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Season 4 – Star Trek: Discovery

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Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for CBS All Access, the story of "Star Trek: Discovery" begins roughly a decade before Captain Kirk's five-year mission -- as portrayed in the original "Star Trek" from the 1960s -- and a century before the events of "Star Trek: Enterprise." The series follows the crew of the USS Discovery as they encounter new worlds and civilizations, delving into familiar themes and expanding upon an incident that has been talked about within the franchise's universe, but never fully explored.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 4

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Critics Consensus

Michael Burnham finally comes into her own -- and so does Discovery -- in a confident fourth season that embraces the series' more heartfelt take on the Star Trek mythos.

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Zack Handlen AV Club 12/01/2021
B-
Discovery has saved the universe multiple times. Can't they just, I dunno, fly around and hang out for a while? Go to Full Review
Christian Blauvelt IndieWire 11/18/2021
B
If depth of character -- other than Burnham -- is still sorely missing from Discovery, at least there's a lot of dazzle to feast on. Go to Full Review
Iain Robertson Starburst 01/03/2023
2/5
The problem with formulas though is that they tend to become stale, and Discovery’s fourth season is a case in point. Go to Full Review
Bill Brioux Brioux.tv 08/30/2022
Discovery seems to be boldly going on an action-adventure path not unlike the original Star Trek, times many more millions spent each episode. Go to Full Review
Jessie Gender Jessie Gender YouTube Channel 05/04/2022
It’s not perfect, but it constantly strives to be more than it is… and as always… the effort yields its rewards. Go to Full Review
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies 04/29/2022
4/5
After four seasons, Star Trek: Discovery is in uncharted territory but represents the very best ideals that the franchise can offer. Go to Full Review
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IIGIBB0II T @RT58547592 Feb 25 Yet another season of this dei slop, with paid off critics 88% positive is shameful, it's almost like there not critical? See more James S @JJAzz Feb 19 Could this show get any worse, surprisingly yes, STD gave us the burn, now more painful storylines, with horrible acting and writing. Do they get a kick out of destroying Star Trek over and over again or they just love wasting time and money. Whoever writes the dialogue for this show should NEVER write again. Instead of destroying something that people once loved these writers shouldn’t be allowed to even write for a greeting card company, you’re not writers but instead hack activists with predatory ideologies See more S K @sksksksk Feb 16 Still too "high stakes," and I'm never a fan of killing planets of empaths for drama--but love some of the new characters and relational dynamics overall. Still giving 5 stars because it really bothers me that the "audience" rates Discovery so poorly vs. say, Enterprise (which I found regressive and unwatchable...though people can like what they like, of course) See more F R @FSR2003 Feb 14 Pretty bad, not Star Trek. Don't know what this is. See more Georg B @MurderBoon Jan 26 Discovery: A Visual Masterpiece Built on a Foundation of Logical Ruin The most egregious offense is the destruction of Control. By attempting to resolve the Section 31 AI plot in the 23rd century, the show creates a massive canon break that effectively renders the deep, moral struggles of Julian Bashir and the later Deep Space Nine era nonsensical. Furthermore, the central premise of the later seasons—"The Burn"—is a technological insult. To suggest that an entire galaxy forgot about Quantum Slipstream, Transwarp, or Romulan Artificial Singularities just to force a post-apocalyptic plot is lazy and highlights a total lack of research. This show doesn't respect the fans, and it certainly doesn't respect the technical manuals that made Trek a thinking person's sci-fi. It’s "NuTrek" at its worst: loud, inconsistent, and intellectually hollow. Verdict: A billion-dollar budget can’t fix a 10-cent script. For real Trek, stick to the Blu-rays of the 90s. See more Author W.A. S @RT04138528 Jan 24 Season 3-4 are better. We have finally found out about The Burn however, the series is still focused on Burnham which likely was the plan at conception. She still cries and makes decisions based on her own wants and needs. Yet she's a bit more -- grounded now? Tilly has grown some but she still does that whole ditzy character thing to get on my nerves. And now they've added a human with a Trill symbiant who has taken Tilly's place in the Nervous Nelly department. I do like that they have added a steady relationship, something unprecidented in Star Trek. I'm going to finish out the series because there is one more thing I want to verify but I can't say, I recommend this version of Trek unless you're watching Star Fleet Academy and you want to clear a few thing up. See more Read all reviews
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Episode 1 Aired Nov 18, 2021 Kobayashi Maru After months spent reconnecting the Federation with distant worlds, Captain Michael Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to assist a damaged space station; a seemingly routine mission reveals the existence of a terrifying new threat. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 25, 2021 Anomaly Saru returns to help the U.S.S. Discovery uncover the mystery of an unusually destructive new force; as Burnham leads the crew, she must also find a way to help Book cope with an unimaginable loss. Details Episode 3 Aired Dec 2, 2021 Choose to Live Burnham and Tilly hunt the killer of a Starfleet officer as Stamets and the science team race against the clock to prevent the anomaly from killing anyone else. Details Episode 4 Aired Dec 9, 2021 All Is Possible Tilly and Adira lead a team of Starfleet Academy cadets on a training mission that takes a dangerous turn; Burnham is pulled into tense negotiations on Ni'Var. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 16, 2021 The Examples Burnham and Book race to evacuate a group of stranded colonists in the anomaly's path as one of the Federation's brightest scientists comes aboard the U.S.S. Discovery to do high-stakes research with Saru and Stamets. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 23, 2021 Stormy Weather Seeking answers, the U.S.S. Discovery ventures into a subspace rift created by the Dark Matter Anomaly; Book faces a strange visitor from his past. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 30, 2021 ...But to Connect Tensions rise as representatives from across the galaxy gather to confront the threat of the Dark Matter Anomaly; Zora's new sentience raises difficult questions. Details Episode 8 Aired Feb 10, 2022 All In Following a hunch, Captain Burnham tracks Book to an old haunt from their courier days and gets drawn into a high-stakes competition for a powerful weapon. Details Episode 9 Aired Feb 17, 2022 Rubicon Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery race to stop Book and Ruon Tarka from launching a rogue plan that could inadvertently endanger the galaxy. Details Episode 10 Aired Feb 24, 2022 The Galactic Barrier Captain Burnham and her crew must go where few have gone before: beyond the Galactic Barrier; Book learns the truth of what drives Ruon Tarka. Details Episode 11 Aired Mar 3, 2022 Rosetta While Captain Burnham leads an away mission to a planet that was once home to the aliens responsible for the DMA, Book and Tarka secretly infiltrate the U.S.S. Discovery. Details Episode 12 Aired Mar 10, 2022 Species Ten-C As the DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var, Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery attempt to make First Contact with the powerful species responsible before it's too late. Details Episode 13 Aired Mar 17, 2022 Coming Home The DMA approaches Earth and Ni'Var; with evacuations underway, Burnham and the team aboard the U.S.S. Discovery must find a way to communicate and connect with a species far different from their own before time runs out. Details
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Season Info

Director
Christopher J. Byrne, Lee Rose, Deborah Kampmeier, Jeff Byrd, John Ottman, Olatunde Osunsanmi
Executive Producer
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Screenwriter
Terri Hughes, Kyle Jarrow, Alan B. McElroy, Anne Cofell Saunders, Carlos Cisco, Glenise Mullins, Alex Kurtzman
Network
Paramount+
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Nov 18, 2021