In Light and Shadows, Pikes got a problem.
Tyler (Shazad Latif) wont leave him alone.
Section 31s local spy keeps trying to bigfoot theDiscoverycommander, flashing his death-metal Starfleet badge.
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Pike has his doubts about Tyler.
After all, this man killed aDiscoverycrew member.
Is he a man at all?
Voq still simmers therein.
Theres no way to get rid of him, Tyler says.
Cue Pikes eyeroll: I know the feeling.
Pike and Tyler get paired up on a snazzy flying mission.
He thinks Pike is trying to prove himself, since the Enterprise sat out the Klingon-Federation war.
Hes right, though it takes a near-death experience to find out.
Or perhaps death is the wrong word.
A time shockwave emanating from the time rift traps the time pilots in a time prison.
As Tilly (Mary Wiseman) says, every word sounds cooler when you pair it with time!
The wormhole could cage Pike and Tyler together in the fourth dimension.
The resolution requires Stamets (Anthony Rapp) to, sigh, call upon his Mycelial Mania.
But theres some tantalizing teases here.
THE PROBE IS SEARCHING YOUR COMPUTERS AT INCREDIBLE SPEEDS, says Airiam (Hannah Cheesman).
I WILL ATTEMPT TO LOCK IT OUT.
But that bit of counterhacking proves to be the undoing of our beloved robo-officer.
Three red dots flash on screen, and apparently take hold of Airiams consciousness.
Asked for an update, Airiams eyes flash red and she returns to normal.
THEY ARE SECURELY ON BOARD, she tells Saru (Doug Jones.)
And Im baffled that Airiam whose biotechnological nature is, um, unclear apparently has agood-evil switch.
Then theres poor Michael (Sonequa Martin-Green), continuing the Search for Spock.
Only, not really.
Spock is here and hes still not here.
So this isyet another episodefull of people talking about a character who remains not quite a character.
It turns out that Spock has a form of Space Dyslexia.
But I dont thinkDiscotakes new biographical note seriously.
Its used here as a rather dull bit of mystery.
Spock is writing the number 841947 over and over again, a meaningless combination of digits.
All together now: DYSLEXIA DOES NOTGENERALLYWORK THAT WAY!
It doesnt help that the Spock corner of the episode whiplashes plot.
Michael takes Spock to Captain Leland (Alan Van Sprang) to let Section 31 interrogate him!
And it turns out Leland is a puppet following orders, part of some larger anti-Spock conspiracy!
And also, um, Leland killed Michaels parents!
Then comes the finale, when Michael enters Spocks reverse numbers into the computer.
The coordinates point her straight to Talos IV.
Now, Talos IV looms large inTrekhistory.
Does Spock want to return to Talos IV because of the unique powers of the creatures who reside there?
(I believeDiscois set canonicallyafterthe originalTrekpilot.)
Is this part of the Red Angels plan?
Light and Shadows confirms that the mysterious crimson deity is a traveler from the future.
Does this traveler know Talos IVs role in Spocks future life?
I get a bit antsy whenever anyStar Trekprequel starts jimmying around with the timeline.
Lets discuss more next week after weve all rewatched both parts of The Menagerie.
