Star Trek: Discovery debuts its third episode tonight, which has been described as a sort of “second pilot” for the show as it introduces the USS Discovery and a number of regular characters including Capt. Lorca (Jason Isaacs), Lt. Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Cadet Tilly (Mary Wiseman). We have compiled everything you need to get ready for it.
Preview: “Context is for Kings”
Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 3
Michael Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca (Jason Isaacs)
The episode will be available in the US on CBS All Access at 8:30 pm ET (5:30 PT). In Canada it airs on the Space Channel at 8:00 pm ET (5:00 pm PT). And it will be available on Netflix outside the USA and Canada on Monday at 8 am BST.
Clips
NEW: Cadet Tilly has awkward first meeting with roomate Michael Burnham (via TVLine).
Burnham meets Lt. Stamets in engineering (via Entertainment Weekly).
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured: Doug Jones as Lieutenant Saru. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured (l-r): Mary Wiseman as Cadet Sylvia Tilly; Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham; Anthony Rapp as Lieutenant Paul Stamets. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured (l-r): Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham; Doug Jones as Lieutenant Saru. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured: Anthony Rapp as Lieutenant Paul Stamets. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
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- Akiva Goldsman addresses the “dark” feeling so far on Discovery
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured (l-r): Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca; Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham. Photo Cr: Jan Thijs/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
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- “Context Is for Kings” — Episode #103 — Episodic coverage the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Pictured (l-r): Sonequa Martin-Green as First Officer Michael Burnham; Anthony Rapp as Lieutenant Paul Stamets. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/CBS é 2017 CBS Interactive. All Rights Reserved.
Followed by After Trek episode 2
The second episode of the Discovery after-show After Trek streams live on CBS All Access tonight at 9:30 pm ET. Tonight’s guests are co-Showrunner Aaron Harberts and actress Mary Wise (Cadet Tilly). If you tweet questions to @startrekcbs with the tag #AfterTrek they may be answered during the show.
After #StarTrekDiscovery this Sunday, stream #AfterTrek live with @May_Wise & @AaronHarberts. 🚀 Send your Qs using #AfterTrek! pic.twitter.com/0lQ2IYcEL1
— Star Trek: Discovery (@startrekcbs) September 29, 2017
After Trek also airs on Space in Canada at midnight ET and will be available on Netflix on Monday.
What say you?
TrekMovie will be posting a full review of “Context is for Kings” later. But you don’t have to wait to offer your views in the comments below.
Oh, man… Tilly reminds me of myself from a few years ago.
I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing yet.
I’m sure Tilly reminds more than a few of us of ourselves in our nervous, want-to-impress college days! :-)
Well–that puts yesterday’s encounter between the two of them in a different context. I liked that scene much better, but we’ll see how it all fits together.
Since Star Trek Discovery is about the Klingon War this session I wonder if they plan to bring in the Kerzon Dax character mention so often in DS9, who was the federation ambassador who negotiated the peace treaty with the Klingons. Of course this happen during the events of ST: The Undiscovered Country years later but it would be cool to see a relationship being formed with them that led up to this pivotal event in Star Trek lore.
thats very interesting im curious about this myself……
Curzon wouldn’t be Dax yet. The Dax host at the time of Discovery would be Emony or Audrid.
It could be Emony or Audrid, but sometime later on the Albino kills the first born sons of kang, kor, koloth. Remains to be seen if Voq is the same albino
Ohhh I forgot about that! That would be an interesting tie-in.
The Albino on DS9 wasn’t a Klingon.
@Legate Damar: That was never specified. He could have been a Klingon. If I remember correctly, there was also a novel about him, where he was in fact Klingon (I know, not canon, but still…)
In short: If Voq is “the Albino”, it would not violate canon.
Why would anyone assume he was a Klingon. He looked nothing like a Klingon. I know not all Klingons look the same, but you would think that he would have looked like other DS9 Klingons if he was meant to be a Klingon.
