STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS
SEASON 2, EPISODE 4
SEASON 2, EPISODE 4
The Girl Who Made the Stars
Series: Star Trek: Short Treks - (2018 - current)Season: 2
Episode #: 4
Original Airdate: December 12th, 2019
Writer(s): Brandon Schultz
Director(s): Olatunde Osunsanmi
Starring
Kenric Green as Mike Burnham
Kyrie McAlpin as Young Michael Burnham
Stardate: Unknown
Synopsis
There’s a lightning storm in space, near a research station, and young Michael Burnham is awoken by a nightmare. As she clutches her stuffed tardigrade, she tells her dad that she wants to sleep with all the lights on. But her dad wants to tell her the story of a girl, about her age, who changed the entire universe with “just one single, tiny light.”
A thousand centuries ago, there were no stars in the night sky, which frightened the First People, who weren’t allowed to travel at night. But the people had been farming the same land over and over, and were in danger of starvation. A young girl wanted to search for new land, over the mountains, but the Elder told her the journey would be too long, and she should just “go play.” Which annoys young Michael in just the way you’d hope.![]()
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So, the girl goes off on her own, and is joined by a firefly. But she was still frightened of the “night beast.” And all of a sudden, there was a streak of light from the sky. Her curiosity won out, and she followed the light, which lead her to… an alien crash site. The being saw in the little girl a brave warrior and showed her just how big the universe was to explore, and told her that “the first step is conquering fear.” The being gave her a gift, and took off.
When the girl returned to her valley, the Elder scolded her for angering the darkness. The girl replied, “No, I brought us the light” and she opened her gift and filled the night sky with the stars, and her people were never scared of the night again. The girl grew up to be a great explorer, and leader, eventually becoming Queen.
Young Michael realizes, “It was the light inside that guided her!” and that there’s no reason to be afraid. So young Michael decides she no longer even needs her nightlight, and falls asleep, dreaming of the great Warrior Queen shooting an arrow right at the head of the Night Beast.
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Poster courtesy of J.J. Lendl
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