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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 1, Episode 8 Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

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The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to go to planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingon's cloaking technology.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 1, Episode 8

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Weird and wonderful, "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum" channels old school Trek to setup its midseason finale.

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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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Andrew Lowry Independent (UK) 11/06/2017
I keep saying to not sweat the details of this episode, so let's not start now - but let's do consider that in delivering its funniest episode so far, STD also delivered its best. Let's hope the creators take that lesson on board. Go to Full Review Sopan Deb New York Times 11/06/2017
The Klingon story moved in ways I didn't expect. Go to Full Review Ed Gross Empire Magazine 11/06/2017
5/5
Star Trek Discovery should not let staff writer Kirsten Beyer go. Cutting her teeth in the final frontier on a series of Voyager novels, her teleplay for Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum is without a doubt Discovery's strongest episode to date. Go to Full Review María Garduño Geeks of Color 08/15/2018
... as it is not sure what it wants to be (a landing party adventure, build up for the "climax" of the war or an interesting way of presenting subplots) it makes difficult to really become invested in what's going on. Go to Full Review Swapna Krishna Syfy Wire 07/09/2018
The intensity didn't let up throughout the episode, and it was a wild ride from beginning to end. Go to Full Review Monique Jones Slashfilm 03/14/2018
Saru is an angry being, and I think we as audience members - and the members of the Discovery - fail to remember that to be in constant fear is also to be in constant anger. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with a high priority mission to go to planet Pahvo and learn the science behind the Klingon's cloaking technology.
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
Nov 5, 2017