Star Trek: Discovery (Season 1)

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Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1
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Starring	Sonequa Martin-Green Doug Jones Shazad Latif Anthony Rapp Mary Wiseman Jason Isaacs
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	15
Release
Original network	CBS (1x01) CBS All Access
Original run	September 24, 2017 – February 11, 2018
Season chronology
	Next → Season 2
List of Star Trek: Discovery episodes

The first season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery is set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series, and follows the crew of the USS Discovery during the Federation–Klingon war. The season is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout, Roddenberry Entertainment, and Living Dead Guy Productions, with Gretchen J. Berg and Aaron Harberts serving as showrunners, and Akiva Goldsman providing producing support.

Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou and later the Discovery, along with Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Jason Isaacs. The new series was announced in November 2015, and Bryan Fuller joined as showrunner the next February. He was replaced by Berg and Harberts in October 2016 following creative disagreements with CBS. The season's war storyline was intended to represent the divide between different political factions of the modern United States. The Klingon species was redesigned for the season, and its culture and biology was greatly developed. Filming took place in Toronto, Canada from January to October 2017, with additional filming on location in Jordan for the series premiere. The visual effects team, led by Pixomondo, and composer Jeff Russo aimed for the series' quality to be comparable to that of a feature film.

The season premiered on September 19, 2017, at ArcLight Hollywood, before debuting on CBS on September 24. The premiere episode was also made available on CBS All Access, where the rest of the 15-episode season was streamed weekly. The season was split into two chapters, with the first ending on November 12 and the second releasing from January 7 to February 11, 2018. The season's release led to record subscriptions for All Access, and generally positive reviews from critics who highlighted Martin-Green's performance, the series' production values, and its new additions to Star Trek canon. Some criticized the season's writing, particularly for the structure of the season and how its many subplots were handled. A second season was ordered in October 2017.

Contents 1 Episodes 2 Cast and characters 2.1 Main 2.2 Recurring 2.3 Notable guests 3 Production 3.1 Development 3.2 Writing 3.3 Casting 3.4 Design 3.4.1 Klingons 3.5 Filming 3.6 Visual effects 3.7 Music 4 Marketing 5 Release 5.1 Broadcast and streaming 5.2 Broadcast breach 5.3 Home media 6 Reception 6.1 Ratings and viewership 6.2 Critical response 6.3 Accolades 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External links

