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- Season 1 overviewSep 24, 2017-Feb 11, 201815 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. The Vulcan Hello Sep 24, 2017
- While patrolling Federation space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an object of unknown origin.
- 2. Battle at the Binary Stars Sep 24, 2017
- Face to face with Klingon vessels, the U.S.S. Shenzhou prepares for the possibility of war.
- 3. Context Is for Kings Oct 1, 2017
- Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she realizes things are not as they seem.
- Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.
- 5. Choose Your Pain Oct 15, 2017
- Burnham voices her concerns about the repercussions of the spore drive jumps on Ripper.
- 6. Lethe Oct 22, 2017
- The U.S.S. Discovery crew is intrigued by new addition; Adm. Cornwell questions Lorca's tactics.
- 7. Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad Oct 29, 2017
- An unwelcome visitor comes aboard bringing about a problematic and twisted sequence of events.
- 8. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum Nov 5, 2017
- The U.S.S. Discovery is tasked with learning the science behind the Klingon's cloaking technology.
- 9. Into the Forest I Go Nov 12, 2017
- Lorca uses the U.S.S. Discovery itself in an effort to end the war with the Klingons.
- 10. Despite Yourself Jan 7, 2018
- The crew must get creative to survive against opposing forces and return home.
- 11. The Wolf Inside Jan 14, 2018
- The crew continues their guise; Burnham tries to help the U.S.S. Discovery return home.
- 12. Vaulting Ambition Jan 21, 2018
- Burnham heads to the ISS Charon with a special "gift" for the Emperor; Saru asks L'Rell for help.
- 13. What's Past Is Prologue Jan 28, 2018
- Lorca plans to move forward with a coup against the emperor; Burnham must make a quick decision.
- 14. The War Without, The War Within Feb 4, 2018
- Burnham and the crew are faced with the harsh reality of the war during their absence.
- 15. Will You Take My Hand? Feb 11, 2018
- The crew struggles with Georgiou's hostile plan to end the war with the Klingons.
May 16, 2024 · Labyrinths. When Burnham is trapped within a "mindscape" designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitor's powerful technology, Book, Rayner and the crew of the U. S. S. Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape.
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May 16, 2024 · At the end of Star Trek: Discovery season 5, episode 8, the USS Discovery and her crew are battered and bruised from their fight with the Breen. On their way to the location of the Progenitors' treasure, the Discovery's spore drive malfunctioned, leaving them 22 lightyears off target.
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May 16, 2024 · Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 Episode 8 Review – Labyrinths. The Discovery crew is on the hunt for the Progenitors' final puzzle piece in the library of our dreams, but to find it Michael...
Watch Star Trek: Discovery — Season 5, Episode 8 with a subscription on Paramount+. With Moll and L'ak in custody, the Federation faces a diplomatic and ethical firestorm as the Breen...
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When Captain Burnham is trapped with a mindscape designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitors' powerful technology, Booker, Rayner, and the crew of the USS Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape.
