Star Trek: Discovery: Season 1 Episode 9 Reviews
![]() | María Garduño Geeks of Color | August 15, 2018 The episode ends with an incredible cliffhanger... | ||
![]() | Annalee Newitz Ars Technica | May 22, 2018 A white-knuckle cliffhanger ended the first half of Star Trek: Discovery's first season. Frenetic, fascinating, and sometimes shocking, "Into the Forest I Go" raised more questions than it answered. | ||
| Monique Jones Slashfilm | March 14, 2018 I'm so glad that, at the end of the first half of this season, Star Trek: Discovery has found its path forward. | ||
![]() | Andrew Lowry Independent (UK) | Top Critic | November 17, 2017 It does offer some pretty robust weight to the theories around Tyler being an unwitting Klingon fifth columnist. | |
![]() | Mark Trammell TV Equals | November 14, 2017 To say the least, the mid-season fall finale of "Star Trek: Discovery" was everything a fan of the show could want, and might even have been ground-breaking enough to convince a few naysayers in the process. | ||
![]() | Dave Nemetz TV Line | November 13, 2017 I'll say it again: Never make plans for the future on a TV drama. It always leads to bad things. | ||
![]() | Eric Renner Brown Entertainment Weekly | Top Critic | November 13, 2017 The tension between science and violence - and a deftly paced episode - made for compelling viewing. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | |
![]() | Chris E Hayner Hollywood Reporter | Top Critic | November 13, 2017 There were far more questions than answers in the Star Trek: Discovery midseason finale. | |
![]() | Lauren O'Callaghan SFX Magazine | November 13, 2017 After a fairly 'meh' episode last week, Star Trek Discovery sees it's mid-season break in with one hell of a finale. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | ||
| Andrew Todd Birth.Movies.Death. | November 13, 2017 It doesn't even have the depth of Enterprise's Xindi arc. | ||
![]() | Megan Davies Digital Spy | November 13, 2017 With the main bulk of the action over, the episode falters and stumbles around loose ends and new ideas until it walks into a conclusion that seemingly launches another soft reboot akin to the shake-up we saw in episode three. | ||
| Kayti Burt Den of Geek | November 13, 2017 Discovery is a show that is taking longer than I would like to find its footing, but I've waited much longer for far less interesting shows to get their narrative together and take me in bold, focused, new directions. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | ||
![]() | Ed Gross Empire Magazine | Top Critic | November 13, 2017 Some solid elements, but the story contrivances -- particularly the relatively simple solution to the problem that has been plaguing them -- are infuriating. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | |
![]() | Mallory Ortberg New York Magazine/Vulture | Top Critic | November 13, 2017 There are few things I love more than a good "one day away from retirement" setup. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | |
![]() | Kevin Yeoman Screen Rant | November 13, 2017 The episode itself felt too eager to get to what was next on the docket, when it would have been better served ending this current chapter in a way that felt more earned than it was. | ||
![]() | Diana Keng TV Fanatic | November 13, 2017 Personally, although I may question the direction we seem to be heading, this was a great finale in terms of addressing many of the biggest issues introduced so far. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | ||
| Liz Shannon Miller indieWire | Top Critic | November 12, 2017 Thanks to the ending, there's a very clear endpoint for at least one storyline, but plenty more to be explored going forward. Full Review | Original Score: B | |
![]() | Sopan Deb New York Times | Top Critic | November 12, 2017 This week's episode, the midseason finale, felt like it was ignoring the previous eight episodes and all of their character work. | |
![]() | Zack Handlen AV Club | Top Critic | November 12, 2017 "Into the Forest I Go" pulls out all the stops. Space battles! Explosions! Dead Klingons! PTSD! And a not at all terrible ending that leaves plenty of things to chew on during the two month break ahead of us. Full Review | Original Score: B+ | |
| Scott Collura IGN Movies | November 12, 2017 The first half of Discovery Season 1 ends on a solid note, even if "Into the Forest I Go" doesn't quite rise to the level of some previous episodes. Full Review | Original Score: 8.2/10 |