Not to give away too much about the third season, but Burnham has flown through time and space and arrived in 3188. The final three episodes build up to massive battle with a new enemy that tie in with the two big mysteries. The seven signals and an equally mysterious Red Angel that came to Burnham dominated the plots. Like the first season, the episodes lead to a larger story arc. Burnham finds out the at her foster brother Spock has been having visions of the seven signals. His ship was investigating seven unexplained red signals when something went really wrong. Captain Pike ( Hell on Wheels‘ Anson Mount) beams on board and takes command from Commander Michael Burnham. But the ship has to help a USS Enterprise in distress. “Brother” opens up with the USS Discovery heading to Vulcan to get their new captain after all the events from the Federation-Klingon War. She becomes extremely useful to the ship and crew.
Instead Burnham gets on board the Discovery during an emergency situation. The show doesn’t go into how its like to survive in a Federation prison. The first season has Burnham go from getting involved uncovering a Klingon plot to being convicted of mutiny on her old ship. The show follows the career rise of Michael Burnham ( The Walking Dead‘s Sonequa Martin-Green) from a science specialist to captain of the U.S.S. For those wanting to catch up, Star Trek: Discovery Seasons 1 – 3 bundles together the previous episodes on Blu-ray. Star Trek: Discovery begins its fourth season this week.
The series became a hit for the new frontier. By being on streaming Star Trek: Discovery was able to vary the running time of episodes. The series launched on the internet with CBS All Access (now called Paramount+). Star Trek: Discovery didn’t find itself broadcast in the airwaves. The latest series didn’t end up on a major network, first run syndication or launch a new network as previous entries had accomplished. Back in the Fall of 2017, Star Trek went where it had never gone before.