Teaser
Throughout Ruhn's dreadnaught, Breen soldiers bang their staffs as L'ak's body, wearing Breen armor and draped in a ceremonial flag, lies on the ship's bridge. Approaching the body, Moll promises her husband that she's going to fix this. In the Breen language, Primarch Ruhn declares that his nephew, the Breen Scion, is home. Though L'ak defied them in life, still the Breen honor him in death. Ruhn has Lieutenant Arisar pull Moll away from L'ak's body before switching to Federation Standard in courtesy to the woman who had joined with his nephew. Ruhn declares that without the Scion, some believe that the Sixth Flight's claim to the throne of the Breen Imperium has been eradicated when instead it has grown stronger. L'ak's murder will galvanize the other factions to their side and with the power of the Progenitors' technology, the Breen will defeat all who stand in their way. Ruhn's forces begin chanting "For the Scion," causing him to furiously order them to stop. Seizing her chance, Moll loudly reveals that the technology can be used to resurrect L'ak, quoting Doctor Vellek from his diary that the power that created life can also be used to renew it. Moll asks the Primarch to release her to assist in this noble quest and, after looking around at his men, Ruhn orders Arisar to set her free. Quietly, Ruhn threatens to eviscerate Moll should she ever address his men again, unconcerned by Moll's warnings that L'ak wouldn't look too kindly upon that. Moll's value to him does not extend beyond her ability to acquire the Progenitors' technology and for her sake, Moll needs to make sure that they succeed. The USS Discovery spore jumps to the Badlands, the largest plasma storm in the quadrant. Lieutenant Gallo reports that while scans can't penetrate through the storm, the Eternal Gallery and Archive has a communications beacon outside of it made out of the same alloy as the library card. Captain Michael Burnham orders Tilly to transmit a scan of the card to the beacon and Commander Rayner reports that while there's no updates from the USS Federation, it's safe to assume that Ruhn's on his way here. is hailed by Hy'Rell, one of the sworn order of archivists who tend to the Archive and call it home who greets the crew with a cheery demeanor. Hy'Rell sends coordinates and velocity adjustments to Discovery to guide the ship safely through the plasma storm while she gives a welcoming speech explaining the Archive and its purpose and warning to follow her directions precisely as the Archive won't be responsible for any damage, dismemberment, or death that may occur otherwise. The crew is shocked and unnerved by this particular comment and Rayner and Burnham are unsure if Hy'Rell was joking or not. As Discovery flies through the Badlands, experiencing a rough ride, Hy'Rell continues her welcome speech before Burnham interrupts her so that the crew can focus on getting the ship safely through. Tilly and Gallo report that radiation levels are rising, and shields are down to 70 percent, but Lieutenant Christopher reveals that Hy'Rell wants them to cut engines. Hy'Rell, through a static filled transmission, warns that their engines create a reaction with the ionic discharge and if they don't cut them, it could be catastrophic. Although dubious about Hy'Rell's orders, Burnham orders the engines cut and the ship coasts through the Badlands on pure momentum. The crew has trouble stabilizing without the engines, radiation levels keep rising and shields drop to 25 percent before everything calms down. Discovery finally breaks free of the plasma storm and finds the Archive waiting for them on the other side in an oasis of calm space.
Act One
As Discovery approaches the Archive, Lieutenant Commander Asha reports that they will be in range in less than a minute while Gallo reports that shields will be back to capacity in less than ten minutes and Rayner adds that while the ship took a beating, there's no significant injuries or damage. Tilly informs Burnham that they're still seeing high levels of Cherenkov radiation which is a byproduct of the plasma activity, something that Lieutenant Commander Gen Rhys warns will prevent them from being able to cloak, but Burnham points out that the Breen won't be able to either and has Christopher hail Hy'Rell. Hy'Rell is pleased to see that they've all made it in one piece, and she promises to have the Archive lower its shields so that Burnham can beam in. Having detected Cleveland Booker on the ship, Hy'Rell asks Burnham to bring him with her. The Archive has an item from Kwejian in its possession and, as it's one of the last remaining artifacts from that world, the archivist wants Booker to provide some context on the artifact for them which Burnham agrees to. Burnham gives Rayner the conn and orders her crew to maintain yellow alert and to keep an eye out as the Breen are likely on their way. In the ready room, Burnham offers Booker the chance to come with her to see the artifact from his homeworld which he accepts. Booker offers an apology for his reaction to the Federation's decision to give Moll to the Breen, knowing that it was a tough call and not all Burnham's decision. However, Burnham states that she had supported the call, and she still stands by it. Burnham promises that she does care about Booker and what's important to him, before ending the conversation. Inside of the Archive – an unfathomably enormous library – Hy'Rell meets with Burnham and Booker in a reading room and leads them through the Archive's vast hallways. Burnham admits that