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Original title:Battle at the Binary Stars
Category:TV Episode / Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi
Released:2017–
Director:Adam Kane
Actors:Sonequa Martin-Green,Doug Jones,Shazad Latif
Writer:Gene Roddenberry,Bryan Fuller
Duration:38min
Video type:TV Episode

Rating 7.5: Votes 216

2017– Sonequa Martin-Green Doug Jones Shazad Latif Adam Kane

Short summary

Escaping from the brig while the ship is under attack, Burnham joins the captain in an audacious plan to end a battle rapidly escalating into war.

T'Kuvma additionally mentions "Humans, Vulcans, Tellarites, and filthy Andorians." These four races are the founding species of the Federation, as first established in ENT: "Zero Hour".

Whereas Sarek melded with Michael Burnham in her childhood, he never melded with Spock, as was established in TNG: "Unification II".

One of the Federation ships coming to the U.S.S. Shenzou's aid is called the Shran, probably named in dedication to Commander (later Ambassador) Shran from Enterprise (2001). Another ship is called the Edison, probably named after Balthazar Edison from Star Trek Beyond (2016). In the prime timeline, Edison was a decorated veteran of the Xindi and Romulan wars, and went missing with his ship, the U.S.S. Franklin, shortly after the founding of the Federation.

Many of the Starfleet ship names in this episode have origins either in reality or previous Star Trek productions. The USS Shran was a nod to Commander Thy'lek Shran from ENT. The USS T'Plana-Hath was named after T'Plana-Hath, the matron of Vulcan philosophy mentioned in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, ENT: "The Forge" and the Vulcan starship featured in Star Trek: First Contact. The USS Kerala was named after the Kerala state of India where the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology is located. The USS Sioux was named after the native American tribe Sioux. The USS Ride was named after 20th century astronaut Sally Ride. The USS Earhart was named after 20th-century aviator Amelia Earhart. The USS Edison may have been named after famous inventor Thomas Edison or Balthazar M. Edison, one of the first Federation Starfleet captains, established in Star Trek Beyond. The USS Yeager was named after 20th-century test pilot Chuck Yeager.

T'Kuvma mentions that the last time the Klingons clashed with the Federation was years ago at Donatu V; this was previously mentioned in TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles", in which it was said that the skirmish there was "inconclusive". That episode also established that the skirmish at Donatu V occurred in the year 2245, eleven years before the Battle of the Binary Stars.

The House of D'Ghor was first mentioned in DS9: "The House of Quark".

Altering a photon torpedo warhead to score a decisive hit on a Klingon warship capable of cloaking was previously accomplished in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

This episode takes place in 2249 and on May 11, 2256.

This episode establishes that, even as early as 2249, the Shenzhou was a relatively old Starfleet vessel.

Despite being credited, Anthony Rapp (Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Sylvia Tilly), and Jason Isaacs (Gabriel Lorca) do not appear in this episode.

In the Klingon language, Voq repeatedly refers to T'Kuvma as "my lord," matching how Kruge is addressed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and how L'Rell refers to T'Kuvma in "The Vulcan Hello".

The idea of a Starfleet captain, the commanding officer of a Starfleet ship, venturing aboard an enemy's vessel in a shuttlecraft was not only discussed here but also done in the film Star Trek, in that case with Captain Robau traveling to the Romulan mining vessel Narada.

The psychic contact experienced between Michael Burnham and Sarek is similar to the psychic bond experienced between Charles Tucker and T'Pol, although in this case is explained by part of Sarek's katra being with Burnham.

Like Shinzon in Star Trek Nemesis, T'Kuvma is shown in flashback as a child enduring difficult societal circumstances in a rundown industrial environment (this time a ship, rather than underground mines on Remus). Like Spock Prime in TAS: "Yesteryear" and the alternate reality Spock in the film Star Trek, T'Kuvma is depicted as being bullied in his childhood.

According to Aaron Harberts in After Trek: "Episode 1", the previous episode, "The Vulcan Hello", and this episode form a two-part "prologue" of sorts, with the third episode, "Context Is for Kings", being the "pilot". However, Star Trek author Christopher L. Bennett pointed out that neither episode is technically a pilot.

47 reference: the status of the sheilds of the USS Europa is revealed to be at 47%. 47 is referenced several times throughout Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise and now Discovery.

