An eagle-eyed fan found this: "Lorca totally hits an override command when he puts in the coordinates for where they are jumping to next. Seriously, this happens fast but if you go back and watch it, and pause when Lorca is punching in the coordinates you’ll glimpse a list of Spore Jumps, and then a command that says: OVERRIDE, LORCA, G. SPORE JUMP 133— UNKNOWN."
So I was right that he’s from another universe, or at the very least is aware of another universe, but wrong that he’s been trying to avoid going back. Now he’s back there, so what’s his game? I still feel he’s not just a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He did, after all, stick around long enough to basically end the Klingon war. He protected the Pahvans rather than throw them under the bus and manipulate the situation to just steal their natural transmitter. He did the right thing. But what’s his private agenda? I don’t think it’s as simple as just getting home. Maybe also rescuing his doppleganger and sending Discovery home with her “true” captain? Assuming I was wrong about that Lorca having actually died with the crew of the Buran? Because I really hope the thing about having killed his own crew isn’t true.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I really, really want Lorca -- the Lorca we've been watching -- to have an honorable reason for all the shit he's done. I suppose it's possible that he's not actually from the mirror universe, but has some good reason to want to go there -- but that seems unlikely. Still, even if his hidden agenda consists entirely of getting home, he made sure to defeat the Klingons and end the war first -- he didn't have to do that. But at this point, it seems likely that, if there is a Captain Lorca next season, it won't be this Captain Lorca, and I'm kind of bummed about that.
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