Let me reccommend spacefungusparty to you as a place on the net where everyone loves Michael Burnham.

Re: Lorca getting undeserved forgiveness, I don't think you need to worry. Check out this interview with Jason Isaacs about his character. (BTW, Jason Isaacs has been fun on twitter, too, suggesting to a fanboy who complained about the "lack of support for POTUS" on Isaac's part that he should try the KKK's website.)

I'm now very curious what MirrorGeorgiou and L'Rell will make of each other. Especially given that they see each other as lower life forms and, as you say, have lost someone they loved only to find them again as literary another person. BTW, I wouldn't be surprised if it would turn out MirrorGeorgiou killed her Michael, because they've yet to explain why she has MirrorBurnham's combadge.