they're pressed for time and asks if the archivist had received her first officer's report about Discovery's recent run-in with the Breen. An unconcerned Hy'Rell simply thanks Burnham for it, revealing that the Breen are contributing members of the Archive and they have quite a bit of experience dealing with cultures in active conflict with each other. The Archive is here to serve everyone so long as everyone follows the rules. Hy'Rell jokes that they send anyone who doesn't follow the rules to the dungeon before clarifying that it's really more of an oubliette, a dark and sinister type of medieval prison. Hy'Rell has set up viewing rooms for the both of them and she leads Burnham and Booker into the one where Labyrinths of the Mind is waiting for Burnham. The Archive's records show that Burnham is the first person to ever come looking for it and she asks about the person who had left it here. Hy'Rell is only able to tell Burnham the basics, namely that Doctor Marina Derex was an accomplished neuroscientist originally from Betazed who became an archivist herself later in life and lived out the remainder of her life in the Archive. Hy'Rell leaves Burnham to it while she takes Booker to another viewing room to see his own artifact. Burnham flips through the manuscript, finding a large metal card near the back of the book with Betazoid text on the top, and depicting a maze with a large symbol in the center. Burnham touches the symbol, and the card lights up, much to her amazement. In the second viewing room, Hy'Rell is excited to have a Book visit her in the library for a change. Booker identifies the box as being made out of Tuli wood and is shocked to find two cuttings from the World Root inside, the World Root being a massive tree root system from Booker's destroyed home planet that symbolizes their heart and the unbroken chain of their ancestors to the Kwejian people. Crying, Booker asks how the Archive has it and Hy'Rell explains that it was given to them long ago, but was recently moved to a place of honor following the destruction of Kwejian by the Dark Matter Anomaly. Part of the Archive's sacred duty is to ensure that cultures that are lost are never forgotten. Hy'Rell offers to let Booker take the World Root cuttings with him as the Archive considers it his right as one of the last living Kwejian. In return, Hy'Rell only asks that Booker return some day to tell the archivists what's become of it so that they might have a record, something that Booker agrees to do, overwhelmed and grateful to have a piece of his lost homeworld and culture. Booker and Hy'Rell return to the first viewing room, only to find Burnham unconscious on the floor. A confused Burnham awakens in the reading room where she first met with Hy'Rell, now empty along with the rest of the Archive, and she is unable to raise Discovery on comms. What appears to be Booker, who is wearing the robes of an archivist, appears at the table behind her, telling Burnham to be quiet as he's at a really good part of Labyrinths of the Mind.
Act Two
Burnham realizes that this isn't real and the being in Booker's form explains that her consciousness has been transported into a mindscape, a virtual space created from what Burnham's neural activity indicates is the most important place in her life. Although Burnham protests that she's never been to the Archive before, the being points out that the mind doesn't lie. The being is the AI that Doctor Derex had created for the mindscape, and his form was generated from Burnham's own subconscious. Burnham realizes that this is a test, the same as with every other clue that Discovery has found, meaning that Burnham has to figure something out, pass, get the clue, and get out. Burnham states that she's ready, but the AI asks if she is really. In the real world, Doctor Hugh Culber examines Burnham, reporting to Booker, Hy'Rell and Rayner that she's stable, at least physically and she doesn't seem to be in any distress. Hy'Rell doesn't know what happened to Burnham, having never seen anything like this in the decades that she's worked for the Archive. Culber determines that some kind of a nucleonic emitter is connected to Burnham's frontal lobe and is running a program in her mind. Culber can't safely disconnect it and beaming her back risks severing the nucleonic beam. Disconnecting the beam while the program is still running could be fatal to Burnham. Booker tries to go in after her by touching the symbol on the center of the card which he deduces must be the transmitter, but nothing happens. Culber guesses that the program must not be capable of multiple connections, but he notes that each clue so far has had some kind of a challenge involved with it and they have to assume that that's what this program is. Rayner protests that they can't just wait around and hope that she passes the test, they have to find the clue themselves if it's here. Rayner asks Hy'Rell for everything that she's got on Doctor Derex such as any biographical data and any books that she had accessed and Hy'Rell leaves to comply. Burnham and the AI wander the Archive in the mindscape and the AI tells her that the clue is in here somewhere and when she finds it, Burnham will know where to find the clue in the real world. Burnham is surprised that the test is just finding the clue, but the AI corrects her that finding the clue is the objective and the test to find it is something that Burnham will have to figure out on her own. Burnham protests that she doesn't have time for games and the scientists who found and