Introduction

“Such Sweet Sorrows” is a two-part (13th and 14th) episode of season 02 of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery, which is set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and follows the crew of the USS Discovery as they investigate seven mysterious signals.

The season was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Alex Kurtzman serving as showrunner.

Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, along with the returning Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Shazad Latif; they are joined by former recurring guest star Wilson Cruz as well as Anson Mount as original Star Trek captain Christopher Pike. Ethan Peck recurs as another original series character, Spock. These characters and their starship, the USS Enterprise, were included as part of the series’ attempt to explain its connections to the larger Star Trek franchise.

The season was officially ordered in October 2017, and filming took place in Toronto, Canada, from April to December 2018. Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts, the first season’s showrunners, returned for the second but were fired during production; co-creator Kurtzman replaced them.

The 14-episode season was released from 17 January to 18 April 2019, on CBS All Access. A third season was ordered in February 2019.

Outline

Discovery escapes and rendezvous with the Enterprise, with Discovery evacuated onto the other starship.

From there, they initiate the self-destruct, but the sphere data takes control of Discovery’s systems and prevents this from happening. It also defends itself from torpedoes.

Burnham proposes that the time crystal be used to take Discovery itself to the future where Control cannot get to it, planning to wear a copy of her mother’s suit to lead the ship there.

Pike agrees and resumes command of the Enterprise to keep Control distracted.

A new signal appears, leading Discovery and Enterprise to the planet Xahea which is ruled by Tilly’s friend Queen Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po.

A brilliant engineer, Po assists Stamets, Tilly, and Reno with preparing the suit and time crystal for the journey.

Some of the Discovery’s crew choose to stay with Burnham, as does Georgiou, while Saru is made acting captain by Pike.

As the Section 31 fleet arrives, Discovery and Enterprise prepare for battle while the suit and time crystal are finalised.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Douglas Olatunde Osunsanmi.
• Writer(s): Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, and Alex Kurtzman.
• Release Date: 11 April 2019.
• Running Time: 50 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.