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Oct 15, 2017 · Choose Your Pain: Directed by Lee Rose. With Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp. While on a mission, Lorca is captured by the Klingons and unexpectedly finds himself in the company of prisoner of war Starfleet Lieutenant Ash Tyler and notorious criminal Harry Mudd.
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Teaser
Aboard the USS Discovery, some blurry images of the vessel's bridge, mess hall, sickbay, and corridors are seen, until Michael Burnham is shown in engineering, looking at herself standing in Ripper's chamber. She then activates the ship's spore drive. When the drive initiates, Burnham cries out in extreme pain and Burnham outside the chamber screams as well. Burnham wakes up from this nightmare and looks over at her roommate, Cadet Sylvia Tilly, who is asleep and snoring. Later, in Lorca's La...
Act One
On the bridge of the Discovery, Admiral Cornwell, via holo-communicator, informs the vessel's first officer, Commander Saru, that Captain Lorca has been taken prisoner by the Klingons. They do not know where he has been taken to, as the Klingon's warp trail has since dissipated. She notes that this was a targeted abduction and the Klingons have possibly taken Lorca to learn more about the Discovery's unique propulsion system. Saru confidently informs the admiral that they will find the captai...
Act Two
In the Discovery's engineering, Burnham enters with Dr. Culber. Culber warns her that Stamets never listens to him but she thinks she can handle him. "Please, show me how," the doctor says. After some posturing to Stamets on how his spore drive is revolutionary and beyond genius, the lieutenant shoots back that he knows he is brilliant and wonders why Culber is with her. Explaining that he is concerned about the physical effect the frequent jumps are taking on Ripper, Culber explains that med...
"Why don't you get your damn eyes fixed?" "Oh, you know, Katrina, I don't trust doctors." "Should I take that personally?" "It's punishment for blindsiding me in that pathetic excuse for a strategy session." "Cut the crap, Gabriel." 1. - Katrina Cornwell and Gabriel Lorca "Computer, initiate new protocol. Please record all data related to my perfor...
Title
1. This is the first episode to feature Harry Mudd that doesn't include the word "Mudd" in the episode's title.
Story and script
1. Upon developing this episode, its writers wanted the installment to provide a deeper insight into Saru's personality. In retrospect, Executive Producer Aaron Harberts clarified that "the whole point of this episode" was to demonstrate that, although the Saru character had initially been portrayed as arguably too cautious or cowardly, this wasn't actually true of him. Harberts went on to say, "We really wanted to make sure that the audience could understand that those on the bridge would un...
Cast
1. This episode marks the first time that a different actor other than Roger C. Carmel played Harry Mudd, as the character is instead portrayed by Rainn Wilson here. He described this outing as a "pretty meaty episode" in which Mudd "gets a lot to do." (Star Trek Magazine issue 189, p. 17) Wilson also remarked that this episode "so beautifully set up" Mudd's desire to seek revenge on Captain Lorca. (AT: "Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad") Wilson elaborated, "I think it's a great episode. I...
Starring
1. Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham 2. Doug Jones as Saru 3. Shazad Latif as Ash Tyler 4. Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets 5. Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly and 1. Jason Isaacs as Gabriel Lorca
Guest starring
1. Jayne Brook as Katrina Cornwell 2. Mary Chieffo as L'Rell 3. Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber 4. Rainn Wilson as Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Co-starring
1. Conrad Coates as Terral 2. Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer 3. Julianne Grossman as DiscoveryComputer 4. Patrick Kwok-Choon as Rhys 5. Sara Mitich as Airiam 6. Simon Northwood as Shuttle Pilot 7. Oyin Oladejo as Joann Owosekun 8. Christopher Russell as Milton Richter 9. Kirk Salesman as Shuttle Klingon 2 10. Tyler Evan Webb as Shuttle Klingon 1
Oct 16, 2017 · When Klingon prison guards return and extend the “choose your pain” choice, Lorca chooses Tyler, who pretends to pass out and then helps the captured captain incapacitate the guards.
- Eric Renner Brown
Oct 17, 2017 · If you want to measure someone’s interest in Star Trek: Discovery, “Choose Your Pain” is a good place to start. For me, this was the least successful episode yet, taking us away from a starship...
Oct 16, 2017 · Everyone is choosing some level of suffering here, even Saru, who -- after going through a very Star Trek-y storyline this week involving taking a turn in the captain’s chair -- winds up giving...
Oct 17, 2017 · What we have with “Choose Your Pain” is a powerful and compelling installment that’s certainly the best of what Star Trek: Discovery has so far shown us.
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Oct 16, 2017 · “Choose Your Pain” delivered strong character development across the board along with a good amount of nods and references just for the fans. Rainn Wilson stepped well into the role of Harry...
