Star Trek: Discovery 3.12 There is a Tide... review

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There is a Tide...
The Penultimate episode of the third season. With Discovery under her control, Osyraa goes into Federation headquarters as the crew try to get their ship back. The plots are split between various crewmembers efforts and Osyraa's ploting. There is nothing about what is ocurring in the nebula, although that does play a role in Stamets' angst. The bridge crew are stuck in the ready room, but does Tilly succeed as a leader? More on that below. But first, Book and Burnham's race to get back to Federation headquarters was done very well.
The race for him to crash land in Discovery's Shuttle Bay was appropriately gripping. Then there is Vance and his officers trying to figure out what was going on. Sure, it does take a while for him to figure out that Osyraa is on Discovery, but not too long. Osyraa's plan was well thought out, although her being flat-footed by Vance sticking to the Federation's ideals by insisting that she will stand trial was a surprise. I would have thought she would have considered that it would come up at some point.
Just a small niggle. However Burnham's escapades in trying to take back the ship were done very well. Sure, loosing her boots was a reference to Die Hard (but McClane doesn't loose them in any of the next three movies), but I'm sure it wasn't necessary. Her confronting Stamets was rather good though. Stamets was being selfish in wanting to go back to the nebula before Osyraa is dealt with. Of course there will be consequences to what Burnham did to him, but that may not be covered in the next episode.
Osyraa trying to stop Discovery falling back into the crew's hands was done well too. (Poor Rin...) Tilly's planning was done well too. She did suceed as a leader in this situation. The Sphere Data (or is it Zora now?) in the DOT23s was a good touch. (Didn't remind me of WALL-E, Star Wars or Silent Running) too much. Would have liked more taking back of this ship in this episode, but what did happen was rather good. Maybe Osyraa could have tried to hold Vance hostage when he said she was stand trial?
But it was the second episode in a three episode sequence. Let's see what the finale will bring. 8.35/10.