou has Tilly torture Mirror Burnham for days on end to break her will and make her loyal again.
* EvolvingCredits: The opening credits use blue instead of orange tones while flipping the graphics upside-down.
* FakeDefector: Mirror Burnham seemingly turns on Lorca, but was actually simply biding her time to find the right moment to strike.
* FakingTheDead: Burnham and Saru decide to simply report Georgiou as dead rather than try to explain what happened to her or reveal the presence of the Guardian of Forever.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Carl and his door turn out to be the Guardian of Forever, covertly testing Georgiou to see if she's worth saving.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Mirror Burnham meets her end with Georgiou's sword through her gut, though not before Burnham stabs her in the juglar.
* KillYourMate: Georgiou assigns Mirror Detmer to join Mirror Burnham in culling her co-conspirators, knowing that Detmer is one of them. At the end, to prove her loyalty, Burnham has to kill Detmer to show she is serious.
* PragmaticVillainy: Georgiou argues this to Mirror Burnham when explaining why she's been merciful to their slave worlds, as allowing them some leeway makes them less likely to rebel. The alternative, as they've already experienced, is ever-increasing revolts.
* PutOnABus: Georgiou has to travel back into the past to survive her condition.
* TheReveal: Carl is the Guardian of Forever. He went into hiding during the Temporal Wars to prevent people from using him as a weapon.
* WhamLine:
-->'''Carl:''' ''[voice echoing]'' I am the Guardian of Forever.
* YearInsideHourOutside: What was months to Georgiou is less than a minute to Carl and Burnham, though he is aware of what she went through.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Georgiou tells Burnham that, in the future she finds herself in, she's more captain material than she might think.
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