

She tells her daughter that J’Vini was the one who helped her acclimate to the future when she arrived, so Gabrielle welcomes Burnham’s steady hand on the mission, knowing the younger Burnham will be able to do whatever it takes to bring J’Vini to justice.īurnham and her team track the dilithium to a seemingly uninhabited moon, but it’s clear J’Vini is trying to protect something beneath the moon’s surface. Making things more complicated, though, is the fact that Gabrielle has a personal connection to J’Vini.

The partnership is seen as a goodwill operation that will bring Ni’Var and the Federation even closer together in light of Ni’Var’s impending re-entry into the organization. Gabrielle and Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green) are tasked with jointly capturing J’Vini and determining why she needed the dilithium, considering the Federation has made it known they will provide the valuable material to any legitimate requester. Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, Oded Fehr as Admiral Vance, Chelah Horsdal as President Laira Rillak and Tara Rosling as T’Rina

The assailants are soon revealed as rogue Qowat Milat, the sect of Romulan warrior nuns first introduced in Star Trek: Picard but then seen in Discovery‘s “ Unification III.” If you remember that episode, you’ll know that Burnham’s mother, Gabrielle ( Sonja Sohn), is a member of this sect, so it should be no surprise when she appears to help track down the attackers, who are led by a Ni’Var citizen, J’Vini ( Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves). The episode opens with a deadly attack on the Starfleet vessel USS Credence, which is practicing the same kind of dilithium diplomacy we saw Burnham and Book doing in the season premiere. We get some remarkable character moments, as well as an intriguing, nearly standalone sci-fi plot within the backdrop of the season’s overarching environmental threat. Review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 Episode 3 “Choose To Live”Īfter a fast-paced start to season four, “Choose to Live” pumps the brakes a bit as the season’s focus turns inward toward its characters.
