Star Trek Discovery S2 E3: “Point of Light”

Spoiler Level: Major

Star Date: Previously on Discovery.....Still investigating the space signals, Discovery is drawn to a planet with a 200-year-old colony of people from Earth brought there in a church by a mysterious Red Angel during World War III. The Captain decides General Order 1 applies and Tilly meets an old friend.

Episode 3 "Point of Light": Michael Burnham continues to be confounded by the seven signals which have appeared throughout the galaxy...as well as a reunification with her foster brother, Spock. And as much as Michael would like to see Spock, Ensign Tilly would like to stop seeing the "ghost" of her childhood friend, May. And both Michael and Pike are surprised and somewhat nervous when the Vulcan Ambassador's ship appears. A confrontation with Sarek is not in the cards...this time...as it is Amanda who transports aboard the Discovery.

Michael fills Amanda in, who is aware of the signals, on Spock's connection to them. Amanda gives Michael Spock's medical files which she stole from Star Base 5. However, when they take the file to Captain Pike he refuses to allow them to decrypt it and contacts Captain Vela at Star Base 5 who finds it funny that Pike is communicating via viewscreen rather than holograms. Vela tells Pike that Spock escaped after killing 3 men...and also some of his files are missing. Michael, Amanda and Pike are unable to believe Spock's actions so Pike violates the rules and orders Michael to break into the files. Amanda notices images of what she said Spock called "The Red Angel", something he began seeing as a boy and had had a profound and lasting effect on him.

Meanwhile, even as L'Rell attempts to unify all 24 Klingon Houses under one flag, there are those that still resist and are particularly not happy with her having what they see as a human by her shoulder. Tyler contacts Michael, informing her of the challenges to Chancellor L'Rell's rule. It's here where we learn Klingons have also begun letting their hair grow again after the war. While personal relations are tested and political rivalries between the Houses come to a boiling point, a "bad penny" returns and a new Klingon dynamic is forged. Plus, aboard the Discovery, May stands revealed.