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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 1 The Vulcan Hello

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While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham to the test.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1, Episode 1

Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1, Episode 1

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Critics Consensus

Bolstered by a strong cast and fresh direction, Discovery takes the best of both the procedural and cinematic world of Star Trek to make a gripping pilot.

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Cast & Crew

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Sonequa Martin-Green

Michael Burnham

Doug Jones

Saru

Jason Isaacs

Captain Gabriel Lorca

Shazad Latif

Lieutenant Ash Tyler

Anthony Rapp

Paul Stamets

Michelle Yeoh

Captain Philippa Georgiou
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Alan Sepinwall Uproxx 11/13/2017
Despite the concessions to modern TV storytelling and effects, Discovery feels like a Star Trek show -- at times one with the potential to be quite good. Go to Full Review Ed Gross Empire Magazine 10/04/2017
4/5
A solid start to the series, but it needs to distinguish itself if it hopes to grow an audience beyond the faithful. Go to Full Review Zack Handlen AV Club 09/29/2017
B+
After assuming for months that this would be a disaster, I'm relieved to report that it is not. Far from it. Go to Full Review María Garduño Geeks of Color 08/18/2018
For those of you who have seen the series and considered this episode long and uninteresting, I recommend you to hold onto it, as the next episode remedies the mistakes in this episode of gives us more to makes us excited for this show. Go to Full Review Jamil Ragland Black Nerd Problems 06/25/2018
This episode is, by far, the best pilot a Star Trek series has ever had. Go to Full Review Monique Jones Slashfilm 03/14/2018
What's great is that Star Trek: Discovery has been able to combine the procedural elements of Star Trek's TV incarnations with some of the action from the franchise's films. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin, putting First Officer Michael Burnham to the test.
Executive Producer
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Network
Paramount+
Rating
TV-14 (V)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 24, 2017