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1	''Discovery'' is ordered to abandon Pahvo even though it means the inevitable demise of the Pahvans, but Lorca and the crew come up with a plan to save the planet and overcome the Klingons' cloaking advantage. In the process they rescue Admiral Cornwell, destroy the Klingon Ship of the Dead, kill Kol, and capture L'Rell, but before they can provide Starfleet with the way to overcome the cloaking, a failed jump puts them somewhere unknown.
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4	!!Tropes in this episode include:
5	* ActorAllusion: Paul tells Hugh after their BigDamnKiss that there's an opera house on a moon near space station 46, where they are performing ''Theatre/LaBoheme''. ''La Bohème'' is the opera that ''{{Theatre/Rent}}'' is based on, which stared Anthony Rapp as Mark Cohen in its original run, as well as the film, and Wilson Cruz as Angel in future productions.
6	* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: Burnham and Tyler draw their phasers and aim towards the transporter operator before being beamed aboard ''Sarcophagus'', in this case somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]] because they are going to be beamed into the middle of the enemy ship and want to arrive ready to fight.
7	%%* BigDamnKiss: Culber and Stamets share one just before the last jump.
8	* BigNo: Kol's last word as he sees ''Discovery'' launching torpedoes at his ship, which is defenseless while under cloak.
9	* BookEnds: The two-part pilot episode focuses around a stand-off and battle against the ''Sarcophagus''. This episode culminates in a (much briefer) stand-off and battle between ''Discovery'' and ''Sarcophagus'', even with the same officer manning the helm of the heroes' ship in both cases. And both battles start the same way, with the Federation and Klingon ships exchanging fire before the smaller Starfleet ship takes evasive action.
10	* {{Cliffhanger}}: A botched jump leaves ''Discovery'' in an unknown location surrounded by Klingon wreckage, while Stamets seems to have lost his mind from the turbulence.
11	* CombatMedic: Admiral Cornwell, a psychiatrist by training, both holds off Klingons while paralyzed on the floor, and provides enough quick-and-dirty therapy to Tyler to get him back on his feet and fighting after his PTSD episode.
12	* CompleteTheQuoteTitle: The title comes from a quote by John Muir: "Into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul."
13	* CosmicDeadline: The "first chapter" of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' is drawing to a close, so the crew figure out a way around the Klingons' cloaking technology, L'Rell is apprehended, and Kol and his massive "ship of the dead" are blown up, all just in time for several weeks' break until the show comes back to air the remaining six episodes of the first season.
14	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Even two jumps takes its toll on Stamets, so requiring him to do 133 (albeit short distances) in rapid succession as part of their plan to expose the Klingon cloak is considered life-threatening. Fortunately, it doesn't kill him, although attempting one more jump to get them home does leave him in a HeroicRROD.
15	* DecapitatedArmy: Averted. Killing Kol causes the Klingons to mount a full-scale attack rather than making them back off.
16	* DiscOneFinalBoss: Kol and the ''Sarcophagus'' are destroyed while there's still a sizeable chunk left of season 1. Not to worry, a new crisis will quickly rear its head.
17	* DisneyDeath: Cornwell wasn't dead after all, though she's paralyzed and requires medical attention to regain consciousness.
18	* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: {{Subverted}} with Tyler's flashbacks, showing just how traumatizing sexual assault is for men.
19	* FakingEngineTrouble: Rather than spore-jumping to Starbase 46 as ordered, Lorca has ''Discovery'' warp there to stall for time.
20	--> '''Lorca:''' Lieutenant Stamets, I'm gonna need some reasonable explanation for Starfleet as to why we're currently not using the spore drive. I understand you've had some trouble with your interface upgrades.\
21	'''Stamets:''' Now that you mention it, um, it has been a little... itchy.\
22	'''Lorca:''' That's unfortunate.
23	* FanDisservice: Tyler's flashback to having sex with L'Rell is shot and edited in such a way to appear confusing and even horrifying, giving an impression of how Tyler's mind sees it.
24	* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Stamets is about to jump ''Discovery'' to a nearby Starbase, a FreezeFrameBonus on one of the consoles on the big chair shows Lorca typing "OVERRIDE - LORCA, G." It's the first hint that, despite outwardly showing confusion over what happens next, Lorca is responsible for the TeleportationMisfire that sends ''Discovery'' to wherever the hell they are.
