After the USS Discovery crash-lands on a strange planet, the crew finds themselves racing against time to repair their ship.

There’s a good reason why this episode is not called That Hope is You, Part 2. Yes, it follows on from last week’s Michael Burnham-specific season opener, but not necessarily as you’d imagine. Commander Saru and his crew on Discovery have just recovered from their time travel jump through the black hole before the ship is plummeting to a planet’s surface. And what a crash it is, putting the Enterprise D’s planet crash in Generations – or indeed any other NCC fender bender – into the shade.

But successfully surviving the crash is not enough, with most of the ship’s systems offline, a lot of the crew injured or suffering in some way, and a night of freezing death creeping up on them. As always, the dialogue and attitude from Michelle Yeoh’s Georgiou is a joy, Jett (Tig Notaro) is as sarcastic as ever, and Stamets really doesn’t get a break, and constantly reminds us as much.

The rapport between Tilly and Saru is well-written, the duo exuding an optimism while embarking on their away mission, though sadly some things never change, and there’s still mean baddies this far into the future. Jake Weber (American Gothic) is old school villain  Zareh – this varmint even has spurs on his boots – with no redeeming features, and it’s reassuring to know that at least one member of the crew knows how to be a bad-ass.

It’s jeopardy after jeopardy, and even though we know that things will pretty much be back on an even keel by the end – unlike the eponymous vessel! – there’s still lots of tension and high drama. And what an ending too.

Verdict: Proving that the show is so much more than Michael Burnham, Discovery’s crew meet the new future, hitting it hard on. And most importantly, it feels like classic Star Trek. 9/10