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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Finale Ending Explained

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This Star Trek: Discovery review contains major spoilers for the end of Season 3.

What a ride! The third season of Star Trek: Discovery was easily its most consistent and, dare I say, best yet? From the get-go, the series’ decision to vault its characters into the far future for its third outing proved itself a smart one, as the crew of the Discovery set about exploring this strange, new reality. The hour-long finale was a solid ending for the season, answering some questions we’ve had since the season premiere. In that way, “That Hope is You, Part 2” really was the perfect bookend to the premiere that started this far-future arc. That being said, the episode also set up some fascinating plot and character arcs for Season 4. Let’s break down all that happened in the Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 finale, and what it means for the bright future of this show.

We Finally Know What Caused The Burn

The big reveal in the Season 3 finale is the confirmation that it was a scared Su’Kal who caused The Burn when he was a small child. With Saru’s support and encouragement, Su’Kal faced the memory of the event: the death of his mother, when he was small. With her death, Su’Kal was all alone on the KSF Khi’eth, on a dilithium planet in an isolated nebula. His mother made Su’Kal promise not to turn off the holo until the Federation came. She couldn’t know that the Federation wouldn’t come for another 125 years.

Su’Kal is a polyploid, aka someone whose genetics were altered based on the environment around him. Because Su’Kal was born on a planet filled with dilithium, it gave him a unique connection to the element. The sonic scream he emitted upon losing his mother sent a shockwave through subspace that caused the Burn. Now that he is no longer in the nebula, it is unlikely a similar event will happen again. “I’d like to help repair what is broken, if I can,” Su’Kal tells Saru, when he learns the truth. Perhaps this isn’t the last we’ve seen of the Kelpien.

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The Bridge Crew Saves the Day

This was another excellent episode for Team Bridge Crew, who use their relative freedom on an occupied Discovery to sabotage the ship’s nacelle, dropping the ship out of warp and allowing the Federation and its allies to catch up. The Bridge Crew does so believing that it will be a suicide mission, as Osyraa has cut off life support to the lower decks of the ship, and they only have one oxygen tank amongst them. It’s Joann, who apparently has very impressive lung capacity, who manages to complete the mission (with an assist from one of those little DOT-23 droids), taking the oxygen tank and leaving her friends to die (per their request). “I love you all,” she tells them, which would have been solid last words. However, once Michael regains control of the ship, she is able to restore life support to the lower decks before her friends/co-workers die. So that’s good.

Are Keyla and Joann Together?

These two have always been depicted as especially close, and the season finale had me wondering yet again if these two might be romantically linked. “You’re alive.” “So are you.” This is their conversation post-nacelle explosion. There are other people there who are also unexpectedly alive. We see them embracing shortly after. I don’t support the cultural reenforcement of romantic relationships as more important than platonic ones, but I do wonder what the nature of this relationship is. Generally, I hope both characters—and their dynamic—get more screen time in Season 4.

Michael Kills Osyrra

Of course dropping the ship out of warp is only part of the solution. The Discovery crew also has to regain control of the ship. This is Michael’s mission. With some help from Book, and via a very cool sequence in the backend of the turbolift, Michael is able to make it to the ship’s data core. She manages to get rid of Osyraa’s goons, but Osyraa gets the upper hand in the fight, literally pushing Michael into the data core. It looks like it might be the end for Michael (though I doubt any viewer actually believed it would be), until shots fire from within the core, taking Osyraa out once and for all.

Michael emerges from the ship itself, telling the Season 3 antagonist: “Unlike you, I never quit.” As a post-murder tagline, it’s not a great one—especially because Osyraa didn’t really seem to be quitting so much as losing in this moment—but the imagery that accompanies it, of Michael literally merging with Discovery to take Osyraa out, is thematically-rich. This has been a season of Discovery really evolving as a character in their own right, and it was nice to see the ship itself have a hand in the crew regaining control of the ship.

Book Can Pilot the Spore Drive

In one of the most game-changing moments of the season, the Discovery crew figures out that, because of ability to communicate empathically with plants and animals, Book can pilot the spore drive. They bet the farm on the conclusion, too, jettisoning the warp core while within Osyraa’s ship Viridian. Book is eventually able to figure out how to jump, but they barely make it away in time. While this was a cool moment in the episode, it is a much cooler reveal for what it might mean moving forward. Book has expressed an interest in joining Starfleet, but it hasn’t been clear what his role in the fleet or on the Discovery might be. His ability to pilot the spore drive certainly makes him invaluable to the Discovery and to the Federation as a whole.