The production crew filmed an ultimately deleted extension of a scene which, in the final version of the episode, begins a montage initially showing T'Kuvma light his bat'leth on fire aboard his ship. The removed footage involved him then saying something to L'Rell and next walking past her, carrying the lit bat'leth with him.

This episode picks up the plot from the end of the previous episode, "The Vulcan Hello", with the USS Discovery confronted by the arrival of a Klingon fleet and Captain Georgiou determined to end Burnham's mutiny.

This was the first episode of Discovery to air exclusively on the CBS All Access platform in the United States. It was released immediately after the broadcast of "The Vulcan Hello" on CBS.

T'Kuvma gives himself the title "the Unforgettable". This title is traditionally reserved for Kahless. Indeed, T'Kuvma claims that Kahless is reborn in him.

The flashbacks in this episode serve as a prelude to the first episode of the series, "The Vulcan Hello".

This episode aired on Space in Canada after the previous episode aired on CTV.

This episode is rated TV-14, even though the series as a whole is rated TV-MA.

T'Kuvma actor Chris Obi was so thrilled to have a fight scene with martial arts expert Michelle Yeoh (Captain Georgiou) in this episode that he kept yelling, "I kicked Michelle Yeoh's ass!" on set.

Michelle Yeoh (Philippa Georgiou) is credited as a Special Guest Star.

The conclusion of this episode was influential to the DIS writing staff while writing this entire episode (as well as "The Vulcan Hello"). "We wanted to build that relationship between Burnham and Georgiou so we could then yank it away," Aaron Harberts explained.

Burnham being beamed away from Captain Georgiou, a mother figure in her life, while she dies echoes how Spock is beamed away from his mother Amanda Grayson (in the movie Star Trek) just as she dies. Both Burnham and Spock, who normally keep their emotions in check, are unable to save their loved one and are emotionally affected by the loss thereafter.

The attack on the Vulcan Learning Center depicted in flashback here was later established, in subsequent first season episode "Lethe", to have been committed by Vulcan logic extremists.

User reviews

Author: Ance

Some reviewers imply that everyone who hates this show (and we are legion) is simply too stuck on the TOS to appreciate change.

So let's be clear - this episode has plot holes large enough to fly a space-shuttle through. It's not only bad star trek ... it's just plain bad. Plays more like an anime show with no plot line but chicks fighting and explosions. Yet without the charm of animation.

But don't take my word ... here is a little test to see if you will like this this show: please choose A or B

(Ahem) You need to do an extraction mission which involves going behind enemy lines to take a dangerous klingon. So you:

a} put together a well-armed tactical team with your best sharp-shooter and special ops personnel, plus a med tech to tranq the prisoner and a communications specialist to coordinate the mission.

b} You send the middle-aged lady captain and the science officer armed with nothing more than hand phasers (eek! who's running the ship with the captain gone???)

OK, if you picked B, you will like this show. If you picked A, congratulations you deserve better entertainment. Watch Battlestar Galactica and Caprica if you want to see dark warlike future done well.

Author: Jorius

To be frank, I felt the first episode/pilot was rushed and rather pedestrian. Dialog quips were annoying more than charming. Burmann's flip at the end really bothered me to no end (especially given that Vulcans are far more technologically sophisticated than either humans or Klingons, so to use the same strategy is suicide).

Ignore the pilot. This episode brings some really interesting drama to the table. Sarek's relationship with Burmann is interesting (the psychic link via mind melds hasn't been established to this extent, but it is interesting nonetheless). Establishes the characters far more eloquently with little dialog. The cliché dialog from the first episode is gone for much tighter, moving pieces. The pacing is more traditional Trek while still being moving and fast-paced, and is a much better setup for what's to come than the pilot.

I do find it annoying that they've made Klingons to be so spiritual (to waste time on the dead and making yourself tactically vulnerable is the antithesis of what Klingons represent). This isn't simply Trek fans groaning on canon, but completely flipping a race of people that's been so centric to the whole series.

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Now as for the reviewer above me (Greg Adrian), I disagree that this Trek is a revolution and Star Trek has 'never been so great' (or that Voyager received backlash from Janeway being a female character). While this episode is very good at establishing the direction the series is going and telling its story, there really isn't much exploration to the story. From a technical perspective, it's far ahead of Trek, but the storytelling is for now relying on combat, which doesn't take too much writing expertise to do well (thank CGI wizards and great set designs). We'll see if we'll ever get timeless episodes of great Trek that explored dimensions of the human condition that makes sci-fi so unique (see 'All Good Things...;, 'Tapestry', 'Living Witness', 'Year of Hell', 'Measure of a man', 'Far Beyond The Stars', 'City on the Edge of Forever', and much more). Hopefully we will, but it's early to assume that critics don't have a point after the premier (the focus on combat so early in the series might not of been the best direction).

