Your theory about Voq/Tyler makes perfect sense. I was scratching my head, trying to figure out how L'Rell could have been on that ship for seven months and trapped in the binary star with Voq.

Watching Voq stare at the Shenzhou's crew registry last episode seemed to hint his storyline would collide with Burnham's at some point...but wow. I did read somewhere that Burnham would form a "special connection" with a man who was a POW with Lorca and Harry Mudd. Silly me thought he would be from Lorca's past.