25	* HandicappedBadass: Admiral Cornwell drops the first Klingon warrior that comes into the room after them, while lying wounded on the floor. She needs Tyler's help to deal with the second warrior, though.
26	* HeroicBSOD: Tyler has a mental breakdown upon encountering L'Rell, [[RapeAsBackstory due to their mutual history]].
27	* HeroicRROD: The physical and neurological stress of navigating all of the spore drive jumps catches up to Stamets, and he collapses in a catatonic state after ''Discovery'''s final jump at the end of the episode.
28	* HopeSpot: For the war effort. ''Discovery'' destroys the ''Sarcophagus'' while gaining the information that they need to penetrate the Klingon InvisibilityCloak. They go for one more jump to the nearest Starbase-- but [[TeleportationMisfire end up Gene-knows-where]], unable to deliver their intel.
29	* ICantFeelMyLegs: Cornwell loses the use of her legs thanks to the injuries that she suffered last episode.
30	* IdiotBall: Kol accurately deduces that the ''Discovery'' is up to something when it continues its rapid jumping even after his ship cloaks, and that the proper course of action is to temporarily withdraw to figure out what's going on, as Lorca himself notes. He promptly forgets all that when Burnham shows up and challenges him, although there's absolutely no reason why he can't follow his original plan of breaking away ''and'' deal with Burnham at the same time.
31	* IncrediblyObviousBug: The two transmitters that Burnham places on the Klingon's ship are not only large, they glow, blink, and helpfully announce out loud that they're functioning. This isn't so bad for the one that they stuff in a closet, but the second is sitting on the bridge behind some barrels and should be obvious to anyone that glances in that direction.
32	* InvisibilityFlicker: The ''Sarcophagus'' is lit up slightly while ''Discovery'' is spore-jumping around it.
33	* {{Irony}}: Lorca notes the irony of Terral wanting to give him a medal for destroying the ''Sarcophagus'' despite having ordered ''Discovery'' to withdraw from Pahvo.
34	* KickTheDog: When he sees Burnham looking at Georgiou's badge, Kol makes a production of claiming to use it to clean his teeth and then demonstrating.
35	* NippleAndDimed: During the flashback to Tyler's raping, L'Rell's naked breasts are shown on-screen in a take directly from above (so there's more camera emphasis on her orgasmic face, and thus they are a bit blurred).
36	* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Although ''Discovery'' successfully develops a way of defeating the Klingon cloaking technology, they're still processing it to create a general program that other ships can use when they get detoured to somewhere due to the jump failure. As a result, Starfleet doesn't have the technology even though they know that it exists.
37	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Burnham refuses to leave the ''Sarcophagus'' without the human prisoner that she'd located, which turns out to be Cornwell.
38	* NotQuiteDead: Cornwell turns out to have survived her electrocution in the last episode, albeit just barely and with considerable injuries that have left her half-paralyzed. She still manages to [[HandicappedBadass put up a fight from the floor]] using the phaser that Burnham left her.
39	* OhCrap: Stamets panics when Lorca orders him to undergo a full physical, as he fears that it will reveal something wrong with him. He's right.
40	* PlausibleDeniability: Lorca orders Stamets to get a medical exam so that he'll have a "data trail" to support his cover story of why the ''Discovery'' was using the warp drive instead of the spore drive to return to Starbase 46.
41	* PlotHole: Early in the season, it was established that the computer could make short-range jumps successfully, though the viewer never sees it. As such, having Stamets attached to the drive in this instance would seem unnecessary, unless these prior tests were less accurate than we were led to believe, or at least inaccurate enough to mess up the cloak analysis.
42	* RaceAgainstTheClock: The crew of the ''Discovery'' has just over three hours to come up with a plan to save Pahvo.
43	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: It was only hinted at by Tyler when he was first introduced, but this episode confirms that L'Rell wasn't just his jailer and torturer, she also raped him repeatedly. It is so deeply entwined with his time being tortured that his daily nightmares include her, and the mere sight of her is enough to render him nearly catatonic.