As to Voyager, most backlash comes from disappointment from the setting being ripe with material for interesting stories, and 1/2 of all episodes revolve the holodeck, Borg, and set pieces we've seen dozens of times in Trek, and never delving into the issues of being stranded so far away with no chance of returning home in your lifetime. Janeway was written in a bipolar way, sometimes upholding Starfleet principles to the point of religion, while others abandoning them on a whim. People criticized the inconsistencies of her character, not her being female or the actress (Kate did a fantastic job).

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Hopefully, this series becomes something special, but the hyperbole on both sides needs to stop. As of right now, Discovery is a well-made, big-budget sci-fi war series. Will it rise to the best Trek has to offer? Is the badly written dialog from Episode 1 simply padding that won't be revisiting, or is this the kind of banter we should be expecting from this series? We'll see...

Author: Whatever

I have watched both episodes and am ready to cast judgement. This is not Star Trek. This reminded me more of Mass Effect. It is focused on action too much, the ship is too sterile, the crew doesn't seem to want to co-operate and the bridge-crew are not what you'd expect. There's one tall alien that's afraid of everything, there's a robot and there's a cyborg. Judging by the previous Star Trek series, cyborgs, are probably not what you'd expect.

The biggest issue is that the klingons are not klingons anymore. The way they pronounce their language (and maybe their language) has changed. Their looks, well, they look more like bald romulans.

It's a shame, Star Trek has a rich lore, a diverse cast of aliens and heck, if they need more aliens, go for it. The problem here is that they just rewrite established lore in an uninteresting way. This is not Star Trek, this is not an evolution, this is just fluff.

If you want an example of what they could've done, watch Prelude to Axanar. It shows what you can do with the lore without deluding it.

Author: Manris

This is interpersonal drama with people shouting at each other. The Walking Dead in Space. That's a bit unfair, since the characters in the Walking Dead seem to be more intelligent and more cooperative towards each other. Michael gets sentenced for life in front of anonymous judges. How is this a better future? How is this Star Trek? The Klingon lore is rewritten in an uninteresting fashion. They seem to be religious fanatics. Kratos from God of War is amongst them apparently. I really wanted to like it. The only thing likable are the special effects, and I don't care about that at all. Michael Bay could've made this crap.

Author: Katius

You're either a Trekkie or you're not and shows are either star trek or they're not. JJ'Abrams movies, while solid movies on their own, weren't star trek. His movies never felt like Startrek.

You have the exploration, strange new cultures, a near Utopian society and challenges, and personalities. That's what makes star trek great. This show, while we only got to know 3 characters (and spoiler - one dies) but each is unique and interesting. (OK, Doug Jones "I'm afraid all the time", not that interesting, but I like the two leads.

Also, some serious drama for a Trek in the first two episodes. The Captain dies, the first officer stripped of rank and jailed and the war with the Klingons has begun. I like where it's gone so far. A solid start. I am sorry that Michelle Yeow died, because I liked her character. Looking forward to Raine Wilson as Harry Mudd.

My favorite first two episodes of Trek ever. Better than Farpoint. Looking forward to more.

Author: Ranterl

This episode was extremely disappointing for a number of reasons. Primarily, it's that this just clearly isn't Star Trek at all, it's an action movie with actors wearing Star Trek uniforms. Nothing but high budget effects. What was done with the Klingons was atrocious. Their makeup was totally different and it wasn't even good. It was really muddy and unnecessarily complicated. There may be some non-Trekkies out there who might think that this was a good show but any real Trekkie is going to be completely outraged at what was done with the show and it is the Trekkies who have kept this franchise alive for all of these decades. I can honestly say these first two episodes were worse than Enterprise. At least Enterprise was real Trek even if most of the episodes were bad.

Author: Phenade

Seems that the Millennials just cannot write, just like they don't know how to capitalize Words. example U.S. States not U.S. states.