Besides, Voq seems to be all about honor. The Albino murdered innocent children. Voq is proud to be a Klingon. The Albino doesn’t like Klingons. Apart from being albinos, the two characters have nothing in common.
We’ve had enough fan service. I was annoyed by the Amanda mention tonight — why would Tilly ask “what was her name?”
Why not? I feel it keeps with Tilly’s character. I feel she would ask a lot of personal questions. We know that Burnham was Sarak and Amanda’s ward. It’s not like the writers were trying to surprise us. I just think it’s keeping with what Tilly’s character is like.
Hmmm. Okay.
Fan service? This is supposed to be a Star Trek show, with a built in fanbase with expectations & wants & needs, why shouldnt they be trying to give the fans something-
Charming.
Polyester fabric in the 23rd century? Ewww.
I was thinking the same thing. Really? Warp drive, transporters, even world peace–and we still have polyester? WTF?
Not to make a huge issue out of it, but if we’d been watching a clip from The Orville I’d have just assumed it was a joke.
It’s a synthetic material. Why wouldn’t they have it? Probably replicated. Makes sense.
Uncured allergies in the 23rd century. Even ewwwer.
Remember, according to McCoy, no cure as yet for the common cold.
Kirk was allergic to retnax in the wrath of khan
Some things just live on forever. I’m guessing people still eat spam in this period too. ;)
Well, I mean root beer is evidently still a thing in the 24th century…
So, Tilly isn’t Harry Kim, she’s… Reginald Barclay?
@FLB,
A fusion of the two, Barim!
Cadet Tilly is talkative and has a chronic snoring as well, she is the perfect roommate from hell!
I feel sorry for Burnham now.
The court may have specified this punishment in their ruling. A fate worse than Rura Penthe. ;-)
@Spike,
Lol
When is it going to be on local stations
You’re going to be waiting a few years if that’s the case.
Never?
Weird — it’s already on … I started streaming at 5:10 PDT. Very interesting opening … I’ll just leave it at that for now … There’s definitely some continuity things the visual canon folks aren’t going to like. Not the most flattering shot of the Diacovery to start the series if you ask me.
Wow. There’s gonna be a lot to digest here. Continuous beam phasers will at least make some happy.
SPOILERS BELOW
It started at 8pm est here on SPACE. Great episode and I’m really liking the characters. Definitely a lot to digest… going to watch it again to take in everything. But I definitely like what I’m seeing.
Count me as the one person who melted with joy when seeing the continuous phaser beam.
Captain Lorca is need of an optometrist and we have our first Black Alert!
And a half-black Starfleet delta symbol on a uniform.
I feel like there’s going to be some section 31 stuff going on in later seasons
Interesting. But I liked the first two better. Still, looking forward to seeing what happens.
Spoilers ahead.This one felt like it had a smaller budget. Burnham jumping from the jeffries tube into the shuttle didn’t quite work for me, for a few reasons.
I JUST SAW THE EPISODE AND IT BLEW MY MIND. This was the show I came for!!! Discovery is incredible, I’m calling it right now.
Agreed. Looking forward to each new episode. Love the introduction of the ship!
Same. Brilliant show.
I loved this episode. I’ve enjoyed each of them so far, but this one was definitely very gripping. Burnham and Tilly should be an interesting pair. Can’t wait for next week!
I liked the way that Tilly was so excited that it was her very first Landing Party…and the rest just looked at her.
Wow. That was one hell of an episode. It’s going to be a long wait until next week.
All my qualms about stiff acting and creaky dialog have been dispelled. The characters seem rich and compelling, the acting first-rate, and the action was thrilling. Tie that together with some truly intriguing science fiction and you’ve got yourself a show well worth watching, and easily the best sci fi currently on TV.
SPOILERS: Loved the quick visual homages to TOS during Burnham’s “jaunt.” And Capt. Lorca is officially creepy AF.