44	* RousingSpeech:
45	--> '''Lorca:''' We are about to face the most difficult challenge we have ever attempted. Today, we stare down the bow of the Ship of the Dead, the very same ship that took thousands of our own at the Battle of the Binary Stars. When I took command of this vessel, you were a crew of polite scientists. Now, I look at you. You are fierce warriors all. No other Federation vessel would have a chance of pulling this off. Just us. Because mark my words: you will look back proudly and tell the world you were there the day the USS ''Discovery'' saved Pahvo and ended the Klingon War.
46	* SayingTooMuch: Tilly accidentally blurts out that Stamets has been experiencing side effects from the gene therapy after she learns that he allowed Culber to do an examination, having assumed that Stamets would have admitted as much if he allowed the exam in the first place.
47	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Faced with the choice between obeying Starfleet's order to withdraw and stopping the Klingons from destroying Pahvo, the ''Discovery'' crew all choose the latter.
48	* SeeTheInvisible: The whole point of placing sensors on the ''Sarcophagus'' is to gather data on Klingon cloaking frequencies, allowing Starfleet sensors to penetrate them.
49	* [[HeHadAName She Had a Name]]:
50	--> '''Kol:''' Then this [badge] belonged to your captain?\
51	'''Burnham:''' Her name was Captain Philippa Georgiou.
52	* ShellShockedVeteran: Tyler freezes and goes catatonic when he sees L'Rell, his mind flooded with flashbacks of being sexually exploited and tortured. Cornwell has to bring him back to his senses before they're both killed by more Klingons.
53	* ShootOutTheLock: Tyler disables the lock on the burial chamber by using his knife to pop off the control panel and sever the wires.
54	* TeleportSpam: Knowing that he can't go toe-to-toe with Kol's ship, Lorca initially [[https://giant.gfycat.com/FaintSeparateJavalina.webm dances around it]], firing volleys whenever ''Discovery'' rematerializes. Once it cloaks, Lorca has Stamets execute ''133'' micro-jumps in order to obtain the 3D data model needed to see through the Klingon cloak.
55	* TemptingFate: Stamets volunteers for [[{{Retirony}} one last jump]] to get ''Discovery'' to safety, and then doesn't plan to jump again until Starfleet Medical finds out what's wrong with him. This ends up being the straw that broke the camel's back, and things [[GoneHorriblyWrong go very wrong]].
56	* ThatsAnOrder: Lorca ordering Culber to get Stamets through the jump sequence.
57	* TranslationConvention: For the first time in the series, Klingons are shown speaking to each other in English. Justified in that Burnham is listening to them with her communicator translating for her and then later using it to talk to them. The scene transitions from having the translator voice their conversations in monotone to simply having them all speak English.
58	* TraumaButton: Seeing L'Rell causes Tyler to go into a HeroicBSOD and remember his treatment at her hands.
59	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Burnham emerges from hiding on the Klingons' bridge, and one crewman continues tapping away on his console as if a human suddenly appearing, shooting the place up, and confessing to be the killer of a Klingon messiah-figure is just the sort of thing that happens all the time.
60	* WeNeedADistraction: When Kol decides to just warp away upon realizing that ''Discovery's'' rapid jumps are likely part of some plan, Burnham comes out of hiding and challenges him to a duel so ''Discovery'' can complete its jump sequence and break the cloak, allowing her, Tyler, and Cornwell to be rescued.
61	* WhamLine: L'Rell telling Tyler that she would never let anything happen to him, even though she's the one locked up, suggests that he underwent something more sinister than torture at her hands.
62	* WhamShot: ''Discovery'' finding itself in the middle of a battlefield that should not be there.
63	* WhyIsntItAttacking: After ''Discovery'' completes its jump sequence, Lorca wonders why the ''Sarcophagus'' doesn't de-cloak and fire on them. He doesn't know that Burnham is keeping everyone busy.
64	* WorthyOpponent:
65	** Kol, as any good Klingon would, appreciates Burnham's challenge to duel him, and fights "fair". There's also how he is trying to avoid losing face in front of his crew, especially after Burnham tells him that T'Kuvma killed Georgiou in honorable single combat, whereas Kol simply stole the ship after Burnham killed T'Kuvma.
66	** Kol's followers perform the fist-on-heart salute toward ''Discovery'' while being torpedoed into oblivion. Kol, meanwhile, [[BigNo doesn't take the defeat with as much grace.]]

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