The cliffhanger
for season one ends with the USS Discovery facing the USS Enterprise. Captain
Pike assumes command of the Enterprise and leads a mission to rescue a medical
transport on an asteroid. Michael Burnham briefly sees a red winged angel
before being saved by Captain Pike. Spock is currently at a medical facility and a new threat
emerges to destroy everything. Now known as the Red Angel, the Discovery searches for Spock. The crew of the Discovery find out the Red Angel is a humanoid from the future wearing and enhanced armor. Michael finds her brother Spock and the two head to Talos IV (Which is the planet from 'The Cage' episode from the original Star Trek series).
We discover the Red Angel is Michael's mother from the future attempting to circumvent a disaster created by Section 31. Discovery took the knowledge which would be used to created the disaster into the future to prevent it.
