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

Tyler retrieves the Klingon fleet to assist in the battle, while Siranna arrives with Ba’ul fighters after receiving a farewell message from Saru.

Stamets is seriously injured and is cared for by Culber.

A Section 31 torpedo penetrates the Enterprise without detonating, but a secondary detonation kills Cornwell after she seals off the surrounding area.

Control-Leland boards Discovery and is defeated when Georgiou magnetises the nanites in his body, allowing Section 31’s fleet to be destroyed.

In the suit, Burnham travels to the past and sets the five signals that led them to this point. She then sets a sixth for Discovery to follow as she travels forward over 900 years, and promises to set a seventh when they arrive.

The crew of the Enterprise tell Starfleet that Discovery was destroyed in the battle, and are ordered to never speak of it or the crew again (on Spock’s recommendation, to prevent another incident like Control).

Tyler is placed in command of Section 31.

Months later, the Enterprise detects the seventh signal as it begins a new adventure.

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Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Olatunde Osunsanmi.
• Writer(s): Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, and Alex Kurtzman.
• Release Date: 18 April 2019.
• Running Time: 50 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.