Yeah, Stamets is Still Pissed at Michael

One of the minor, unresolved character threads left lingering at the end of Season 3 is Stamets’ anger towards Michael for forcibly removing him from the Discovery in the season’s penultimate episode. Frankly, Michael made the right choice. If Stamets had remained on the ship, then Osyraa could have forced him to use the spore drive and the Federation never would have been able to catch up. That being said, I can’t say I wouldn’t be pissed at Michael if I were in Stamets’ shoes. By physically forcing Stamets off the ship, she took the choice to stay and try to save his friends and family away from him. But them’s the breaks when you volunteer to be the universe’s sole spore drive pilot.

Gray Gets a Corporeal Form, Then Loses It Again

One of the chief joys of the Season 3 finale was seeing Gray gain corporeal form while in the holo-program, allowing people other than Adira the opportunity to see and interact with him. (Hugh takes the chance to give Gray a big hug!) The holo gave Gray the form of a Vulcan (if you were wondering, Adira is Xahean here), but, for Gray, it just matters that he can be seen. When faced with the dismantling of the holo, Gray tells Adira and Hugh that he doesn’t want to go back to before. “It’s not enough,” he says. “I’m stuck. Tal’s stuck.” Hugh promises that they will find a way to make sure Gray is seen, but when the episode ends, Gray is still invisible to all but Adira again.

Burnham Becomes Captain of the Discovery

Discovery churns through at least one captain per season and the ship ends the season with a different captain than it started with: Michael has replaced Saru as captain (at least for now). Saru has taken a leave of absence to help Su’Kal settle into his life on Kaminar. It’s unclear for how long. When Michael brings up waiting until his return to decide anything permanently, Admiral Vance pushes back, with Saru’s blessing. So will Michael be Discovery captain forever and ever? Frankly, the show seems to have left enough room for the writers’ room to make that decision later, as they are breaking Season 4.

The Federation is Back on Its Feet

The season finale was a happy ending, not only for the Discovery but for the entire Federation. With Osyraa dead, the source of the Burn discovered, and the Discovery equipped with two spore drive pilots, the future is looking promising. As Michael’s closing voiceover tells us, the Discovery is poised to bring dilithium to the worlds of the Federation that have been cut off since the Burn. With this new source, they will be able to properly rejoin the Federation. With this new mission outlined in the finale’s closing minutes, Season 4 seems to already have a new plot structure, one even more based on discovery and diplomacy than Season 3.

We also learned that Trill decided to rejoin the Federation, and the Ni’Var have opened lines of communication with the Federation back up. The fact that the Ni’Var responded to Michael’s request for help earlier in the episode, effectively coming to the Federation’s aid when they needed it the most, says a lot about their potential willingness to become part of the organization again.

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What Does the Closing Quote Mean?

Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 ends with a tribute to Gene Roddenberry, and to his original vision for Star Trek, exemplified through the following quote: “In a very real sense, we are all aliens on a strange planet. We spend most of our lives reaching out and trying to communicate. If during our whole lifetime, we could reach out and really communicate with just two people, we are indeed very fortunate.”

Why did the series decide to end the season this way? As showrunner Michelle Paradise told Comicbook.com: “It emerged closer to the end of the post process as we were finishing post for the season and just recognizing that this was going to be airing at this particular time. And we just felt like it would be appropriate to have something from him. I mean, Gene Roddenberry, we’re only here because of what he did and because of the show that he created and there’s the baseline, the template that he established. And so it felt appropriate to have something from him, a quote from him at the end of our season. And that was one that resonated with us.”

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Star Trek Discovery: There Is A Tide … – TV Review

TL;DR – The awkward middle-episode of the three-part season finale ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. There Is A Tide Review – As we rush towards the end of the season, we spend a little time exploring the consequence of the crew’s actions to this point, their impact on the galaxy, and the damage they could wreak.So to set the scene, in last week’s Su’Kal, we ended on a cliff-hanger with Discovery…

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Star Trek: Discovery 3.11 Su’Kal review

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The eleventh episode of the third season. Discovery jumps to the source of the Burn after finding a survivor aboard the ship. However, the Emerald Chain is making it's move. Despite the Chain moving on Kaminar, Discovery goes to the nebula. Saru is concerned but Vance assures him that Starfleet would be able to protect his home planet. That Osyrra would try to draw out Discovery that way makes sense. It is also good set up for later. (And not just that Saru hadn't seen other Kelpiens since he arrived.)

