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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 2, Episode 4 An Obol for Charon

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73% Tomatometer 11 Reviews
A mysterious sphere threatens the U.S.S. Discovery; Saru and Burnham's bond grows when Saru is forced to acknowledge a deeply unsettling Kelpien truth; Pike receives new intel on Spock from a loyal friend.
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Star Trek: Discovery — Season 2, Episode 4

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Critics Consensus

Despite an overly ambitious structure, "An Obol for Charon" stands out as a crystallization of Discovery's empathetic thesis brought to life by Doug Jones' awards-worthy performance.

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Cast & Crew

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Sonequa Martin-Green

Michael Burnham

Michelle Yeoh

Philippa Georgiou

Doug Jones

Saru

Shazad Latif

Ash Tyler

Anson Mount

Captain Christopher Pike

Anthony Rapp

Paul Stamets
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Zack Handlen AV Club 02/08/2019
B+
Jet Reno is back! God bless her. Go to Full Review Devon Maloney New York Magazine/Vulture 02/08/2019
4/5
A successful procedural episode of this evolving, hyperactive dork show, if I do say so myself. Go to Full Review Sopan Deb New York Times 02/08/2019
A lot of historic "Trek" episodes don't have much to do with the central conflict. But this one felt like an unnecessary diversion from the more interesting mystery being solved by Pike and Burnham. Go to Full Review Monique Jones Slashfilm 02/08/2019
The big emotion behind tonight's episode was empathy, and if Doug Jones does what's right, he'll add this episode to his Emmys "For Your Consideration" reel, because he deserves all of the praise for injecting such heart into Saru. Go to Full Review Andrew Todd Birth.Movies.Death. 02/08/2019
It's very like Star Trek to centre an episode entirely around the philosophy and emotion behind dying, and very like Discovery to fill that episode with action so breakneck-paced it sometimes loses coherency. Go to Full Review Kayti Burt Den of Geek 02/08/2019
4/5
In general, this show has never used its supporting cast so well. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis A mysterious sphere threatens the U.S.S. Discovery; Saru and Burnham's bond grows when Saru is forced to acknowledge a deeply unsettling Kelpien truth; Pike receives new intel on Spock from a loyal friend.
Executive Producer
Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Rod Roddenberry, Trevor Roth
Network
Paramount+
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Sci-Fi, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Feb 7, 2019