I’m guessing it’s a good sign that when I finished watching, I was immediately ready to watch it again. Very interesting characters, I like the thought behind the spore-drive. Did Spock have a human sibling from Amanda’s life before Sarek? Or, another adoption? Or, did I here incorrectly?
I think she said that she was the “only other human” in Amanda’s life and that Amanda read the book to her and “her son” — alluding to Spock? Sybok?? Someone else??? Definitely moving further into retcon territory, but at this point, I’m interested enough in the new story that I don’t care. Yet.
“She and I were the only humans in the house.” According to the CC text. That makes more sense. ☺️
Saw the episode, good but felt was not as good as the first two. Liked the prison shuttle angle, Lorca, the Discovery layout (mess hall), the security officer, beam phaser.. the secret research project angle is cool. I am enjoying Michael and her former shipmates reactions and all the lower deck crew interactions. The whole warp jump fungus plot is the only part of the show that doesn’t seem firing on all thrusters (seems all fantasy Force/Midoclorian TNG technobabble science, where are the dilithium crystals and M/AM reactors? This obviously has to end up a dead end since the ship of line Constitution classes aren’t jumping around fifty years later. Hoping the need for resources remains a dramatic plot element and we don’t end up with free power and technobabble which TOS obviously did not have). I’m hoping this all comes together – the TOS elements (Amanda, etc) have me hoping that it will all fit and make sense in the end. Also they need the TOS bridge effects on the Discovery bridge – the Shenzou bridge seemed so much more happening with all those sensor pings.
I loved Lorca too, and the Disco’s design has won me over on the first episode. They shot the ship brilliantly, and the [John] Glenn was an interesting inclusion too. Also that one guy’s face being all distorted was pretty disturbing, as were the bodies. Loved the Klingon “shh”ing them. I was hoping the mystery of what Disco is working on would’ve been preserved a bit longer, but maybe Lorca is being misleading.
As for the fungus plot, as someone with a deep understanding of fungus and mycelium, I have to say I found it rather brilliant. The structure of soil is dominated by mycelium, and the structure of spacetime, according to theoretical physics, is made up of a potentially similar network. So I can very easily see how these two sciences can be married on this sort of “quantum” level as Lt. Stamets says in the episode, who, btw, is named after a Paul Stamets mycologist who taught me all these cool things about fungus. You should check out his work! I think I like Lt. Stamets a lot too, he’s a fun character.
Honestly I thought this episode was a vast improvement over the first two. It was fun, mysterious, but also serious, and had great dialogue and acting. This is the Discovery I came to watch, not that preview we saw last week. I’m feeling so much better about this show now.
“The structure of soil is dominated by mycelium, and the structure of spacetime, according to theoretical physics, is made up of a potentially similar network”
So I’m an engineer and engage in some bio-research so forgive me if I sound skeptical but what?!? All I can think about is I suppose with entropy atomic structures and the universe is on a countdown to a cold “death”, that’s the only thing I can think of that is similar to cells. Philotic web, ethers, etc all that is old pre-big bang theoretical science out the window in favor of space-time.
I read that NASA Eagleworks report on the EM-Drive and get excited at the thought of being able to interact with the quantum vacuum (like Cashmir effect) but even then don’t get how that is like mycelium (and the physics community shoots down the concept again and again). Personally I think even if there is a 0.001% chance we should build a 1MW version and fire it into the ground once and for all and see if there is thrust.
I’m obviously not a physicist lol so I don’t know all the details, and that’s probably helping my suspension of disbelief, cuz to my casual observer ears, this technobabble sounds entirely plausible to me :P I just remember reading about like string theory and stuff about higher dimensions being like tiny filaments curled around themselves, not to mention that the matter of the universe at large is organized into galaxies stringed into gigantic galaxy filaments, the largest known structures in the universe. That would more directly relate to what Stamets was talking about, the structure of the galaxy. Also “quantum filament” was brought up in a couple TNG episodes, according to MA. So there are a lot of half-related ideas that could be tied together in this whole “mycelial network” idea, and I appreciate that.
