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Summary After an 800-year old Romulan vessel is found, Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve it. But the artifact inside is stolen, starting an epic chase. Saru is offered a lifetime position. Our Take A busy…

Summary In the season four finale, the DMA approaches Earth and Ni’Var. With evacuations underway, Burnham and the team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery must find a way to communicate and connect with a species far different from their own before…

Summary As the DMA approaches Earth and Ni’Var, Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery attempt to make First Contact with the powerful species responsible before it’s too late. Our Take This is a slow, quiet hour built…

Summary While Captain Burnham leads an away mission to a planet that was once home to the aliens responsible for the DMA, Book and Tarka secretly infiltrate the U.S.S. Discovery. Our Take A slower, moodier hour that finally gives the…

Summary Captain Burnham and her crew must go where few have gone before: beyond the Galactic Barrier. Meanwhile, Book learns the truth of what drives Ruon Tarka. Our Take A mostly functional midseason episode that spends a lot of its…

Summary Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery race to stop Book and Ruon Tarka from launching a rogue plan that could inadvertently endanger the galaxy. Our Take This one’s a chase episode that never quite catches fire. The moral standoff…

Summary Following a hunch, Captain Burnham tracks Book to an old haunt from their courier days and gets drawn into a do or die competition for a powerful weapon. Our Take Middle of the road. Watchable, but you’ll forget the…

Summary Tensions rise as representatives from across the galaxy gather to confront the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly. Zora’s new sentience raises difficult questions. Our Take A mostly talky hour that splits its time between a diplomatic summit and…

Summary Seeking answers, the U.S.S. Discovery ventures into a subspace rift created by the Dark Matter Anomaly. Meanwhile, Book faces a strange visitor from his past. Our Take This is a moody, atmospheric hour that leans on mood over momentum,…

Summary Burnham and Book race to evacuate a group of stranded colonists in the anomaly’s path as one of the Federation’s brightest scientists comes aboard the U.S.S. Discovery to do do or die research with Saru and Stamets. Our Take…