STAR TREK: DISCOVERY
SEASON 3, EPISODE 2
SEASON 3, EPISODE 2
Far From Home
Series: Star Trek: Discovery - (2017 - 2024)Season: 3
Episode #: 2
Original Airdate: October 22nd, 2020
Writer(s): Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, and Alex Kurtzman
Director(s): Olatunde Osunsanmi
Guest Stars
Rachael Ancheril as Commander Nhan
Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou
Tig Notaro as Commander Jett Reno
Jake Weber as Zareh
Co-Stars
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
Sara Mitich as Lt. Nilsson
Wole Daramola as Red Eyes
Raven Dauda as Dr. Tracy Pollard
Kevan Karse as the Lookout
Jonathan Koensgen as Kal
Lindsay Owen Pierre as Os'ir the Bartender
Sanjay Pavone as Ensign Gene "Hazmat"
David Benjamin Tomlinson as Ltjg. Linus (the Saurian)
Uncredited Guest Stars
Nick Alachiotis as a Henchman
Alex Chung as a Henchman
Stardate: Unknown
Synopsis
As Discovery emerges from the wormhole, an incapacitated bridge crew awakens to the dreaded sounds of a red alert and the terrifying sight of an uncontrolled descent toward an unknown world. Commander Saru regains the center seat and rallies his forces moments before Discovery plummets through a floating, myth-like maze composed of segments from the planet’s surface.
Lieutenant Keyla Detmer expertly navigates the vessel through an icy crash landing. With tactical systems, sensors, and communications offline, the bridge officers realize they are unaware of their location in time or space, leaving us wondering just how far they might have ended up from their intended rendezvous with Burnham on Terralysium.
Jett Reno helps Saru assess the damage and informs the acting captain that repairs will be needed before Discovery can fly once again. Saru sets the crew to their tasks before conferring with Ensign Tilly, who manages to confirm that the planet is not Terralysium… but there is life which confirms that the crew's conflict against Control achieved the desired results.
Philippa Georgiou catches up with Saru and Tilly, revealing that her Terran instincts implored her to take the necessary “steps” to ensure that Leland was truly dead. Sickbay ranks as our next stop, where Doctor Hugh Culber perfectly balances his roles as Paul Stamets’s physician and partner to guide the engineer out of his medically-induced coma. Elsewhere, Doctor Pollard clears Detmer of any concussion symptoms, yet the conn officer continues to portray a dazed demeanor.![]()
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Saru, Tilly, and Georgiou chat with Commander Nhan, ultimately determining that an away team must visit the nearby settlement to obtain the rubindium that is required to repair Discovery’s systems. The lack of dilithium readings despite the presence of warp-capable ships on the planet puzzles the group, as they have yet to learn about the Burn and its tragic repercussions.
Saru assigns Tilly to accompany him on the recon mission, privately disclosing to the ensign that he believes her to be an excellent ambassador to the future. Discovery’s disheveled state compels the crew to operate in pairs, providing quality time between several officers. Stamets and Reno revive both their witty banter as they assess the damage of a nearby Jefferies tube, while Nhan and Georgiou discuss their motivations for leaping ahead in time. Nhan surprisingly cites Airiam’s sacrifice as her inspiration. Georgiou postulates that leading Section 31 would have been her 23rd-century fate and argues that “bureaucracy is where fun goes to die.” More pressing, however, is the unsettling revelation that the ice accumulating on the vessel’s hull is actually parasitic in nature, and that nightfall might spell certain doom for the Discovery and her crew.
Saru and Tilly arrive at a mining settlement and enter into a rustic, old saloon. After a brief stand-off, the local Coridan named Kal expresses an idealistic view of the Federation and offers to help. Kal sets to work on repairs utilizing programmable matter. Echoing Sahil’s admiration for Starfleet, the Coridan bonds with Tilly just before the villainous Zareh beams in with the aura of an ancient gunslinger. Keen to Discovery’s temporally-displaced origin, the oppressive courier murders Kal and speaks in a dialect known as Pidgin.
Referring to the Federation as the V’Draysh, Zareh plans to send Tilly into the perilous night to attain dilithium from Discovery. However, the courier is interrupted by Georgiou, who snuck off the starship to keep tabs on the recon mission. The Terran effortlessly tears into Zareh with verbal jabs before resorting to more violent measures to dispatch his accomplices.
Georgiou and Saru grapple over the notion of executing Zareh, but the Kelpien’s ethics overcome the Terran’s vengeful spirit and impress Kal’s comrade Os’Ir. After banishing Zareh from the settlement, Os’Ir presents Saru with a personal transporter so that the visitors from the past could safely return to the Discovery.
Meanwhile, Stamets courageously battles through his injuries to replace a damaged anodyne circuit. With Reno’s treasured reassurances, the astromycologist restores Discovery’s main power. The away team returns to install their recently repaired equipment and activate the majority of the vessel’s primary systems.
As the parasitic ice closes in around them, the bridge crew struggles to break the ship free from the surface. Suddenly, sensors detect a potentially hostile starship approaching. The new arrival pulls Discovery out of its grave situation with a tractor beam and hails the Starfleet crew. Unsure of what to expect, Saru orders Lieutenant Bryce to open a channel. Tension ravages the bridge, until… Michael Burnham’s face appears on the viewscreen in a glorious fashion. The cathartic transmission brings a gleam to everyone’s eyes, and Burnham divulges that she had landed a year prior to her friends.
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