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While undercover in a pre-warp society, Captain Burnham is forced to consider breaking the Prime Directive when a local tradition threatens Tilly’s life. Meanwhile, Culber tries to connect with Stamets, and Adira steps up when Rayner assigns them a position on the bridge.


Written by: Kenneth Lin & Brandon Schultz

Directed by: Chris Byrne


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    6 months ago

    My expectations for this one were low based on the preview, but I enjoyed this one more than I thought I might. A very “traditional” Star Trek plot in many ways.

    Watching the Culber/Stamets interactions, I wonder if they’re going to address the “awakening” that Stamets had following his genetic modification. That’s something that’s been mentioned a bunch of times (as recently as two episodes ago), but I don’t remember them ever digging really deep into it. It seems like there are some parallels there that could be explored.