Into the Forest I Go
- Episode aired Nov 12, 2017
- TV-MA
- 47m
Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the USS Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the USS Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the USS Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAt one point, a call can be heard for "Cadet Decker". This may refer to Willard Decker, who became captain of the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (played by Stephen Collins). Willard Decker is also the son of Matt Decker, who was mentioned as one of Starfleet's most decorated captains in Choose Your Pain (2017). Considering that Discovery takes place a decade before The Original Series, and therefore 18 years before The Motion Picture, the time line would be appropriate.
- GoofsMovie villains typically plant secret bombs which flash pretty lights and sound rhythmic beeps so that they won't be discovered. Not to be outdone, the Discovery's heroes plant secret tracking devices which flash pretty lights, sound rhythmic beeps, and dance little jigs so that they won't be discovered.
- Quotes
[Stamets has offered to do one more jump to get Discovery to safety]
Captain Gabriel Lorca: We're gonna win this war on account of you, Mr. Stamets. After this, it's a whole new chapter for Discovery. You've opened a door to a... whole new era of exploration. The data provided by the micro-jumps will push us closer than we've ever been to understanding the mysteries of the universe.
Paul Stamets: No, Captain, I mean *only* one more jump. After we get back, I'm done. Traveling the mycelial network is like commingling with the most abstruse blips of our celestial existence. I've seen these stars through a lens no one else has access to, and... that has to be enough for me. Because I need Starfleet's best doctors to examine my condition and figure out what's been happening to me.
Captain Gabriel Lorca: One last jump, then. You've served the Federation honorably, Lieutenant.
Paul Stamets: Well, I'll always have you to thank for the view.
- ConnectionsFeatured in After Trek: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2017)
Between Tyler and L'Rell... Between Lorca and Cornwell.
Between Stamitz and himself. And Dr Culber.
Discovery seems to have set up these conflicts within previous episodes. We know Lorca is already running on the edge of sanity, and Cornwell knows it, is ready to perform her Admiral's prerogative. But Tyler, who seemed so.. Stoic? This episode reveals his inner daemons as well, and it is much worse than we expected.
L'Rell seems to have designed events so that she would end up on Discovery. She seems to have made a kind of pact with Cornwell, even while breaking her back. The question is... Why?
Discovery pushes the boundaries of social interaction, which makes it all the more interesting to watch the interactions between different characters develop, especially the relationship between Saru and Michael. He still has some deep resentments toward Michael, and his species, which evolved as "Prey", lives always in Fear. Until the previous episode: For the first time in his life, he had found some peace from that state of perpetual alertness in which he lives, bestowed upon him by the Pahvans. But what were their motives? Saru seems to have accepted Michael as a member of his crew, and no longer as a threat.
And even as Tyler is becoming close to Michael, it is suddenly revealed that he has warp core damage. And now, the cause of that damage is in the Brig.
Star Trek has always been about The Human Adventure, and these explorations into our Psyche's reveal the complexities of that Frontier. And now, Discovery has been shunted "Where no one has gone before", and there is no Traveler, Wesley Crusher, or Kosinski to help them figure it out. But they do have a Stamitz... But his eyes have glazed over and he's gone all "Barrier of the Galaxy" on us.
Side note: Spock was not the first Vulcanian to join Starfleet, it was T'Pol. And The Intrepid was wholly crewed by Vulcanians.
- XweAponX
- Nov 20, 2017
Details
- Runtime47 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1