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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 3 Context Is for Kings

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Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1, Episode 3

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"Context Is for Kings" is a successful soft reboot -- with its namesake ship and new captain setting the series on a new, more confident course.

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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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Jordan Hoffman Thrillist 03/16/2018
With no other iteration of this franchise has it taken me this long to get my space legs. This in no way suggests that I'm not loving the hell out of this, I've just never been in a position where I didn't know what the hell was going on. Go to Full Review Angelica Jade Bastién New York Magazine/Vulture 10/04/2017
Star Trek: Discovery's third episode, "Context Is for Kings," is a somewhat uneven hour of television, but it ultimately holds many pleasures. Go to Full Review Ed Gross Empire Magazine 10/04/2017
4/5
... there is an intriguing show here, but it's just a question of how much it really feels like, or more accurately represents, Trek. Go to Full Review María Garduño Geeks of Color 08/14/2018
The fact is that, although it occurs in the same timeline as TOS, it gives us more action and preference towards special effects than actually give us what Star Trek represents and means. Go to Full Review Annalee Newitz Ars Technica 05/22/2018
Discovery is about that in-between place where yesterday becomes tomorrow. It's about how people must act now, in an imperfect but ethical way, to get us the Federation we hope for. Go to Full Review Monique Jones Slashfilm 03/14/2018
I think Star Trek: Discovery might be exploring how war can bring out the good and bad in people who are supposed to have the common goal of securing peace. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.
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
Oct 1, 2017