This episode was unexpectedly the mid-season finale, which I didn't realize until I reached the end. But it definitely has left us on a cliffhanger.
We start the episode with Zora refusing to give Stamets the coordinates to the DMA, so Zora gaining emotions has become a central part of the season. I'm enjoying seeing how her "evolving" is creating problems. I think it's an interesting thing for the show to explore even as Zora continues to personally freak me out.
Because of Zora's refusal, Kovich arrives to inspect her and see if she needs to be taken off Discovery. For the whole episode, the crew members who are there really want her to stay, except for Stamets who is skeptical. I was on Stamets' side here because Zora makes me uneasy. It's great that the others trusted her, but I'm surprised no one else was at all wary.
In the end, Zora is dubbed a new lifeform, which means she's allowed to stay on the ship. Honestly, that is more off-putting to me than if she was AI, even though I realize it probably shouldn't be. I am curious what will happen in the second half of the season now that they've realized what Zora is. I'm also curious if I'll come to trust her more myself.
While the conflict with Zora is happening, Michael and Book are at a meeting with many different planet leaders to vote on what to do about the DMA, but Michael and Book disagree. I really like that they've done this. Even though Michael had a hard time with it, it was nice to see her stick with what she believed was the right decision.
It was frustrating to watch Book disregard the vote and act on his own with Tarka. It doesn't help that I don't really care for Tarka's reasoning. It doesn't excuse his actions to me, and I don't even trust that his story was real. I'm incredibly suspicious that he's going to double cross Book and leave him in danger.
The saddest part of this episode was hearing that Gray was leaving. I'm happy that he's doing what he wants, and the scene where he and Adira talked about doing long distance was adorable. I figured this would happen once he got his body back, but I desperately hope that we get to see him again this season.
But we'll have to wait a while to see, since we aren't getting any new episodes until February. I'm curious because, with Book and Tarka doing their own thing, I imagine the next episode will pick up right where this one leaves off. But Adira was meant to go with Gray for a little while, and I think they were in the teaser for the next episode. So I'm very curious about how that's all going to play out. (But would be excited if both Adira and Gray stuck around a while longer because of the Book and Tarka thing.) We'll just have to wait a few weeks to find out.
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