For supposedly Burnham being trained by Vulcans, she has less logic than...a tree stump. Why didn't she explain that attacking the Klingons was the ONLY way to stop a War (Battle), as to what the Vulcans did.

Like the U.S. Navy S.E.A.L.s killing Osama Bin Laden, they were supposed to Capture the Klingon Leader Only. Turning him into a Martyr means Decades to Centuries of War, yet it is Burnham that fires to kill setting.

Author: Nuadora

A little bit better than the pilot, but this is still not off to a particularly strong start. A lot more action here, but I don't think any of the characters are standing out as unique. I get that the Star Trek vibe kind of forces a lack of uniqueness, but in 2017 you need to be entertaining to get noticed.

The "death" was a little surprising, but let's see how the next few episodes play out before we rush to judgment on it being a good or bad decision.

Author: AfinaS

As many, many other reviewers have pointed out, this is Star Trek in name only. The plot is simplistic, the pacing is slow and dull, the characters are cold and robotic. And, worst of all, the Gene Roddenberry optimism is nowhere to be seen. Like so many of today's "nerd culture" television shows and movies, this is an empty showcase for millennial bigotry, and, judging from the preview for episode 3, this is only going to get worse.

I'm very disappointed in Nicholas Meyer, for allowing his name to be attached to this show. After writing some of Star Trek's best movies, he doesn't deserve to be remembered for this.

Author: Gaua

I was very impressed with the ship battle scene. They made phasers actually look threatening and intimidating, not just some nerdy laser that goes "PEWWW." Also the depiction of polarizing the hull plating after it's been damaged was very cool. There are few things I found to be flaws though IMO that's more just personal biases. The constant Klingon is getting pretty annoying. The problem is they talk slow. You see a sentence on the bottom. I finished reading. They're still saying the same sentence for like 10 more seconds!

I understand they're trying to be more realistic and more authentic... but then why would they translate "We come in peace" in English? Also these Klingons are also fluent in English it seems. We're able to look past that trope and just accept "Sure they're only speaking English to make it easier for us." From an artistic perspective, what they did was impressive... but it's still annoying to watch especially considering Star Trek is based on dialogue, not action.

Aside from these gripes, I found this to be pretty good episode. I'm really wondering how the story will end up. I seriously did not expect that ending. I had assumed they'd forget the incident and have Michael instated as captain of that ship.

Author: Zonama

Battle at the Binary Stars was considerably better than A Vulcan Hello, which was an uninspired and discouraging first episode, and a great episode in its own right. I was a bit bothered by all the disorienting dutch angles in episode one, but episode two was shot especially well. The cinematography was dynamic and kinetic, making the episode visually stunning, even in the slower scenes, and the sets and special effects were fantastic too.

The acting was good from every cast member, especially Martin-Green, and the death of Captain was done well. My only criticisms are that the pacing was a bit uneven towards the second half of the episode, but that might have been because CBS All Access chopped up the episode. The first half was action packed and really well directed and filmed, and even though the second half was uneven, Battle at the Binary Stars was a really good episode. The ending scenes when Burhnam was sentenced to life in prison were really, really well directed and filmed.

Author: Deeroman

Second episode is really great, not that the first one is bad.

The new Star Trek movies which came out in the last years have prepared us for the new "vibe" of Star Trek, and only TRUE Star Trek fans have appreciated this. More CGI, more intensity, more realism brought to the SF part, more scientific accuracy. I LOVE IT!

Star Trek has never been so great ever before!

It really sets the backstory of how the Klingon-Federation Neutral zone came into existence by 2285 and the episode represents a crucial moment in Federation history.

The actors are brilliant, and brings what previous Star Trek shows weren't able to bring: Realism.

Realism to how really a Vulcan/Klingon would behave. Realism to the scientific parts of the show(Ships,Transport,Shooting). This is only possible by CGI, but only through a director's vision.

Please DO NOT LISTEN TO PEOPLE DISLIKING THIS SHOW!

People do not like change, and such people will say only negative things about this show because IT IS NOT LIKE THE ONE THEY LIKE FROM 20-50 YEARS AGO. The opinions of such people should NOT BE TAKEN IN REGARDS AS IT DOES NOT REFLECT OBJECTIVITY, BUT ONLY THEIR CHILDISH SUBJECTIVITY.

