Tension ramps up between the Klingons and the Federation as the midseason finale approaches. Thats partly because the Klingons reappeared. In prior installments, thrilling Discovery stories have offset inert Klingon plots. Credit: Jan Thijs/CBS Fine but that doesnt mean it makes for great TV. By modifying its electromagnetic frequency, Starfleet hopes to use the structure to detect Klingon vessels cloaked in invisibility. Predictably, things dont go as planned. Initially, that doesnt seem like itll be much of a problem....

Burnham’s scientific breakthrough comes with ethical ramifications How do you want to be remembered in history? Alongside the Wright brothers, Elon Musk, Zefram Cochrane? Or as a failed fungus expert? Credit: Jan Thijs/CBS Lorcas excoriation comes amidst a fast-paced episode that finds the Discoverys crew on the clock. From a humanitarian perspective, many innocent lives are at risk. The closest ship to Corvan 2 is 84 hours away, Cornwell explains....

Conversations abound in an episode of tactical planning. In its first season,Star Trek: Discoveryhas made reinvention its calling card. Paradigms have shifted numerous times, and often to great effect. Credit: Jan Thijs/CBS Sarek verifies Sarus account after performing a mind-meld, though plenty of questions about next steps arise. But frustratingly, the episode depicts many one-on-one conversations and backroom negotiations. We are fodder for their futile savagery, Sarek observes. The situation becomes more dire when Discovery arrives at Starbase 1 or whats left of it....

Burnham suffers a major betrayal while navigating among the Terrans. But numerous curveballs and a key betrayal in The Wolf Inside cast her aptitude into doubt. For better and for worse, the episode revolved around Lt. Ash Tyler. Credit: Jan Thijs/CBS Tylers compromised, Discovery trusts him, Burnhams still his lover, and so on. Thankfully, The Wolf Inside ends this tedious dance. Known as Fire Wolf, the Klingon and other rebel forces are situated on Harlak....

Lorca tells mirror Cmdr. Landry (Rekha Sharma) at the outset of Whats Past Is Prologue. You think Id come all this way without a plan? Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg/CBS It was physics acting as the hand of destiny, Lorca says. Charon and impugning her for alleged softness. Terrans need a leader who will preserve our way of life, our race. The Federation is a social experiment doomed to failure, he says....

Doug Jones (Lieutenant Saru) gives Sonequa Martin-Green (Michael Burnham) a shoulder rub with his prosthetic alien fingers on the ship’s bridge between takes Even Klingons occasionally need to check Twitter Jason Isaacs is ready to rock as Captain Gabriel Lorca, along with director Lee Rose Rainn Wilson (Harry Mudd) takes a selfie with a slugging Martin-Green One giant leap for mankind: Isaacs takes a dive a Wilson Emily Coutts (Keyla Detmer), Sara Mitich (Airiam) and Jones have a go at memorize all that space jargon Wilson, Rose, and Isaacs between takes Martin-Green gets a running heads start on the Klingon ship Anthony Rapp (Lieutenant Paul Stamets) trades a smile with Martin-Green Martin-Green and Jones along with Shazad Latif (Lieutenant Ash Tyler) film in a beautiful Canadian forest....

Star Trek: Discoverycontinues to be a TV series under construction. They were the showrunners, before departing midway through production on this new season undersomewhat cloudy circumstances. I try not to pay much attention to behind-the-scenes stuff whats on screen is what counts! Credit: Jan Thijs/CBS butDiscoverys whole origin story is rooted in executive-producer parlor intrigue. Co-creatorBryan Fuller leftbefore the series ever aired. There was that silly-smart time-loop episode, and the swordsy trip to the Mirror Universe....

The Sounds of Thunder is an okay episode ofStar Trek: Discovery. The Baul are faceless techno-freaks who rule with advanced weaponry and omniscient surveillance devices. Sarus race, the Kelpians, are super-chill, earthy spiritualists tending peaceful gardens near crimson-sanded coastal real estate. Michael Gibson/CBS And Sounds of Thunder goes the extra half-mile to complicate our understanding of this dynamic. In the distant past, Baul were nearly hunted to extinction by tyrannical Kelpians....

This is a chapter of this epic love story of these two characters. And this is science fiction. There are many possibilities. Wilson Cruz as Dr. Culber on Star Trek: Discovery.Jan Thijs/CBS Its as close to an American mythology as we get. Dr. Culber is proof that we will be here [in the future.] Its all very heady, exciting stuff. The messages that it sends about our future on this planet is really dark....

Theres a Captain Pike. And theres even a USS Enterprise. Now that weve achieved peace, theres more room for levity, says Sonequa Martin-Green, whose rebellious Comdr. Ben Mark Holzberg/CBS Pike is very by-the-book. He refers to the Starfleet code of conduct more often than not. when hes stuck, hes not afraid to say, Im lost, anybody got a better idea? Michael Gibson/CBS He uses the bridge as a bigger brain....

(Until its on camera, however, its possible a design could change its labeled Ver. 4 after all but obviously, theyre at least floating the idea by releasing it in a video). CBS CBS CBS CBS CBS

Spacey, in response, apologized to Rapp while also coming out as gay. Spacey, at the time, was 26. “I have a lot of respect and admiration for Anthony Rapp as an actor. Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images I’m beyond horrified to hear his story,” Spacey wrote in a statement posted to Twitter. “I honestly do not remember the encounter, it would have been over 30 years ago. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior....

William Shatner has set his Twitter shields to maximum. Shatner hasnt publicly stated a reason for the blocking. Which admittedly does sound pretty bad. Someone asked which cast members from the existing series would you like to guest star. If you have stunt celebrity cameo casting, it completely pulls them out of it. They feel like theyre watching aSaturday Night Livesketch. Isaacs playfully noted the blocking on his account: We suspect this will get sorted at some point....