(Told you it was dense!)įrom the opening minutes, the episode moves at breakneck speed as Starfleet very deliberately dissects Discovery’s arrival in an appropriately real-world way. In charge of this advanced metropolis is Admiral Charles Vance (Oded Fehr), Starfleet’s commander-in-chief, who questions everything when meeting the Discovery crew - and rightly puts them through the paces before allowing them to assist in an important search for a galaxy-trotting “seed vault” ship that needs to be accessed to help save some refugees they are assisting. Organic hulls, holographic containment walls, flying rain forests – the crew is all of us in these early moments as Captain Saru (Doug Jones) prophetically trusts that “what matters most will have endured.” The crew’s reaction to all the new technology serves as the perfect stand-in for the fans watching at home. We’ve confirmed with CBS that the Voyager-J is 32nd century Intrepid-class starship - the same class designation as Captain Janeway’s Voyager, but with 800 years of evolution beneath the hull. We also get an emotional glimpse of an unexpected descendent of Captain Janeway’s starship in the form of the USS Voyager (NCC-74656-J), a welcome surprise among all the new futuristic designs in the Federation fleet. The Voyager-J, ten generations of evolution past the original starship. The episode opens with a deep dive into Trek nirvana that has rarely been seen in 54 years: from advanced tech, flying rain forests, and starships with holographic hulls and detached nacelles, the opening minutes of the episode are a wonder as Discovery approaches Starfleet’s cloaked headquarters and is introduced to a strange new world that is less brave than it is pragmatic. “Die Trying” is an extremely dense hour of Star Trek, featuring an introductory look at a modern Starfleet Command - sandwiched around a complex retrieval mission, staff interrogations, the departure of a fan-favorite crew member, and an analysis of Philippa Georgiou’s motivating demons that have been building for more than a season. And that is where we find ourselves as the series’ superb fifth episode begins. In a season of Star Trek: Discovery where literally everyone and everything is rediscovering themselves and working to find their place in the 32nd century, Starfleet is no different.
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