Star Trek was always the same. Every show has done the same thing to the era they were filmed: Be relevant. Be relevant to the Science, Social norms of the society it is filmed in. People used to argue Exactly LIKE NOW when Star Trek Next Generation came with Jean-Luc Picard, because they changed the Klingons, and the vibe was different.

Same was when Voyager came out with a Female Captain. And same was for Enterprise for setting the action too early and "messing up"the timeline. Such people: WERE NEVER|ARE NOT|WILL NEVER BE| Star Trek fans. Such people only want to ruin the Star Trek experience for everyone. I have been a HUGE, COLOSSAL STAR TREK FAN for the last 10 years of my life. So colossal that I deny anything that has to do with Sci-Fi, and is not Star Trek (The Expanse is the only exception).

And please take my word: This is Star Trek revolution, and it is beautiful. Who doesn't like it: Is against progress and should be ignored.

Author: Bu

If you like action and lens flares and excessive CGI, there is a lot to like about the show so far (written having watched the first two episodes). I certainly saw the death of Captain Georgiou coming, and it was sad to see her be killed, as she was the only character I actually felt met up to the standard of other Star Trek characters (with a few exceptions) in terms of professionalism and poise (kudos to Michelle Yeoh).

I would also like to make it clear that unlike a few other 'Trekkies', I have no issue whatsoever with the Captain and First Officer being women. That is one of the things consistent with the Star Trek franchise.

However.

Besides Captain Georgiou, I didn't feel any sort of connection with the other characters. Commander Burnham, although raised by Vulcans, acted more rash than any other first officer in Star Trek canon, committing mutiny against someone that had been her friend and mentor for 7 years. I was relieved to see her escorted to the Brig, and glad that she was sent Federation prison. Lt. Saru may seem a little humorous, but I feel his paranoia will soon grow old (hopefully he is allowed to slowly develop out of that). I'm not opposed to the new technology shown (with the high-tech spacesuit and labelled viewscreen and holocommunication). New tech in Star Trek often inspires tech in the real world. But it would have been nicer if they had set this 50 years after the end of Voyager, when such technology is appropriate. This would also have allowed them a lot more freedom in terms of the canon. The reworking of the Klingons is also frustrating. Many of the writers seemed to act like they were actually giving the Klingons a culture for the first time. The Klingon culture was built by Worf from TNG and DS9 and B'Elanna Torres to a certain extent. These Klingons, which are only 10 years before the TOS Klingons, can't be easily explained away. Hopefully the future episodes do a better part of developing and introducing the characters, as a Star Trek can be hurt by weak supporting characters.

In short, I do not believe this show would not be anything special if CBS decided not to slap the "Star Trek" moniker on Discovery. The first two episodes were made of choppy scenes, an unnecessary amount of camera angles, lens flares, and surprisingly pathetic ship battles (the ships all sounded like noises a four-year-old might make playing with a toy gun). I hope it improves, making me at least find Michael Burnham a decent person. Ultimately, this show will probably miss Bryan Fuller, leading to a short run.

Author: ChallengeMine

I touched on my review of episode 1 that the different races just do not feel right and this episode only continues that feeling.

One of the biggest issues I can see this show will have is the over acting and overly dramatising scenes in order to make the story work.

It is as if they wrote a general plot line and then could not figure out how to get it to work cohesively so instead decided to fill it with silly and unnecessary drama.

Also, yes, we the viewers are well aware these characters have bonded for over 7 years as mentioned only a few DOZEN times. But perhaps instead of having written this in a few dozen times they should have thought of ways to show it better in the script and interaction between the crew members. The emotional connection is just not there.

Hopefully they improve this on the future episodes.

Author: Kerry

This was one of those instances where going by the book of Starfleet was a BAD IDEA. In the original series, they never really get into how DIFFERENT Klingons and Romulans are from Terrans. They are ALIENS.

Which was why there was always friction, not just between Terrans and these other races, but a three way tension, Klingon against Terran against Romulan against Klingon.

So far, in this show, the Klingons are not the Lovable and ridiculous GOWRON brand. These are truly ALIENS. Not the safe kind either.

What you don't understand, can kill you, until you DO understand it.

That's what happens here. Michael understood, but being raised Vulcan makes it difficult to express immediacy to one's captain. And Georgiou was not getting it. Until the end, maybe. But then it was just more bad luck.

This is supposed to be Starfleet history. Somewhere in this story is Captain Garth. and Axenar. Which explains CBS's lawsuit, the fan film was about ready to spill Discovery's entire plot line. But we haven't gotten to Garth yet. Maybe Sovol is in this universe, hanging with Sarek. And they are both putting up with irritating humans.