YEah that entire bit about the structure of the galaxy and how you can travel on it sounded so cool. THATS Star Trek! It looks like we are going to get some interesting advance tech on this show. Too bad Janeway and the crew didn’t have it a century later though. ;)
So between you and me I wish they would stay away from fake “technobabble” science. TOS had a generation working on fusion rockets (antimatter is REAL).. TNG had a generation working on non nonsensical quantum filaments where science knows EVERYTHING – we can make matter/energy (no, serious, we $#@$ing cannot/in no way are anywhere theoretically close so quit with the fantasy and open up your physics books). There are people working on trapping antimatter, no one is working on mushrooms allowing for warp jumps. And ironically I am the one of the few people in the world actually working on using bacteria with waste sulfides to fix carbon, and even then I don’t attempt to portray that as being linked to the universe at large regardless of how technobabble cool it sounds. I am cheering for you though that this all makes sense in the end Genesis torpedo style and won’t result in bland over done time travel or reset button (in Meyer I trust).
Thank you for helping to sequester carbon! And on a more symbolic level, I think this mushroom business is just a metaphor for drugs — there’s literally a scene where Lorca sends Burnham on a hallucinogenic trip across the galaxy, from Andoria to Romulus…it seems like they’re channeling the whole psychedelic aspect of mushrooms and I find it pretty interesting.
Yes, I guess so. Like I said I hope it comes together. I just fear meetings where we are talking oxidizing sulfides into sulfates with bacteria and the news translates that into warp jumping across the universe. I also fear if they can warp jump then what do we need starships for, isn’t that just interstellar beaming? Funny thing is Lorca is similar to one actual scientific event – right now we probably could build a fusion reactor using an explosively pumped flux compression generator to trigger fusion.. basically detonate mini fusion bombs in a concrete reservoir of water and you’ll make steam. Fire it out the back of an 60s Orion rocket and you have an “impulse” engine. Funny thing – research into this is banned under the nuclear test ban treaty (for good reason, no one want mass produced pure fusion / real neutron “bombs”). Instead we (waste?) countless $$$s on these over complicated fusion schemes to do it without the “boom” (like national “ignition” facility which unfortunately did not achieve ignition) that will be difficult to actually generate steam to spin a turbine/generator . I figure Titan colony will run on that, 3d printed FCG DD Fusion devices. Lol
Dude I been saying for months now be prepared to be disappointed. Discovery was obviously some covert advanced science ship. What did you think the big secret would be, they learned to get to warp 8? Its science fiction. Star Trek had SOME real science but they just made a lot of stuff up as well. Its been like that from the beginning.
It sounds like you are an actual scientist which is really cool but NO ONE should be looking to Star Trek as real science anyway. Sure up to a point and then they find ways to make it more interesting or dramatic. And we already know Discoery’s experiment to have advance warp jumps will obviously fail since neither Picard or Janeway ever tried that when they really needed to be somewhere faster, especially Janeway lol.
This is Star Trek. Always has been. The only reason why this stuff wasn’t part of TOS because it was the freaking 60s and people weren’t that creative like we are today. And yes even then they came up with a LOT of crazy concepts unless you think time travel, parallel universes, transporters, clones, etc are any less gobbly gook fantasy? It isn’t its just stuff in sci fi we accept because its been part of science fiction for so long but thats why they call it science fiction in the first place.
I’m looking forward to Discovery actually showing off what it can do as a ship. Especially if its proven to be all done under Section 31.
@Cmd.Bremmon — this research could very easily be the beginning of the trans warp drive that evolved into the Excelsior. That ship evidently ended up being a dead end as well, since TNG ships likewise weren’t jumping around 100 years later.
