Will You Take My Hand?
- FIRST SHOWN (US)
- 11 February 2018
- ON
- CBS All Access
- STARDATE
- None given
- DIRECTED BY
- Akiva Goldsman
WRITTEN BYTeleplay by Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts; story by Akiva Goldsman & Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts
With the Klingons closing in on Earth, Discovery heads for Qo'noS on a mission led by Georgiou, and Burnham begins to suspect what Starfleet has really agreed to.
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Discovery jumps to Qo'noS and hides in a cavern beneath the surface. Burnham, Tyler, Tilly and Georgiou, posing as traders, visit an Orion outpost in search of a way into the planet's interior. Tilly discovers that the mapping drone they are carrying is really a hydro bomb: Starfleet has agreed to Georgiou's plan to destroy the Klingon homeworld. Burnham and the crew refuse to take part in genocide, and Cornwell is persuaded to stop. Burnham convinces Georgiou to hand the detonator to L'Rell instead. Holding the power to destroy their world, L'Rell unites the Klingon houses and ends the war. Tyler leaves with her, and Georgiou is set free. On Earth, Burnham receives a full pardon and her rank back, and speaks for Starfleet's ideals. Soon afterwards, Discovery picks up a distress call from Christopher Pike's USS Enterprise.
- 01Clint Howard, who had appeared in several earlier Star Trek series, plays an Orion drug dealer. The role was written for him; he is a friend of Akiva Goldsman.
- 02The negotiations that end the war are carried out entirely by female characters, an intentional choice.
- 03Over the end credits, Ayana Haviv sings the vocal of the original Star Trek theme, arranged by Jeff Russo for the series' 74-piece orchestra.