Going into the nebula, they find that radiation is very intense. The scenes where Discovery was trying to get to the crashed ship were appropriately suspenseful. That Book's ship has a better time of it makes sense. A bit surprising that Vance allows Saru to go on the Away Team, but maybe the policy about Captains not going on them was changed again. Then there is Stamets being concerned for Culbur. More on that below. The Away Team beams into the ship and find themselves in a holographic environment.

Culber and Burnham appearing as a Bajoran and Trill respectively were a surprise, but it was done very well. Saru as a Human was a good choice too. But the main thrust of this aspect of the episode was Su'Kal, the Kelpien who was left alone to be raised on the ship by the holographic programs after his mother died. The quest by the three crewmembers as they tried to piece together what happened was done very well. The worldbuilding about Kaminar, including the Elder hologram and the Federation Admission Hologram, was also good.

The Holodeck episode aspect was surprising, but even so the revelation that Su'Kal was responsible for the Burn was a let down. (But there may be more there.) But there also the other aspect of the episode, where Discovery had to confront Osyrra. That Discovery had a cloaking device didn't come out of nowhere given that the headquarters was cloaked when they first arrived there. However, the crew should have put up more of a fight when the ship was boarded. So, Osyrra almost effortlessly taking over the ship was also a let down.

But it was stll enjoyable and I'm eager to see what happens next. 8.3/10.

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Scifi TV Review: Star Trek Discovery Season Three Episode Eleven: Su'Kal

Scifi TV Review: Star Trek Discovery Season Three Episode Eleven: Su’Kal

The crew of Discovery finally discover the cause of The Burn and…well…it’s not exactly what we were expecting… or even hoping for. Is it a ‘Good’ Episode? LOTS OF SPOILERS There is something in drama and storytelling known as Chekhov’s Gun. No, I am not talking about the young Russian officer on board the USS Enterprise and his phaser, I am talking about a simple rule that states every…

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Star Trek Discovery: 3rd season episode 11 review, Su'Kal (video).

Star Trek Discovery: 3rd season episode 11 review, Su’Kal (video).

Here’s the Star Trek Discovery: 3rd season episode 11 review, Su’Kal, from the always reliable James Latta. This is the one where the discover the origin of The Burn, which is a lot more freaky and out-there (and dare I say it: stupid), than anyone in the Fan community ever speculated prior to this. And here’s the trailer for the concluding part of this two episoder. Don’t say we don’t spoil…

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Star Trek Discovery S3E13 - That Hope Is You, Part 2 Review

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*SPOILERS* If the episode title “That Hope Is You, Part 2” doesn’t tell you that this third season finale of “Star Trek: Discovery” is going to be an excerise in Burnham-style vanity, it doesn’t take long for the episode itself to show you. The recap, though, spends most of its time reminding us of the Su’Kal storyline that was all but sidelined last week as the series focussed on setting up…

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STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Review: “Su’Kal”

A triumphant mystery box to unravel and behold, “Su’Kal” is an imaginative, clever hour of science fiction that harkens back to a number of classic storytelling tricks from Star Trek’s past — and starts an unofficial three-part season finale that will likely answer many of the central mysteries of Star Trek: Discovery’s third season. The strength of this story comes in the activity on a planet of…

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Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 Episode 13 Review: That Hope is You, Part 2

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This Star Trek: Discovery review contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 13

Star Trek Discovery wraps up its third season with a finale that’s equal parts action and empathy, and though the mix of the two doesn’t quite work as well as some viewers might like, the end result is fairly solid. Despite an occasional overreliance on fight sequences, “That Hope is You, Part 2” ultimately affirms the central messages of this season – that connection matters, the ways we care about people are important, that empathy is its own kind of superpower, both for ourselves and others.

In fact, I sort of wish this episode had doubled down even more on that lesson.

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Don’t get me wrong, everything involving the retaking of the Discovery is fast-paced and entertaining, including several crazy near-death escapes that should not work at all but do, because this is still Star Trek after all. The sequence in which Michael and Book race/fight through the ship’s inner series of turbolifts is particularly intense and exciting to watch.

