Tilly leads the away mission with some diplomacy, and they get the station stabilized… just in time for a new crisis: giant frozen methane space boulders start tearing the station apart. With gravity literally upside down, the station’s Commander Nalas is understandably a bit prickly, but Lt. After Owo and Detmer affably align the ship, Tilly and the newly minted Ensign Adira-doing an admirable season one stammering Tilly routine-beam over to fix the station with a remarkable amount of technobabble. In this, Captain Burnham is a competent conductor, letting the crew play the high notes. Together the bridge crew comes to life to sort out the problem (a gravitational distortion) and work out a solution requiring programmable matter and some impressive-looking maneuvering. They arrive at Deep Space Beta 6 to find it tumbling out of control. Admiral Vance orders the Discovery to check it out, and the President invites herself along, much to the chagrin of a skeptical captain who doesn’t want to give joyrides to politicians looking to “tick a box” for space action on their resume. But all the nostalgic feels, inspiring speechifying, and admiring of fancy new dress uniforms is cut short by a distress call from a distant space station. Drilling the point home, she unveils a new spacedock named for Captain Jonathan Archer and a program of new and updated ships with new post-warp technology. The Federation is coming out of hiding with new president Laira Rillak, who announces Starfleet’s return to the mission of exploration. Discovery is back and ready to take on the galaxy.īack at Federation HQ, Captain Burnham’s new calm confidence is on display as she addresses the first Starfleet Academy class since The Burn. Mission accomplished in this cold open full of sci-fi action, alien humor, Treknology, and good old teamwork. After some more fun banter, they are back on the Disco with a more amenable Emperor Lee’U calling, now open to accepting the Federation gifts, no strings attached. While he is ready to meet fire with fire, Michael and the team on the Discovery science out a gesture of goodwill by fixing a local dilithium-starved satellite network. Boyfriend Book is along for his “empathy thing,” but after the locals scan a certain Felis catus lifeform on his ship, a comedy of errors and misunderstanding of Grudge’s regal nature turns this tense reunion into running and phaser gunning, which is sort of second nature for Michael and Book. This first post-Burn visit to a former Federation world with an offer of free dilithium and peaceful cooperation meets a skeptical audience with the don’t-call-them-butterfly-people, the Alshain. Picking up after some time has passed, we find Captain Burnham on a genuine strange new world, taking on the task given to her at the end of season three. WARNING: Spoilers below! RECAP “It’s what we do” Written by Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzmanĭirected by Olatunde Osunsanmi SPOILER-FREE REVIEWĭiscovery returns with a bang, delivering an action-packed season opener that sets up high stakes and new character arcs for the season. Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 1 – Debuted Thursday, November 18, 2021
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