Yeah and again WHY I Hate prequels. :(
Because we know they are going to spend all season talking about something we know that will ultimately HAVE to fail in some way. It just sounds waaaaaay too advanced, once again, for this period. But imagine Lorca talking about this in the 25th century, it would not only make more sense, we really don’t know if it would happen or not. It just can’t happen in the 23rd century, period. It has to fail on some level or it would be completely out of canon to every show minus Enterprise.
But that said I’m curious to see where they are going to take it. I imagine there is going to be some ‘success’ because what’s the fun of building it up for so many episodes and its never done? It would be like talking about building a cloaking device for 10 episodes only to never see it implemented.
Honestly my guess is that this isn’t all that it seems on the surface, that this is actually a biological weapon that will be banned in the future, if it even succeeds at all. Maybe Lorca will be dispatched into this subspace mycelium in a dramatic climax as the machine he and his crew built tears itself to pieces.
Amazing episode… Have to watch it again to unpack it all.
“Did he just shush you?”
Haha! Best line of the night! 3rd episode and I am hooked.
The Shushing Klingon was hilarious.
Right before Kitty had his lunch.
Great moment and lead-in to such intensity. Loved it.
Just watched the episode, and I am floored. Such an amazing work of science fiction, brilliantly told in under an hour. Any show that expands my mind, and makes me wonder is a hit in my book. Every character has multi-dimensional facets that demand to be displayed.
Captain Lorca is, by far, the most enigmatic Starfleet Captain ever portrayed. This guy reeks Starfleet Intelligence, or Section 31, and he has the trust of the Federation council, AND Starfleet brass. I can hardly wait to see how his character unfolds.
I like Discovery’s first officer, but alas, she is destined for red-shirt hell. As for Discovery herself. She is gorgeous to say the least. She’s a long-legged beauty that is sure to please. I don’t want to spoil anything, so if you didn’t see the episode read no farther…
I was fascinated to learn that Discovery (had) a sister ship. I suspect we will revisit the evidence of her demise in the future…
Overall, a great episode, at 4 out of 5 stars
Watching this episode lots of questions on the Discovery’s origin – based on the naval construction contract registration number Discovery is an older ship but on arrival the crew remarks she is brand new?? I was thinking Discovery is a retrofitted science vessel? Why would they use an older registry number is she is brand new? Also I was worried they were making her more powerful then a Connie which should be a major writer no-no but based on how the sister ship lasted and was able to be destroyed I think we are safe on that front.
Well, we know that they sometimes have odd jogs in numbering. The Constellation was NCC-1017 for example (I know the RL explanation, but just thinking in-universe here).
I guess if she is a newer build than the Connie I’d be ok with the no shuttlebay doors and intraship beaming. Maybe she is a complete retrofit of an old ship (similar to ST:TMP).
Also loved Lorca as well. So many ways that character could go. Very mysterious. Might save the Federation, might end might going rouge / bad both of which are cool.
Isn’t Saru first officer? Are you talking about Tory from BSG?
Yes I’m thinking Lorca is Section 31 as well. He seems really interesting no matter what. I thought he was going to be a complete dick but you saw the humanity in him at the end. But yeah he’s like none of the other Captains thus far, he seems darker than all of them. Like season 6 Captain Sisko where he was poisoning planets and covering up Romulan assassinations lol.
But overall a good episode. I didn’t love like the others but it was definitely good and we are clearly at the heart of the show now. I liked most of the characters even if they came off a bit unlikable but we all know by episode 7 that will have changed. I felt really bad for Burnham but it was nice of Lorca to say basically what she did was for the right reasons.
