Through the Valley of Shadows 

A fourth signal leads the U.S.S. Discovery to an insular world, where Pike is forced to make a life-changing choice. Burnham and Spock investigate a Section 31 ship gone rogue, leading to a discovery with catastrophic consequences.

Director:

Douglas Aarniokoski

Writers:

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

Stars:

Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Sonequa Martin-Green	...	Michael Burnham
Doug Jones	...	Saru
Anthony Rapp	...	Paul Stamets
Mary Wiseman	...	Sylvia Tilly (credit only)
Wilson Cruz	...	Dr. Hugh Culber
Shazad Latif	...	Ash Tyler
Anson Mount	...	Captain Christopher Pike
Mia Kirshner	...	Amanda Grayson
Mary Chieffo	...	L'Rell
Ethan Peck	...	Spock
Tig Notaro	...	Jett Reno
Kenneth Mitchell	...	Time Keeper Tenavik
Rachael Ancheril	...	Cmdr. Nhan
Emily Coutts	...	Lt. Keyla Detmer
Patrick Kwok-Choon	...	Lt. Gen Rhys

Storyline

A fourth signal leads the U.S.S. Discovery to an insular world, where Pike is forced to make a life-changing choice. Burnham and Spock investigate a Section 31 ship gone rogue, leading to a discovery with catastrophic consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

klingon planet | monastery | monk | klingon chancellor | spock character | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 April 2019 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

46 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jett Reno declares to Dr. Hugh Culber "I'm an engineer not a poet", which is an homage to Dr McCoy's "I'm a Doctor not a ______ (fill in the blank)" KB351.

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Quotes

Time Keeper Tenavik: The present is a veil between anticipation and horror. Lift the veil, and madness may follow.

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Connections

References Star Trek: The Original Series: The Menagerie: Part I (1966)

User Reviews

Spock vs the T-1000

Pike meets a "Minbari" Klingon. Looked like warrior caste, even. "Tenavik, Son of None". A most unusual Klingon. With the time crystal in the Red Angel suit destroyed, Discovery is back to investigating the "Red Signals", this particular Red signal magically appeared over the the Klingon planet "Boreth", turns out Boreth is more important than we've ever seen, we thought it was run by overzealous monks who re-created Kahless from the blood on his betleH. But this planet turns out to be a lot more important then being merely a breeding ground for clones or for fooling Worf, something important goes on there.

Spock and Burnham visit a Section 31 ship, to find out why it was late checking in. What they find there, we are almost able to guess due to Leland's previous encounter with "Control", but it is actually much worse.

Imagine Spock having to fight the Terminator T-1000 without letting it touch him. He gets creative.

But the big question should be, "Hey, wasn't the Magic Red Angel suit destroyed and then sucked into the far future?"

If that's so, then who is sending the Red Signals? Is there another Red Suit floating amok? Or, maybe we haven't completely caught up with things that have already happened, but just haven't happened to Discovery - Yet.

Pike is confronted with a startling image, and a choice. Will it be "No Fate but What you Make", or will he embrace what is to come?