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* It ends happily, but Adira crying because they can’t feel Tal anymore, and hoping he’ll come back.

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* It ends happily, but Adira crying because they can’t feel Tal Gray anymore, and hoping he’ll come back.
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* Georgiou’s calm but DisappointedInYou WhatTheHellHero speech to Michael, calling herself a fool for thinking Michael’s humanity might win over the Vulcan shell.

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* Georgiou’s calm but DisappointedInYou / WhatTheHellHero speech to Michael, calling herself a fool for thinking Michael’s humanity might win over the Vulcan shell.



** At the end of the episode, everything looks like it might be okay for Paul, who has finally agreed to step away from his work on the spore drive and get medical treatment for his mental state, but as he goes to complete one last jump to get them back to the Starbase, the spore drive malfunctions, sending him into a catatonic state.

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** At the end of the episode, everything looks like it might be okay for Paul, who has finally agreed to step away from his work on the spore drive and get medical treatment for his mental state, but as he goes to complete Lorca sabotages the coordinates for Stamets’ one last jump to get them back to the Starbase, the spore drive malfunctions, sending him into a catatonic state.
state and the ship to the MirrorUniverse.



** There's also Amanda, giving clear indications of being the StoicWoobie - she is a human on Vulcan, has chosen to live on a planet where if she expresses an emotion publicly, it will reflect poorly on her and her family. She has raised children in this environment. She says explicitly that she does not believe that Sarek would have followed her to Earth had she chosen to live there. All of this, and she has never complained. Even in saying this, it is not to express the unfairness of her situation... But Spock's. That he was alone on a planet that would never accept him.

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** There's also Amanda, giving clear indications of being the StoicWoobie - she is a human on Vulcan, has chosen to live on a planet where if she expresses an emotion publicly, it will reflect poorly on her and her family. She has raised children in this environment. (SNW 2x05 “Charades” offers more on what she’s gone through.) She says explicitly that she does not believe that Sarek would have followed her to Earth had she chosen to live there. All of this, and she has never complained. Even in saying this, it is not to express the unfairness of her situation... But Spock's. That he was alone on a planet that would never accept him.



* The reveal of what broke Spock and Michael's relationship his heartbreaking. In an effort to protect him, Michael pushed Spock away by effectively calling him a freak of nature.

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* The reveal of what broke Spock and Michael's relationship his is heartbreaking. In an effort to protect him, Michael pushed Spock away by effectively calling him a freak of nature.
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[[AC: Species Ten-C]]
* Reno shares a story of her time on the Hiawatha - one of the crew members she was attempting to save had suffered severe burns, and had reached a point of begging her to just let him go. She fought to keep him alive all the same, and it wasn't until he finally died, eleven days later, that she understood why she couldn't let him die - his eyes were the same color as her wife's.
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-->'''Burnham''': The two people who separated from us, that died today, one of them I loved very deeply. He was... he was my "one".
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* The look of horror on Owo's face when Detmer volunteers for a suicide mission. Fortunately, General Ndoye steps in to take her place, but the very real possibility of Owo losing her best friend would have been a gut punch all the same.
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* Tarka's emotional breakdown during his HeelRealization, as he finally admits to himself that Oros wouldn't want him to unleash all the devastation he's risking just to reunite them.
-->'''Tarka''': (''sobbing'') He'd stop me. Why isn't he here to stop me?
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[[AC: Coming Home]]
* Book's DisneyDeath. The crew of the ''Discovery'' were so close to rescuing him before his ship was destroyed, but it seems that it just wasn't enough. Burnham's pain knowing that her beloved couldn't be saved is just so raw, even more so when she has to push forward and breaks down once Species 10-C agrees to stop.
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* By the end of the episode, Book has gone rogue, siding with Tarka in destroying the DMA using a subspace weapon. Even worse is that Burnham is put into the same situation Georgiou was in all those years ago back in the Battle of the Binary Stars.

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* By the end of the episode, Book has gone rogue, siding with Tarka in destroying the DMA using a subspace weapon. Even worse is that Burnham is put into the same situation Georgiou was in all those years ago back in the Battle of the Binary Stars. Making the moment harder is that he leaves Grudge, his beloved companion, with Burnham with a note telling her he loves her and to take care of Grudge. He’s more than certain he isn’t coming back from this.
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[[AC:…But To Connect]]
* By the end of the episode, Book has gone rogue, siding with Tarka in destroying the DMA using a subspace weapon. Even worse is that Burnham is put into the same situation Georgiou was in all those years ago back in the Battle of the Binary Stars.
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* Book undergoes a mind meld, to revisit the memory of his home world's destruction. Afterwards, T'Rina gives a heartfelt "My condolences are inadequate..." It's

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* Book undergoes a mind meld, to revisit the memory of his home world's destruction. Afterwards, T'Rina gives a heartfelt "My condolences are inadequate..."

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* Book undergoes a mind meld, to revisit the memory of his home world's destruction. Afterwards, T'Rina gives a heartfelt "My condolences are inadequate..."
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* Stamets is concerned that Culber is overworking himself, as Culber fills every available moment of his schedule helping crewmates and refugees from the DMA. He seeks out Kovich for some BrutalHonesty and is given it: His coming back from the dead has driven him to assume there had to be some reason for it, that there must be a greater purpose. But Culber isn't a ChosenOne, he's a just normal person, hurting, and burning himself out trying to find a greater purpose that most likely doesn't exist. And if he does not slow down to take care of himself, [[SamaritanSyndrome he will burn out and he will fail those who need him.]]
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* Book undergoes a mind meld, to revisit the memory of his home world's destruction. Afterwards, the Vulcan gives a heartfelt "My condolences are inadequate..."

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* Book undergoes a mind meld, to revisit the memory of his home world's destruction. Afterwards, the Vulcan T'Rina gives a heartfelt "My condolences are inadequate..."

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[[AC: "The Examples"]]
* The titular "examples" are a group of criminals who have been imprisoned for life, no matter how petty their crimes are. It's a remnant of how badly the Emerald Chain corrupted this group of Akaali.
* One criminal admits that he deserves to be imprisoned for life, as he killed a man who showed him SacredHospitality and stole a family heirloom from him. He then refuses to be rescued, choosing to stay at the colony as the DMA destroys it. He spends his final minutes on comms confessing his crimes to the ''Discovery'' bridge crew and asking Burnham to return the heirloom to its rightful owner.
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* Like Kirk with Tarsus IV in TOS and Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan, Michael had an early trauma that made her incapable of dealing with loss, and all she wanted to do was retake the Kobayashi Maru, not being able to deal with failure.
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* The peace Book felt at the end of the last episode was only fleeting (because that’s just what happens) and Culber is trying to help him. It’s a slow process.
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* Tilly has been trying to do new things to help her feeling aimless, but a training mission goes wrong, and one of the cadets dies under her command.

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* Tilly has been trying to do new things to help her feeling aimless, but a training mission goes wrong, and one of the cadets shuttle pilot dies under her command.
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[[AC: "All Is Possible]]
* Tilly gets down to the cause of her mid-life crisis, her mother is 900 years in the past and is never going to see her or change her mind about her, and she doesn’t know whether she’s doing anything for herself or just wants to be seen.
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* Michael in the past, having been rejected for the Vulcan Expeditionary Group, just wants to go home. Sarek tells her that’s a human emotion, and she apologises, feeling like she’s failed and is worth nothing.

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