Jack's Rating:
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 high-stakes research with Saru and Stamets.
Features:
Stardate: Unknown
Air Date: 12/16/21
Director: Lee Rose
Jack's Review
Okay....I am going to say it again. Burnham is not worthy of being a captain. The writers need to actually watch Star Trek before writing for a Star Trek show. Just because Starfleet has deigned it necessary to swoop in and rescue people doesn't make it a Starfleet mission under 100% Starfleet jurisdiction. Discovery would still need to adhere to the Prime Directive. Burnham and Book have to fight some CGI droid bug things - which just feels silly. Then by the end of the whole mess, Burnham has to Google one of the MAIN things a Starfleet Captain would know- hell, a first officer would too - Any non-Federation citizen can request asylum aboard a Starfleet vessel. I will give this episode one more pip than it really deserves thanks to the introduction of Ruon Tarka - who feels a tad scary and yet fun at the same time. I get a very Kosinski feel from him. Like he thinks he knows more than he actually does.