Star Trek: Discovery (3×04) Forget Me Not Review

For our review of the last episode of Star Trek: Discovery, click here.

Synopsis: Burnham and Adira visit the Trill homeworld while Saru’s efforts on the Discovery to help the crew reconnect yield surprises. (IMDb)

Finally, Discovery manages to find some balance in its storytelling by bringing Trek to the future. It blends deep mythology with strong character development in a narrative that helps push forward more than just the season’s main storyline. It is a breath of fresh air in an otherwise Trek-less season even if there are some minor issues throughout this journey.

The theme of this episode is connectivity as it is explored through the two plotlines. The first is Adira’s connection to her Trill symbiont and its connection to the old Starfleet Admiral Tal. In order to unlock the memories here, Discovery find the Trill for answers. Burnham and Adira head to the planet to interact with them and through a long, harrowing ethereal journey they manage to find what they sought. Adira is able to remember the Admiral’s memories and help Discovery on their journey of saving the Federation. While this is the plot progressing story of the episode, it is in the other plotline that it manages to thrive.

The second focuses on the broken Discovery crew who, after traveling into the future, are finally able to deal with the aftermath of pretty much everything that has happened. Saru decides to host a traditional harvest meal for his crew, but it goes just as any Thanksgiving typically does. Throughout this story we manage to explore a lot of characters and their ongoing issues from Detmer’s repressed anger, Stamets’ disconnection and even Saru’s questioning of his own leadership. Thankfully they manage to come together and support each other through these problems. Connection.

The highlight of the episode comes from the scenes involving Dr. Culber who after being resurrected feels like a much needed calming presence. Rather than be a physical doctor, Hugh works on the broken hearts and souls of his fellow crewmates. This creates a lot of the strong character moments that make this episode work so well. Of course, Wilson Cruz isn’t the only one who delivers a great performance this episode as pretty much the entire cast fires on all cylinders. Trek may have took a long time to return, but if there is more of this coming then it’s worth the wait.

Captain’s Log

• Is there some force that took over the Federation’s territories after it lost influence?
• What other species will Discovery manage to bring into their New Federation?
• Who is Adira?
• What is so important about Admiral Tal?
• Will Burnham revert to her original self being around a familiar setting?
• What is Georgiou’s plan?
• What happened during The Burn?

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Dylan Phillips