STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
SEASON 3, EPISODE 12
SEASON 3, EPISODE 12
There Is A Tide...
Series: Star Trek: Discovery - (2017 - 2024)Season: 3
Episode #: 12
Original Airdate: December 31st, 2020
Writer(s): Kenneth Lin
Director(s): Jonathan Frakes
Guest Stars
Oded Fehr as Admiral Charles Vance
Noah Averbach-Katz as Ryn
Janet Kidder as Osyraa
Kenneth Mitchell as Aurellio
Annabelle Wallis as Zora
Jake Weber as Zareh
Emily Coutts as Lt. Keyla Detmer
Patrick Kwok-Choon as Lt. Gen Rhys
Oyin Oladejo as Lt. Joann Owosekun
Ronnie Rowe Jr. as Lt. R.A. Bryce
Brendan Beiser as Eli the E.M.H.
Lisa Berry as Kanak
Avaah Blackwell as Lt. Ina
Nicole Dickinson as the Strong Regulator
Vanessa Jackson as Lt. Audrey Willa
Lamont James as Regulator Guard #1
Dorren Lee as Lt. Teemo
Alexander Mandra as Avryz
Fabio Tassone as the Voice of Book's Ship Computer
Roy Samuelson as the Emerald Chain Computer
Stardate: Unknown
Synopsis
With Osyraa in the Discovery’s center seat and the Viridian pretending to pursue the Starfleet vessel on its approach to Federation Headquarters, Admiral Vance remains unaware that the Emerald Chain controls the Crossfield-class starship. Zareh, the courier who was last seen venturing out into a parasitic ice-filled environment, makes his return overseeing the Chain’s regulators and imprisoning Ryn and Discovery’s bridge crew in the ready room.
Aboard the Nautilus, Burnham and Booker brave the debris-laden courier transwarp network to arrive at Federation Headquarters, crash landing in Discovery’s hangar bay just as the ship enters the refuge’s shield barrier. Aware that they need to prevent Osyraa from using Stamets to jump away, Book hands Burnham a lifesign-concealing device and convinces her to search for the astromycologist. Book promises to distract the regulators from noticing Michael. Despite the danger surrounding them, Burnham and Book take a brief moment to express their love for one another.
Osyraa heads to engineering, where Emerald Chain scientist Aurellio prepares to study the connection between Stamets and the mycelial network in the hope of bringing the technology to the entire galaxy. After Lieutenant Teemo informs Vance that Captain Saru has not sent any transmissions to them, the admiral deduces that Osyraa holds dominion over Discovery and orders the fleet to prepare to fire. However, Minister Osyraa contacts Vance to open a dialogue, proffering the return of her captives (minus Book, Ryn, and the senior officers) as a good faith gesture.![]()
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Back on the ship, Burnham subdues a regulator and acquires his comm unit, sustaining a knife wound to her leg in the process. Unable to reach anyone at headquarters, Michael sends a distress call to Gabrielle Burnham on Ni’Var and acknowledges that this might be the final message she will be able to share with her mother. In the ready room, Tilly and the bridge team take down two regulators and begin to outline a plan to retake Discovery.
Meanwhile, Osyraa and a small cadre of regulators beam over to meet with Vance, who employs the holographic doctor Eli as his own personal lie detector. Shockingly, Osyraa conveys a genuine desire for peace, explaining that she wants the Emerald Chain to unite with the Federation. Osyraa sees establishing a new Federation as a step forward for her people and a means to replicating Discovery’s spore drive for all to use.
In engineering, Aurellio and Stamets bond over opera, yet the astromycologist attempts to convince his Chain counterpart of Osyraa’s cruelty. Stamets even goes so far as to describe Adira as his own child, illustrating both his true feelings for them and his fears that they are in peril on the dilithium planet. Caught up in his work, Aurellio assures Stamets that he will find a way to safely recreate the astromycologist’s link to the mycelial network.
As negotiations proceed, Osyraa requests that the Federation sanction trading with the mercantile exchanges, but Vance hesitates over the unconscionable acts of slavery that the Chain perpetuates. Osyraa presents the admiral with a written armistice and informs him that she has submitted a charter amendment to outlaw slavery. The Emerald Chain even commits to abiding by the Prime Directive going forward, as well as walking back their incursions on worlds such as Kwejian.
Once Ryn proves able to cause disarray with Discovery’s lifesigns detectors, Tilly sets out to retake the ship. Aurellio and Stamets continue to debate Osyraa’s tactics as the alarms sound, allowing Burnham to sneak in and stun the Emerald Chain operatives. Stamets argues that an immediate jump is necessary to save Saru, Culber, and Adira, but Burnham knocks him unconscious with a Vulcan nerve pinch and ejects him from the ship in an emergency escape field.
Impressed by the armistice, Vance asks for one more concession: that Osyraa be tried for her well-documented crimes. The admiral agrees that the Federation and Emerald Chain should join together, but the Orion departs in anger. Returning to Discovery’s bridge, Osyraa pressures the recently recaptured Ryn and Book to fix the starship’s internal sensors. Book offers to guide the Chain to the dilithium in the Verubin Nebula, but a furious Osyraa still executes Ryn. Aurellio witnesses the brutal deed and reacts with horror.
Zareh apprehends Burnham just as the science officer manages to get Stamets away from Discovery. Tilly and the bridge crew move through the ship, taking down several regulators and securing a weapons locker. Armed and ready, the team bumps into three Starfleet DOT-23s. Controlled by the Sphere data, the repair robots pledge themselves to assist Tilly in her quest to recover Discovery.
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