Logline
On the way to the next clue, the U.S.S. Discovery is sabotaged by a mysterious weapon, leaving Captain Burnham, Rayner, and Stamets as the only crew members who can possibly save the ship in time.
Written by: Sean Cochran
Directed by: Lee Rose
I kept expecting Stamets to use the “You’ve never been in love” cheat phrase from the last groundhog day episode with Michael as proof.
I rewatched “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad” last night, and had the same thought.
It probably wouldn’t work, because that “secret” was so strongly tied to Burnham’s emotional state on the night of that party, but…honestly, that makes me want to see the scene play out even more.
Alright, so Stamets is outside the flow of time. Presumably he doesn’t experience any of the future timelines because Stamets is dead, so do you think he just wakes up in the next time frame like it’s immediate, or does he sense the gap?
Also, if it’s affecting his DNA, is that a property of his body? He still has his personality in memories from before he spliced tardigrade DNA so it’s not tied to the specific body itself but I thought it would have been hilarious if they went back in time and Stamets is just past Stamets.
I would have loved to see a quick shot of him waking up in a bar in San Francisco or something while Discovery was under construction just going like “wait what”
Also, if it’s affecting his DNA, is that a property of his body? He still has his personality in memories from before he spliced tardigrade DNA so it’s not tied to the specific body itself but I thought it would have been hilarious if they went back in time and Stamets is just past Stamets.
I no longer remember why, but I had the impression that the Lorca-era jump was pre-gene splice. But I could be wrong.
Edit: I just remembered - Landry was still alive.
I would have loved to see a quick shot of him waking up in a bar in San Francisco or something while Discovery was under construction just going like “wait what”
The deleted scene we deserve.
That episode was certainly a marvel of set decoration.
Had they known this was going to be the final season, I wonder if they would have considered more guest stars. Seeing Hannah Cheesman as Airiam again was neat, but a Lorca and/or an Ash Tyler would have been pretty special.
I wonder if the sequence set in a possible future is the closest we’re going to get to a “Calypso” tie-in…
Annotations for 5x04 up at: https://startrek.website/post/9332413