But where Axanar was being assembled to tell the story in terms of the old Universe of Trek, using the designs we had been familiar with, with actors playing the people they played in the shows, this version of the story is telling the tale from the outskirts, from the Fringe Division of Trek. Why are there holes in the Discovery's Saucer Section? Oh, WAIT. You have not seen that yet. Well, you will, and then you will see why.

This is the Section 31 version of Trek History. Which does not make it bad in any way.

Author: Hra

So the ever emotional Burnham commits mutiny against her friend and mentor Captain Georgiou and is locked up on the brig. Burnham needs to find a means to escape as the ship comes under attack from the Klingons. However it is difficult to like a character who disregards the rules so much.

I did say I liked how the various Klingons were designed but could not understand why they have been rendered as bald. How can a race of aliens get less hirsute which each new iteration of Star Trek?

However the constant talking in Klingon did get irritating, I thought I was watching a foreign movie with all the reading of the subtitles I had to do.

Burnham rejoins the crew and hatches an audacious plan to battle the Klingons. The episode has cinematic battle scenes between the Federation and the Klingons, there is certainly a lot of lens flare.

The first two episodes are in effect a prequel to the main Discovery series as it is the third episode where we will encounter many of the main cast members.

Author: Vertokini

I mostly liked this episode. It has its flaws but kinda explains the background of the main character.

What I really could not stomach was the life sentence at the end. I get that this is to give us a cliffhanger but how unlikely is it in this world? She did something really wrong and lost her rank and job. But would the federation keep her in prison for life if she was not actually dangerous? A life sentence would be more akin to today's US type justice system where it's more about revenge than rehabilitation.

Author: Hanad

-Who says the new Klingons are better than the TMP Klingons clearly never saw Worf or his Klingon mates in a battle,because all that scenes are epic,even the ones with Duras Sisters from Generations are epic.The new Klingons are just some talking monuments dressed in weird circus costumes who can't make a good impression for an older trekker.One of the (BRILLIANT) new phrases 'I come in peace' is taken from a cool movie , Dark Angel/I come in peace.That movie has two wrestlers with white eyes as aliens,but they look so spectacular, like nothing from this world.This series has new Blingons..ups..Klingons,buried in tones of make up , without no reason ,because they still look like humans.I really wanted to see Georgiou as a lead character ,because i like her,she is a great captain.Probably the producers didn't wanted to reveal the real story because they were afraid about the old fans reaction to the new non-canon ship and spore drive .The Shenzhou looks amazing and i really don't understand why they wanted to go on with Discovery which looks much worse than Shenzhou .I cant stand too see a new take of Star Trek ,but i really can't stand too see any race change,so i'm disgusted to see the new producers are following Abrams foot steps,even they know this will disappoint many old fans,but hey,money talks.

Author: Gralmeena

If somebody ask you to choose between the most expensive kind of food and your favorite food,what you would choose ?!?..the answer is your favorite food ,of course.The same thing is happening with Discovery,the producers are forcing us to renounce to the look of the our favorite aliens for an expensive version of them,which should be better ,but is not ,but the fans don't care if their aliens are the best or not,all they want is what they really love ,this cyber punk version of a series were the real culture was verry apreciated looks soo lame,and this is the only series where IDIC is seen as something strictly related to sexual preferences and not about science or culture.This is just the newest form of superficiality and it makes me just to leave technology and go for a walk in nature or to go in a gym,and probably is better this way,because almost all trekkies are sedentary persons.

Author: Kirimath

Starting a brand new show with a two-part battle episode is rarely a good idea. You need to empathise with the characters, THEN bring them into conflict. The writers try to achieve this with a few minutes of flashback. Ah, the flashback, that lazy plot device. Again, in this episode the side characters might as well not have been there as they didn't even play the most minor role in the plot. Again, Klingon factions arguing with each other provides a contrived way to make viewers THINK they're watching a show with depth, when in reality they're not. And again, plot escalating way too fast.

The space battles are surprisingly basic in choreography at times, some of it looks like one of those 2D strategy games with its birds-eye view. The effects overall though are very good, you can see its high budget.

