Through the Valley of Shadows

Anson Mount's Captain Pike has the been the highlight of the second season of Star Trek: Discovery.

A story involving time crystals was bound to Pike seeing a future outcome that would leave him shocked. Pike visits the Klingon world of Boreth after the mysterious Red Angel signal appeared there.

Meanwhile Burnham and Spock investigate a Section 31 ship that has broken protocols. They see the body horror of the dead crew expelled into space. However Burnham finds one person barely alive and it is someone she once served with.

What the episode displays is that Control is a foe that will not stop in any circumstances. Burnham and Spock realise this, it will manifest anywhere.

The time crystals looks like something Superman had in his home in the North Pole. I am not sure about the science behind the rapid aging of Tyler and L'Rell's son in Boreth.

I know Burnham can be impulsive which makes her thoughtless. I thought Spock would be logically sceptical of the survivor they found.