Just watched it. Well now. That’s more like it. These new characters I can see spending some time with. Acting was good, Burnham was better, writing was good. Direction and pacing was good. Music was good. And seeing a flash of color in the prisoner’s uniform, that looks suspiciously like command green velour…was very cool. Problems? MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD: Tilly was a little annoying. I appreciate the character dynamic they are going for by pairing those two together, but she was a bit annoying none the less. Intership beaming?? Whaaa-?? That’s a no-no in Kirk’s time, much less 10 years before. Don’t care for the tribble. And shuttlebay DOORS would be nice in this era. Engineering set looks a bit plastic. But 15 hours are in the can, not much can be done about that. Good job Discovery…tonight, I was pleasantly surprised.
Agreed on the tribble, thought it was pretty distracting. Lorca doesn’t seem to be the kinda guy to be into furry lovable pets either. I guess he’s got a soft side, despite witnessing the aftermath of the Glenn and saying “It’s just a ship.”
Maybe he keeps the tribble because it hates Klingons and Klingons hate them? Also don’t mind the stoic nature of Lorca. I also did not like intraship beaming and no shuttlebay doors. But for the most part loving Discovery.
Maybe its a really evil tribble hell bent of seeing the Klingon empire destroyed and in cahoots with Lorca to help see their downfall. I’m over thinking it, aren’t I?
Ha Ha That would be hilarious. Maybe the evil tribble has mind control powers and is actually controlling Lorca to destroy the Klingons once and for all.
The Enterprise was built before the Discovery. Discovery probably has more state of the art transporters than the Enterprise.
AHHHHH good point!
@Legate Damar — I can go with that rationale for the shuttle bay doors, and the Tribble can be explained, but site to site transport? I have a problem with that, especially since Burnam didn’t seem to be phased by it at all. I think we’re were told it didn’t happen much because it was risky in Day of the Dove. And the worst part is, it’s a convenient crutch to easily get them out of trouble if need be, something I hoped setting the series in this period would help avoid. If Burnam had been surprised by it, I could chalk it all up to the Discovery being a top secret experimental vessel employing technology prototypes not introduced into the rest of regular Starfleet for decades to come … But she seemed to already be familiar, and worse yet comfortable, with the technology.
I liked this episode, glad to finally be on the Discovery and see where it goes next week!
Ok, I have always been positive on this site, but my goodness people…are we watching the same show? What’s the message? Where’s there any fun at all. Is Michael gonna break rules on every single show. Lorca seems more like Dr. Frankenstein to me. Also, some people are calling the security chief the first officer. NOT! I do believe that is Saru’s job. Speaking of him, if he’s so scared of danger, how could he possibly be OK working with Lorca and his zoo, among other things? I just don’t see it, all. I’m giving this show until the hiatus and if it keeps going this way, I’m gone along with my money CBS is currently getting. I’ve never been so disappointed in a “Star trek” series in all my life. (OK, start bashing me and name calling me, I’ve seen it happen and happen over and over again)
Differences of taste an opinion happen. That’s life. Calm down, not everything is about you.
*and opinion
Why should anyone bash you for having an honest opinion? It’s very different from what’s gone before in this franchise. Reactions will vary, and that’s okay.
I don’t think there is anything wrong with your opinion Jim. I like the show so far BUT yeah I don’t just want war, covert missions and highly experimental warp travel. I want to see SOME exploration. Some form of just meeting new life because thats what Starfleet does. I would like to see other known aliens outside of Klingons (who doesn’t look that famaliar ;)) and Vulcans. They mentioned Andorians at least but we still haven’t seen one. We haven’t seen any other alien race frankly.
But we also have to remember its VERY early. I have been saying I have a feeling Discovery is going to end up like Enterprise in season 3 with the Xindi. Whats amazing about that season is although that is considered the ‘serialized’ season and focused on the Xindi most of the time, they actually had some of the best and most fun standalone episodes in that season as well. In other words it will start strong being about the war with the Klingons but they will get to other types of stories. I’m really hoping by episode 5 or 6 we will get an episode that really departs from what we seen so far. We know there is suppose to be a mirror episode happening and maybe a time loop one so more are coming. But yes I want to see some actual exploring. One of the main knock about the Kelvin films was how the first two films felt like anything but just going out there and see what you find. And oddly Discovery is kind of going the direction of the Kelvin films in the sense its more about what we should fear instead of what we should embrace. But again I’m still very positive on the show and know its coming. I just don’t want to wait until season 2 to get it.
