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Moving past her distaste of politics, Burnham channels her inner Josh Lyman, recognizing the only way out of this diplomess is for her to broker a deal. It becomes clear Rillak’s last-minute invitation was a ploy to inject the USS Discovery pair into this crisis and work it behind the scenes. When a hasty recess is called, Michael and Saru do some backchannel presidential tag team with Burham taking Rillak and Saru taking T’Rina, who everyone noticed has a thirst for some Kelpien tea, nudge nudge, know what I mean? Both captains learn that while the presidents want to deal, they are hampered by interests within their respective coalitions and neither has the latitude to compromise on their own without the risk of losing their positions. Ignoring orders to keep quiet, Captain Burnham jumps in to calm things down.
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Plus the Orion and Tellarite cadets have a simmering historical post-Burn blood feud, so… go team?Īfter protracted talks, Ni’Var should be ready to sign on the dotted line, but the summit breaks down as President T’Rina informs President Rillak they want a last-minute “exit clause” due to fears that the DMA could bring back the bad times, even before the Burn, when the Federation was ghosting its various member worlds. Oh, and the shuttle is surrounded by tentacle monsters attracted to their tech, so they have to shut everything down.
Things literally get even chillier when a rogue gamma-ray burst sends the shuttle crashing into the wrong moon and they find themselves on an inhospitable icy rock with a broken shuttle, a dead pilot, and no way to call for help. The exercise has Tilly and Adira taking three squabbling cadets on a shuttle to do some “fun” (well, Tilly thinks it’s fun) orbital scanning of a nice little desert moon, but no amount of her endearing banter can break the ice with these glum cadets. He ominously warns her that this simple team-building exercise is “about the very future of Starfleet,” so no pressure, Sylvia. Kovich”) briefs Tilly on the problems of getting cadets to work together after growing up disconnected in the post-Burn era. Culber prescribes a new challenge in the form of leading a team-building exercise at the new Starfleet Academy, and he asks her to take Adira along to help with their (lack of) socialization skills.Īt the Academy, David Cronenberg’s Kovich (now “Dr.
As she eagerly awaits the culmination of negotiations for Ni’Var’s reentry into the Federation, Burnham is surprised to get an order from President Rillak for her and Captain Saru to attend the summit, where they are expected to “remain silent and look official.” As for Tilly, her crisis of confidence continues, so Dr. For boyfriend Book, who has been hit hardest of all, she recommends grief counseling with Dr. Captain Burnham orders the crew to take a bit of R&R to blow off steam to deal with galaxy-ending stress and uncertainty. The USS Discovery remains at Ni’Var while Stamets burns the midnight dilithium along with the Vulcan scientists trying to figure out the DMA (Dark Matter Anomaly)-which, for the moment, isn’t threatening any other systems. In a solid episode, Discovery delivers multiple classic Star Trek storylines, each offering rich and emotional character exploration. Robbinsĭirected by John Ottman SPOILER-FREE REVIEW Star Trek: Discovery Season 4, Episode 4 – Debuted Thursday, December 9, 2021