OK, finally got around to ep. 10, and they've even made the Terran Empire inconsistent with previous treatments.
--the TE, as shown previously, was NOT "humans only". In fact, as shown in ST:ENT, the Imperial starship crews were actually MORE multiracial than contemporary Prime universe Starfleet crews, but those other species were obviously subservient to the humans, who treated them fairly contemptuously. And remember mirror-Spock had his own Vulcan henchmen on the mirror-Enterprise.
--the Mirror Universe itself is now more " mirror" in that everything is geo- and astro graphically reflected. Take a close look at the new TE emblem and you'll see the east-west orientation of Earth's continents has been flipped I.e. L.A. is now on the east coast of North America. The TOS and ST:ENT versions had the continents in their familiar locations. There's also Saru's comment that nothing in space is where it should be, directly contradicting Scotty's assertion in "Mirror, Mirror" that phsically, everything in the MU was where it should be (except the protagonists).
--For people who like complaining about the look of the ships, they couldn't even leave the venerable Constitution class alone. The wireframe graphic of the Defiant shows an extra joint in the nacelle pylons that was not present on either the original model or the TOS movie refit (of the Enterprise).
But the biggest problem???
[sarcasm] THE FEMALE CREWMEMBERS' UNIFORMS!!! [/sarcasm ]
Having got that out of the way...
--Didn't Tilly and Burnham take to their roles a little TOO easily? Especially Burnham, practically the first thing she had to do was commit a murder.
--Isn't it curious how nobody seems to suspect Lorca's eagerness to assimilate to TE ways, and that he already seems to have a lot of insight into how things work there? Why didn't anyone think to scan HIS quantum signature?
L'Rell ought to have a ball in this universe. I would love it if her counterpart is a benevolent, loving Earth mother type.
Cheers, Gabe