This isn’t the prime time line or JJ time line. It doesn’t fit either. Tribbles 10 plus years early. The Constitution class Enterprise is already in service as the fastest and toughest ship in the fleet. Organic propulsion faster than transwarp drive or conduits? Some other dimension, but don’t call it prime line, 10 years before Kirk and Spock.
Lorca has a lot of stuff in his private collection. Including a Gorn skeleton. This is a Super Secret Science Ship, so I think he’s allowed certain things before they show up in the main series. Call it the ‘Prime-A’ timeline if you want, though.
Maybe they will discover that using organic warp drive turns a ship’s crew into salamanders, and the technology is abandoned.
I don’t disagree but clearly this is a very secret ship (although its funny we have already seen a sister ship) and that basically whatever they are doing will stay in secret. Everyone was predicting that the minute we saw this ship in the previews but now the show is kind of hinting thats what Discovery is: An advanced ship very few people in Starfleet knows exists. I really think it will be revealed to be a Section 31 thing. Only those guys stayed completely in the shadows for centuries and Discovery could be explained that away.
As far as the tribbles they never said no one knew about them, simply that not every ship or people in Starfleet would know about them. Thats a big difference. Its not like they were in hiding like the Ferengi or anything. Not everyone has simply came across them and all these prequels from Enterprise to the KT films has kind of ruled that out at this point anyway. Discovery is just the next one.
Anyone think that the tribble is a Chekov’s gun? The key to defeating the Klingons was on Lorca’s desk the entire time.
LOL good point, that tribble was mad fat too I’m thinking it’s ready to have some tribblets. The war will be over in a week!
Hey now that you mention it… WHY ISN’T DISCOVERY CRAWLING WITH TRIBBLES AT THE END OF TEH EPISODE? Oh wait.. prob no quadrotriticale. Never mind. Bed time.
Tribbles don’t eat fortune cookies.
Enjoyed the episode. So far the show has a little bit of a DS9 feel to it, which isn’t a bad thing imo. I’ve read some fans saying that it doesn’t feel like “Trek” but I think it very much does. Its just been brought up stylistically to the current way story telling is presented on television (GOT, West World ect.) I’m not saying that’s good or bad thing, it just is what it is. I like Michael so far and think there’s plenty of interesting places they can take her character. The other crew I have to get to know before I judge because we’ve just been introduced except Saru. Though I will say I could see Lorca turning out to be a bad guy in this. Maybe even a Section 31 agent or something. Also am I detecting a Southern accent in his speech? Cant completely tell yet.
And I actually really like the ship. I’ve been fascinated with the Ralph McQuarrie Plant of Titans Enterprise design for a long time. Cool look imo.
Will repost this over in the review thread.
YEah I’m getting a DS9 feeling as well, with maybe a mixture of The Expanse. But its going to be interesting to see where its going.
Interesting tidbit: the actress playing Airiam The Robot was in The Expanse (Sara Mitich, who was Gia in The Expanse).
I find Tilly quite cute and charming. She’s a breath of fresh air.
I reckon Mary Wiseman, along with Mary Chieffo, will be the new it girls for the new “Star Trek,” like what Marina Sirtis and Terry Farrell did for the franchise previously.
I like Tilly too! I know a lot of people find her annoying, but aside from her first scene, I thought she was likable and even somewhat unexpected. She’s gonna be captain, and she was pretty brave on the away mission. She hasn’t annoyed me yet, but that’s really in the writers’ hands as to whether it lasts.
Is Tilly the new Barclay but adorable and likeable?! I’m in!
Count me in as one of those that liked Tilly.