DSC · SEASON 22×13

Such Sweet Sorrow

NOMADIC PICK · ESSENTIAL VIEWINGThe finale's emotional first half.
FIRST SHOWN (US)
11 April 2019
ON
CBS All Access
STARDATE
1051.8
DIRECTED BY
Olatunde Osunsanmi

WRITTEN BYWritten by Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman

IN BRIEF

SPOILER-FREE

With Control closing in, Discovery's crew face an impossible decision about their ship and the sphere data, and Burnham prepares for a journey she may have to make alone.

SYNOPSIS

SPOILERS
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Discovery's crew begin moving to the Enterprise so their ship can be destroyed, but the sphere data protects itself, disabling the self-destruct and raising the shields. The only option left is to carry the data into the distant future, beyond Control's reach, using a new Red Angel suit based on Gabrielle's design and powered by the time crystal. Burnham must wear it and lead Discovery through a wormhole. She plans to go alone, but one by one her crewmates refuse to let her go without them. A red signal leads to Xahea, whose young queen, Po, helps to recharge the crystal. Sarek and Amanda arrive to say goodbye to their daughter, and Pike prepares to return to the Enterprise as the two crews work side by side. As the episode ends, Control's armada closes in and the battle for the sphere data begins.

DID YOU KNOW?

  1. 01Yadira Guevara-Prip returns as Po, the queen of Xahea first seen in the Short Trek “Runaway”.
  2. 02The Enterprise bridge was built as a new set on a new soundstage for the two-part finale.
  3. 03The title comes from Romeo and Juliet: “Parting is such sweet sorrow”.
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