Star Trek Discovery 2.14 'Such Sweet Sorrow Part 2' review
Such Sweet Sorrow Part 2
The finale of season 2, continuing from where the previous episode left off. There is a lot here, to break down. It's a foregone conclusion that Spock wouldn't end up in the future, or that the Enterprise wouldn't be destroyed. Like the rest of the season there are many plot threads running through the episode. There is the overall battle, the events on Discovery, the events on Enterprise and Spock and Burnham. And there's more there too, Control attempting to gain the Sphere Data by infiltrating Discovery.
And the Klingons and Kelpians showing up to help fight against Control. Certainly interesting. Discovery. The beginning scenes, where the suit is being built were appropriately hectic, given that the battle had begun. However, what doesn't work was where the injured Stamets finds that Culbur had come back to Discovery to be with him. He'd still be working out his identity issues. Such wouldn't be resolved very quickly. In any case, the battle between Georgiou and Leland was done very well.
Excellent choreography. On the Enterprise, there was appropriate tension around the torpedo being stuck in the hull. The tension was in how much damage would be done to the ship as a result of the torpedo detonating. However, I'm not sure why Admiral Cornwell wanted to sacrifice herself. Surely one of those repair drones could have beamed into the room to pull the manual release? There wasn't any hint in the Admiral's actions as to why she would want to sacrifice herself. A big mystery.
As big a mystery that is Number One's name still is. (That's all she gives the debriefing officer?) Burnham and Spock. Did we need to see the previous Red Angel encounters from her point of view? Certainly, it explained some things, but it distracted from the battle scenes. Spock's farewell to Burnham was well written. That Burnham was his balance, seems interesting, but likely will go nowhere, given that the next season will be in the future (and a Pike series seems unlikely.) But that was a good scene.
Then there were the concluding scenes. It is reasonable to expect the Enterprise crew to come up with a cover story. (But whether Starfleet believes it is another thing.) Discovery and it's technology (like the Spore Drive) being classified was a foregone conclusion. However, the ending with the Enterprise crew beginning another mission was a rather good ending (leading into the unlikely Pike series). 7.8/10.