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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 4 The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

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With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1, Episode 4

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With "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry," Star Trek: Discovery plays to its strengths, advancing major plots and further refining core characters.

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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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Eric Renner Brown Entertainment Weekly 10/09/2017
B+
With Federation plots as compelling as the one in this episode, the Klingon aspect of the show can develop in due time. Go to Full Review Ed Gross Empire Magazine 10/09/2017
4/5
Nice bits between the characters: Lorca is making demands of Stamets and the drive, and Stamets gives back as good as he gets, resulting in a subtle smile from Saru. Go to Full Review Andrew Lowry Independent (UK) 10/09/2017
So, what is it, now the dust is settling? The answer, happily, is a meld of Trek old and sci-fi new. Go to Full Review Andrea Thompson The Young Folks 02/04/2019
7/10
The Star Trek: Discovery episode The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry certainly crams quite a bit into its 50 minute runtime, but it mostly works. Go to Full Review María Garduño Geeks of Color 08/14/2018
Discovery is a show about a war, and it doesn't let you forget that, as the urgency, the despair, is palpable in every situation regarding it [the war] and is in this episode where it feels the most. Go to Full Review Swapna Krishna Syfy Wire 07/09/2018
This show has incredible potential, and it's so gratifying to watch it get better and better every week. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
Executive Producer
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Network
Paramount+
Rating
TV-14 (V|L)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 8, 2017