And there's a massive moronic plothole that anyone with one brain cell can spot- Michael and Phillipa somehow teleporting onto the Klingon ship ON THEIR OWN to kill the leader and miraculously one of them escaping with her life. That rivals the Walking Dead in terms of stupidity and its insulting assumption that viewers can't think for themselves. Watching a small woman beat up a massive Klingon is laughable too, showing how feminism wrecks realism in our entertainment.

And the cliffhanger, seriously? We know she's not going to spend the rest of her life behind bars because if she did there would be no show.

Honestly, I didn't hate this episode. I did find it fairly entertaining. But there are so many problems with it that you can't take it seriously.

Author: Maucage

I'm a trekker since i was kid ,but i have hard time to recognise this as being a Star Trek series.This series is targeting only the young (teen and not adult) generation.It seems the older fans are not wanted anymore,probably because the the teenagers are more willing to spend more money on their favorite things than the adults.As an adult i can't say i really want to see more violence or more nude scenes or whatever ,only the teeenagers are yeager about forbidden things.I really wanted this series to be a better version of Enterprise or a post Voyager sequel not a remake .One thing that bothered me very much as a guy who was raised in a comunist country with a regim who manipulated with lies the whole country was reading the lies about the series told by the producers of the show in order to keep the fans quiet,i can recognise a attempt of manipulation like that instantly.They said series is a prequel of the original series like Enterprise placed in the original timeline ,but this is just a REMAKE !!! They said the Klingons are diverse and they are not changing the canon but they have only one kind of so called Klingons and they are redesigning the other species too.They said this series is a visual reboot and the canon will be respected ,but their changes are against the canon,for example Worf has growing hair (i was facinated by that thing) and he is even going the to the ship's hairstylist , sometimes .The new Klingons ,their new ships and their new costumes are a visual pain for a die-hard fan like me ,ther TMP version is 1000 times better ,and even JJ's Kligons had hair (take a good look) with the exception of their leader who seems to have battle scars just like Cristopher Plummer's character.The new (Starfleet ) uniforms should have a darker tone and they should be purple and more scary.The Shenzou looks way more cooler than DSC pizza cutter .The acting is not too great ,for example the new Klingons are speaking like some dumb Ferengi.The action is ok but the story looks like it was improvised on the filming spot with rare exceptions.Anyway,this series will fail to mantain the older fanbase because we have now Lost in Space ,The Orville,a Star Wars live show and a Halo huge tv series in production.You broke my heart with this strange show because all i wanted was too see a regular TNG series ,that is all.I wish you a long and prospere existence and good luck with your new fans,because i'm not consider myself a Trekkie anymore.Post scriptum : The series has too little science parts and too many fantasy just like Star Wars.

Author: MrCat

I'm sorry but this not star track.try to do some buddies weird idea!!We're still of the tech and was way too advanced. Second of all what the hell did they do to the Klingons. And then they end up making the whole show about one person who stands 4.6 feet tall come on where was the rest of the cast good such a strong active in the cast as the captain both of them good thing she was back at the end at least sorry I've heard the second season is even a bigger mess they spent too much money on the first four episodes and out the rest of the episodes are going to suffer that you tell your son about season two it's been rewritten six times so far good luck guys by the way you can get it free in Europe just know I had a hack and used a code for Netflix because they have a new Arbonne for free I was here in the USA have to pay for it I'm not going to give the code here bro sure you can find it. I paid last year but I refuse to pay this year for such a piece of crap.And yes you heard right only a few members of the Star Trek movies are coming back taking over the captains role will be THOR From the avengers what we know who were talking about. Who What exit that is. One of the biggest going now.

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	Sonequa Martin-Green	-	Michael Burnham
	Doug Jones	-	Saru
	Shazad Latif	-	Ash Tyler / Voq (as Javid Iqbal) (credit only)
	Anthony Rapp	-	Paul Stamets (credit only)
	Mary Wiseman	-	Sylvia Tilly (credit only)
	Jason Isaacs	-	Captain Gabriel Lorca (credit only)
	Michelle Yeoh	-	Captain Philippa Georgiou
	Mary Chieffo	-	L'Rell
	James Frain	-	Sarek
	Kenneth Mitchell	-	Kol
	Chris Obi	-	T'Kuvma
	Terry Serpico	-	Brett Anderson
	Sam Vartholomeos	-	Danby Connor
	Arista Arhin	-	Young Michael Burnham
	Emily Coutts	-	Keyla Detmer

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