Into the Forest I Go 

Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the USS Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.

Director:

Christopher J. Byrne

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Bryan Fuller (created by)

Stars:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sonequa Martin-Green	...	Michael Burnham
Doug Jones	...	Saru
Shazad Latif	...	Ash Tyler
Anthony Rapp	...	Paul Stamets
Mary Wiseman	...	Sylvia Tilly
Jason Isaacs	...	Captain Gabriel Lorca
Jayne Brook	...	Admiral Cornwell
Mary Chieffo	...	L'Rell
Wilson Cruz	...	Dr. Hugh Culber
Kenneth Mitchell	...	Kol
Michael Ayres	...	Transporter Technician
Conrad Coates	...	Admiral Terral
Emily Coutts	...	Keyla Detmer
Julianne Grossman	...	Discovery Computer (voice)
Patrick Kwok-Choon	...	Rhys

Storyline

Bypassing Starfleet's orders, Lorca uses the USS Discovery crew's ultimate asset, the ship itself, in an effort to end the war with the Klingons once and for all.

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Plot Keywords:

gay kiss | disobeying orders | space battle | reference to la boheme | shorthaired woman | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon

Release Date:

12 November 2017 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Roddenberry Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stamets has to make 133 spore-drive jumps in a row. The writers originally chose an ever higher number: 525,600 as a reference to the song "Seasons of Love" from the musical Rent which starred Anthony Rapp. However, when that number seemed too much, they settled on 133 as an homage to Battlestar Galactica: 33 (2004) written by Star Trek veteran Ronald D. Moore.

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Quotes

Michael Burnham: I need to know something. You put on a facade. Like everything that's happened to you just washes off. I actually envied that about you. But when you saw that Klingon... Who is she to you?
Ash Tyler: I think you already know.
Michael Burnham: You were her prisoner.
Ash Tyler: Yeah. Her name was L'Rell. She's the reason I've had nightmares, every night since the day Captain Lorca and I fled her ship. She's also the only reason I'm still alive. 227 days. But it only took one of them to realize I wasn't gonna make it out alive - not ...
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Connections

Featured in After Trek: Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum (2017)

User Reviews

A great episode with the return of the blingons

This is a very good episode ,excepting the return of the the ugly lame bald creepy Klingons i have just one issue with the story: -a human is not a machine so i really don't understand how 'Smartmets' can do over 166 highly complex actions in a matter of minutes.