Episodes

Main article: List of Star Trek: Discovery episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
Chapter 1
1	1	"The Vulcan Hello"	David Semel	Story by : Bryan Fuller & Alex Kurtzman Teleplay by : Akiva Goldsman & Bryan Fuller	September 24, 2017[a]
Investigating a damaged satellite near a [[Binary Star}binary star]] system on the edge of Federation space, the crew members of the USS Shenzhou discover an object obscured from their sensors. After First Officer Michael Burnham volunteers to investigate the object, she finds an ancient, carved vessel. She is attacked by a Klingon, and when trying to escape, she accidentally kills him. A group of Klingons mourn the death of their soldier, dubbed the "Torchbearer", before the outcast Voq volunteers to take his place. The Klingons, led by T'Kuvma, reveal themselves in a cloakable ship. T'Kuvma preaches to his followers of the Federation's attempts to usurp the individuality of the Klingons and their culture, and plans to fulfill an ancient prophecy by uniting the 24 great Klingon houses as was once done by Kahless. Voq activates a beacon that summons the Klingon leaders. Burnham, desperate to prevent a war, attempts to fire on the Klingons first, against the wishes of Captain Philippa Georgiou. Burnham is arrested for mutiny.
2	2	"Battle at the Binary Stars"	Adam Kane	Story by : Bryan Fuller Teleplay by : Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts	September 24, 2017
T'Kuvma convinces the majority of the Klingon leaders that he can lead them to victory over the Federation, as reinforcements for the Shenzhou arrive. Georgiou offers to resolve the situation peacefully, but the Klingons immediately open fire. Starfleet Admiral Anderson arrives and again offers peace to the Klingons, but his ship is rammed by another cloaked Klingon vessel. Anderson has his ship self-destruct, destroying the Klingon ship as well. Starfleet retreats, leaving the Klingons to collect their dead. In the remains of the Shenzhou, Burnham escapes her cell after encouragement from her guardian Sarek via a telepathic connection. She convinces Georgiou to try to take T'Kuvma prisoner, and they create a distraction by sending an explosive into his ship with a Klingon corpse. Boarding the vessel, Burnham overpowers Voq. Georgiou attempts to capture T'Kuvma, but is killed. T'Kuvma is fatally shot by Burnham, who is transported to safety. Voq promises that T'Kuvma's legacy will live on. Burnham is later sentenced to life in prison for her mutiny.
3	3	"Context Is for Kings"	Akiva Goldsman	Story by : Bryan Fuller & Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts Teleplay by : Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts & Craig Sweeny	October 1, 2017
Six months into her sentence, Burnham is on an unexpected prison transfer when an emergency forces her shuttle to be rescued by the USS Discovery. Spending several days on the ship, Burnham is ordered by its captain, the mysterious Gabriel Lorca, to assist with a scientific assignment. Burnham overhears Lieutenant Paul Stamets, an astromycologist who is leading the assignment, discuss an upcoming experiment with a colleague serving on another starship; Lorca is soon informed of an incident on the Discovery's sister ship, the USS Glenn, that has killed the entire crew. Stamets leads a boarding party to investigate and finds the dead crew hideously twisted and malformed, as well as a group of Klingons killed by an unknown creature. Lorca later asks Burnham to work for him, despite her sentence, explaining that he organized the circumstances that led her to him so she could help develop a new spore-based propulsion system that could win the war she started by killing T'Kuvma. He also secretly has the creature transported aboard the Discovery.
4	4	"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"	Olatunde Osunsanmi	Jesse Alexander & Aron Eli Coleite	October 8, 2017
Lorca assigns Burnham to study the creature from the Glenn, dubbed a Tardigrade, to find a way to use its biology as a weapon. Starfleet orders Discovery to the dilithium mining colony Corvan II, which is under Klingon attack. Stamets is reluctant to make such a long jump using the spores, and when the drive is activated the ship nearly collides with a star. Lorca sends Commander Landry to keep Burnham's research on track, and she attempts to sedate the Tardigrade (that she names Ripper) to cut off its claw; it kills her. Burnham believes that Ripper was acting in self-defense, and is drawn to the spores. Stamets and Burnham transport it to Engineering, where it connects to the spore drive and interfaces with the navigation system. The ship successfully makes the jump to Corvan II and saves the colony. On T'Kuvma's stranded ship, Klingon leader Kol earns the loyalty of T'Kuvma's desperate followers, and leaves Voq to die in the wreckage of the Shenzhou. L'Rell, secretly loyal to Voq, promises a way for them to win the war for the house of T'Kuvma.
Chapter 2

In March 2018, a "secret scene" was released depicting an alternative ending to the season finale. It features Mirror Georgiou being approached by an operative of Section 31, a storyline that is further explored in the second season of the series.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Star Trek: Discovery characters

Production

Development

Writing

Casting

Design

Klingons

Filming

Visual effects

Music

Marketing

Release

Broadcast and streaming

Broadcast breach

Home media

Reception

Ratings and viewership

Critical response

Accolades

Netflix listed Star Trek: Discovery fourth in its list of series most watched together by families in 2017. Martin-Green was named TVLine's Performer of the Week for her performance in "The Wolf Inside", in which Burnham is "put through the emotional wringer with a barrage of jaw-dropping twists, giving Martin-Green an opportunity to deliver her finest performance of the season." In January 2019, Comic Book Resources rated Discovery's first season as the ninth best season of all Star Trek series up to that time, comparing its high production values to a feature film and calling Michael Burnham "the most interesting character Trek has provided us in generations".

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.

References

Further reading

External links

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