A Klingon ambassador visits Enterprise and it stirs up traumatic memories for certain crew members.
This is a strong character episode for the likes of Dr M'Benga and Nurse Chapel as we get some interesting backstory associated with both. It gives a bit more substance to the Klingon War narrative than was presented by Discovery and shows the Federation having a liberal attitude towards war criminals when it suits the politics of a situation.
It has more of a DS9 feel than previous SNW episodes. We saw characters like Sisko and Garak sacrificing lives to turn the tide of war. Here you see different motivations, but the themes of justice and revenge are similarly dark.
Comments have been made about how un-Klingon like the guest character is portrayed, but as much as I have always loved the Klingon stories, most of their character depictions have been quite similar. It is refreshing to see a different take on a Klingon here. Being a Bunny Colvin fan, I had a nerdgasm seeing Robert Wisdom in the makeup.
There is an interesting twist at the end and I think how Pike handles it might have a bearing on how you feel about the overall story. I hope this is followed up in further episodes. Will this arc have any bearing on Bones eventually becoming the Senior Medical Officer on Enterprise?
Babs Olusanmokun is on particularly great form and supported well by Jess Bush.
As always the visuals are excellent.