"Star Trek: Discovery" Season 4, Episode 7 has been aired.
The most significant "Star Trek" news that came out in the time between last week's episode and tonight's finale was that Paramount unexpectedly announced that "Star Trek: Discovery" will be taking a mid-season break. The fourth season will start with a new episode on Feb. 10, 2022. That's six weeks.
We're at the same point as last season where Michael Burnham had her shall-I or shan't-I, and there are just four episodes left.
The general pattern of this season is very similar to the last one, even though there wasn't a mid-season break. It's almost as if the writers were told that a threat to every living thing in the galaxy would lead to the season-long reason for actually doing anything. After putting their names in a hat, the writers were split into teams and given a director to flesh out each episode with more specific character-based stories. Communication between teams was only allowed through the use of two empty tin cans and a long piece of string, as the season went into principal photography.
The recap reminds us of everything that's happened this season and in particular how slowly the main plot has moved, as well as how quickly the repairs were made last week.
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The Sol gate is at a speed of interplanetary speed, and sudden deceleration is what it is. This isn't a terrible episode if you get past the shock to your system and then look at the other things we'll get to. In the past it's been things like "loss" or "transformation" but this week it seems to be "separation." Like many others this season, all the events that unfold seem to have a simple connection; in the past it's been things like "loss" or "
This is not terrible once you get past the last two episodes.
We will see more of this this week, as we saw last week, as Zora is developing as a sentient artificial intelligence. With Adira's help, Zora was able to cross-reference all the information collected with the Sphere data and find the origin point of the dark matter anomaly. Or something. When you think about how much has been crammed into this space in recent episodes, it's easy to see why Zora wouldn't give the coordinates to anyone.
After the opening credits, we are joined by Dr Kovich, who has returned to being a more interesting character than a teacher, which seemed to be the route he was going down at one point. He's still not quite the spymaster he was last season, but the scenes and set pieces he's part of are benefiting from his inclusion.
Kovich gets to work on the issue since it's against the rules of Starfleet. Adira, Gray, Dr Culber, and Lt Stamets are soon joined by him, and they have a problem with him. As a gesture of good faith, Zora made a device that would remove her from the Discovery's computer core.
It's nice to see that the damage done to Discovery wasn't just fixed overnight.
The primary plot this week involves Laira Rillak, Book, and the person who is called the Book. The first gathering of this size since before the Burn was laid out by President Laira Rillak. There are at least one member of Daft Punk and representatives from Alshain IV in the premiere episode of "Kobayashi Maru." And from Earth! It's about time that the blue dot got involved. The former home of the Federation is where now-General Ndoye speaks. She was in last season's episode "People of Earth".
It is clear that there are two basic choices, project peace while exploring the DMA origin or go in with shields raised and torpedoes loaded. Tarka reveals to the entire assembly that he has developed a device that could destroy the anomaly by creating a cascading subspace burst, which will allow him to retain the power source.
They were banned in the Khitomer Accords because he used an Isolytic weapon to achieve this. By adding the issue of sub-space damage to the discussion, anyone who wants to destroy the anomaly and be done with it now has the added consequence of damaging their conscience.
Earth and the Alshains are two of the many worlds that are represented in the Federation.
Tarka reveals a little about his past to Book, so that he can use the power source of the DMA to escape this universe and enter an alternative one. It's similar to Malcolm McDowell's character in "Star Trek: Generations." He's become so focused on returning that he doesn't care about anything else. It's well-written and despite sailing close to being a cliché, it's made more interesting because he's not acting alone and he's convinced Book that blowing this thing the hell out of our galaxy is the right thing to do.
No one wants to destroy Zora and the whole group learns of a new section of code that's unexpectedly appeared in a tiny area within the optical translator cluster. The dialogue almost goes down the road of memories being used-a-cushion-to-control-emotions, but instead it seems that Zora has started dreaming and that's what everyone is seeing. They can take a look-see if they have full access. Adira thinks that this makes a new life form of a person like Gray, and that it's another example of gender acceptance. It once again drowns any chance that an effective comment on this crucial, contemporary issue might have an impact.
It's great to see "Star Trek" embracing a metaphoric story reflecting the journey of a very personal transformation and we've seen a lot of that, but it's not subtle anymore and it is entirely possible to saturate a good thing. Adira and Gray are both one-dimensional and I would like to see better parts written for them.
The Andorian ambassador, a Morn and at least one member of Daft Punk are here.
Thankfully, good writing and good editing, save the whole set piece and keep its appeal. The book makes a statement to the gathered assembly, which is compelling and powerful, by destroying the DMA and saving the world. In this case, the species 10-C, the counter argument was that it was important to not use destructive force when dealing with it.
The speeches are edited to mirror what's happening in the ready room. Stamets saved the day and asked the crew to trust her as she asked them to trust her. She coughs up the coordinates. The shutdown device was destroyed by the crew.
The Federation assembly takes a vote to see which approach they will take. The cost might be related to the relationship between Book and Burnham. Kovich reveals that if Stamets hadn't acted the way he did, he wouldn't be on Discovery anymore.
The trailer for the rest of the season shows Lt. Owosekun getting down and dirty. Paramount+)
We can expect tons of drama and emotional tension when Book and Tarka take the bomb and fly off in Book's ship to deliver it. The premiere episode of Season 3 of "The Orville" will be on March 10, 2022.
The trailer for What's To Come at the end of this week's episode promises more inconsistencies as we see a Numidian Prime-style gambling den with Lt. Owosekun engaging in a bit of underground bare.
What will be the surprise with species 10-C. Ewoks? It's probably going to be something from "The Original Series," the makers of Nomad. Is Tarka from the other side? Is he trying to get back to where he was?
Temba's arms were wide.
There is a relationship between T'Rina of Ni'var and Saru.
Most of the episode is well written.
Stamets is well written this week and he saves the day.
Kovich seems to have taken on the role of an overseer.
Tarka is developed nicely and Shawn Doyle does a great job.
When the walls fell.
Adira is very rude to Zora.
It feels like the DMA is going to be a Su'Kal ending.
Adira and Gray should be written to be less stereotyped.
At the end of the trailer, there is a drastic change of direction.
"Discovery" is inconsistent in how it is presented.
The rating was 612/10.
The first seven episodes of the fourth season of "Star Trek: Discovery" are available to watch on Paramount Plus in the US, and on Canada's CTV and Crave TV. Outside of North America, the Pluto TVSci-fi channel is available. The fourth season will return on Feb. 10, 2022.
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