Discovery visits a library, complete with nifty librarian played by Elena Juatco, and they ENTER BURNHAM’S BRAIN. Also there’s more stuff with the Breen, alas, as it remains completely nowhere. My review of Star Trek: Discovery‘s “Labyrinths.”

An excerpt:

One of the biggest problems with this season is that the ticking clock/competition for our heroes has not been that compelling. Moll and L’ak are just a couple of ex-Couriers who should not be able to run rings around an entire starship full of smart people. Nor should one of them be able to put herself into a position of power on a Breen dreadnought. I’ve said all along that Moll and L’ak reminded me of Honey Bunny and Pumpkin from Pulp Fiction. And that’s the problem—the characters played by Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth in that 1994 film would never have taken over, say, an Army regiment. Hell, those two characters were pretty much undone by bumping into two only-very-slightly smarter criminals in the diner they were robbing.

And that’s the problem with Moll’s storyline here. Ever since the Breen showed up looking for the pair of them, she’s been punching way above her weight class and the scripts have insisted that she win those fights, and I have yet to actually buy it. At one point in “Labyrinths” Moll casually mentions that Discovery has the other four clues, which is the first time the Primarch even knows there are other clues. At that moment, the Primarch should’ve shot and killed Moll. Which, frankly, would’ve been fabulous, a great twist that actually would make sense. Usually what undoes criminals is getting too big for their britches, as it were, and getting hammered.