But as someone who is more than a little tired of Michael being the figure saving the day all the time – in this episode alone she rescues Book, kills Osyraa, comes up with a plan to jump the ship back to the Verubin Nebula, and takes over the captain’s chair– it’s the scenes with the Tilly and the rest of the Discovery bridge crew that really pack an emotional punch.

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Perhaps it’s because it’s been three seasons now and we’ve had a little more time to get to know secondary characters like Detmer and Owo and Bryce. But their struggle to stay alive together, sharing their tiny oxygen tank and ultimately choosing to sacrifice themselves so that one might have a shot at blowing up the nacelle really got me. Especially Owo’s “I love you all” to the group.

That felt both necessary and earned. They’ve all been through so much together now. They’ve healed together. The group has gelled in a way this year that they hadn’t really before as a result of the insane journey they’ve all taken together, and I’d love to see Discovery really explore these relationships next season in significant ways.

That same sense of emotional connection is what ultimately drives the story back on the dilithium planet. Saru doesn’t prevent a second Burn with phasers or fighting but through empathy. By listening to the story of a frightened young man who didn’t know what to do with the mad that he felt and who unknowingly destroyed millions when he let it out.

“Even in fear, Su’Kal, you can still step forward,” Saru tells him, and if that’s not the lesson that maybe we all need to hear, right now at this particular global moment, I don’t know what is.

It is Saru’s kindness, his willingness to help Su’Kal face his own inner darkness and find hope again that ultimately wins the day. And after a season that has wrestled with emotional trauma on multiple levels, this feels like a particularly important note to end on. Maybe the fear doesn’t go away, completely. Darkness will always be present. But we can step out to meet it anyway.

This finale thematically bookends the Season 3 premiere, “That Hope is You, Part 1” nicely, which saw Michael adrift in a new world she doesn’t recognize. Over the course of this season, she’s forged a place for herself in this new future and struck a balance between who she in her own time and the woman that she has become in the wake of everything that’s happened to her since she left it.

The idea of Michael Burnham as the captain of the Discovery has a certain sense of inevitability about it, if only because we’ve all probably been expecting – or dreading, your mileage may vary on that point – it for years. After everything, is Michael truly Starfleet captain material? I honestly don’t know. She’s an out of the box thinker, a risk-taker, and a dedicated cheerleader for the Federation. She loves her crew, that’s for sure, and she believes down to her soul in what they stand for. And that counts for an awful lot.

But Michael is also much more interesting as a character when she has an authority figure or structure to push back against, rather than is herself in a role that requires her to make leadership choices herself. We’ll see how it goes, but there’s part of me that will always wonder if she might have been happier with Book do-good-ing around the galaxy on her own terms. The new uniforms are snazzy, though.

In the end, “That Hope Is You, Part 2” neatly manages to tie up most of the outstanding plot threads from this season, and give the group a mission for its next, one that seems to fit much more neatly into what we generally expect from a Star Trek series. Will Season 4 be more episodic in nature, as the crew jaunts through space delivering dilithium to far-flung planets, meeting new cultures, and exploring this vast new future along the way?

Getting to the future was so traumatic for the Discovery team – here’s hoping they (and, by extension, us) get the chance to see a bit more of what it looks like now.

Additional Thoughts

Have I ever been as pleased to see someone get unceremoniously kicked off a turbolift as that Zareh guy? What a jerk. He called Grudge fat!! Clearly, he deserved death.

Speaking of Book, yes the revelation that his mystical Doctor Doolittle abilities can talk to the spore drive was incredibly convenient, but I am wildly grateful that the show has given him a reason to stick around beyond his relationship with Michael.

I want Saru and Hugh to give me emotional pep talks when I’m doubting myself. Truly, Hugh’s determination to be everyone’s mental health counselor – even people he’s just met – is charming.

One of the best things about this finale series of episodes is getting to see Doug Jones act like an alien as a human. The way he still holds his body and moves as Saru does is so good.

As for Doug Jones, there’s no way this show is letting him go, right? I guess the question is more how will Saru return to Discovery? Will he indulge his obvious dorky dad energy and show Su’Kal the stars he’s missed all his life? Will he be Michael’s Number One?

It sort of sucks that we didn’t really get to see a follow-up scene between Michael and Stamets after she basically ejected him out of an airlock last week. Truly, she did the right thing, but no matter how relieved they both must be that it all turned out okay in the end, that first meeting must have been awkward.

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