hid the Progenitors' technology, including Doctor Derex, had wanted it found and protected which is what she is here to do. The AI is glad to hear it and hopes that she will succeed, telling Burnham to let him know if he can help. Burnham asks if he can narrow down where to look, but the AI is not allowed to give hints, although he can answer yes or no questions depending on the question that is asked. Complaining that her brain should've picked Tilly rather than Booker, Burnham tries to figure out what kind of a test Derex, who was a neuroscientist, would've created. The Archive is too big to search randomly, and the AI confirms that Derex wants them to succeed so Burnham deduces that Derex would've created a way to narrow the scope of the search. Burnham notices a card catalogue nearby that shows the various sections of the library. Dismissing Fiction, Art, and Neuroscience, Burnham guesses that the clue is hidden in the History section. The AI asks for her logic, and Burnham explains that the scientists who had found the Progenitors' technology had started the clue trail during the Dominion War and Jinaal Bix had told her that the scientists had wanted it found during a time of peace. Jinaal believed that peace was possible and the only way that progress like that happens is by learning from the past. The AI agrees that those who learn history aren't doomed to repeat it and Burnham asks where the History section is to start by going through all of the books on the Dominion War. The AI asks if Burnham has thought about what will happen if she fails and he reveals that the mindscape will shut down and Burnham's brain functions will cease, a security precaution. Burnham quips that she shouldn't be surprised since Jinaal would've let an itronok eat her and the real Booker. The AI offers her a last chance to be released from the program, but Burnham is determined to finish what she started. In the real world, Culber monitors Burnham while Rayner looks through Labyrinths of the Mind for any possible clues. Hy'Rell returns with Derex's biographical data and a list of all materials accessed by Doctor Derex while she was living in the Archive. Booker scrolls through the list which proves to be extensive and Hy'Rell warns that a Breen ship has arrived at the beacon and is requesting access to the Archive. Although the Archive can't be perceived as taking sides, Hy'Rell promises to handle this matter appropriately. Rayner contacts Discovery, ordering them to red alert as the Breen are on their way. On the Breen dreadnaught, the Archive responds to their hail. Ruhn tells Hy'Rell that they've tracked a Starfleet jump signature to this location and Discovery is after an item which belongs to him. Hy'Rell begins to tell him that the Archive doesn't take sides in a conflict, but Ruhn threateningly warns that the item had better remain in the Archive's possession. Becoming more serious, Hy'Rell suggests that in light of the fact that the Archive holds several priceless Breen artifacts, the Primarch should rephrase his request. Ruhn furiously demands that the clue be handed over to him, threatening to destroy the Archive and its contents otherwise. Moll notices that the other Breen don't appear to be pleased with this and Hy'Rell denies the Primarch's request and suspends all Breen privileges at the Archive until further notice. Arisar confirms that they have traced the signal and Ruhn orders his helmsman to navigate the plasma storm over objections about how dangerous it is. Moll recalls to Arisar how L'ak had told her that the Breen hold great reverence for their culture and history, pointing out that the Primarch doesn't seem to share that. Ruhn asks how what is to be found in the Archive will lead them to the Progenitors' technology, and she explains that they need to combine it with the clues that Discovery already has. Ruhn is furious to learn that there are other clues, but Moll tells him that Discovery is already here and the Breen can recover what the Archive has, easily overpower Discovery, and take the rest of the clues. Strangling Moll, the Primarch demands to know if there's anything else and when she denies it, warns her not to test his patience again. Moll notices that Arisar is visibly uncomfortable with Ruhn's treatment of her. In the mindscape, Burnham notices that the lights are growing dimmer as she searches through the History section. Burnham has found nothing in the Dominion War section, the sections on any other wars, Betazed history, Trill history, or the mirror universe. Burnham realizes that she's going the wrong way which the AI confirms. The AI states that he didn't tell her because she simply didn't ask. The AI told Burnham that everything is in here for a reason and she assumed that the reason was history. It's her mindscape and the AI can help Burnham, but he can't solve it for her. Burnham tries to figure out why her subconscious chose the Archive as the most important place to her for the test. Burnham guesses that it's because the mission is here and when she's on a mission, the mission is her priority. The AI admits that she might be onto something and shows her Labyrinths of the Mind, causing Burnham to deduce that they're in a maze and getting out is how she finishes the mission and finds the clue. Burnham believes that she needs to find her way back to the reading room where they first started, which the AI confirms she needs to do unless she wants to die in here. The AI gives Burnham a bucket of sand to mark her path as Burnham finds her through the labyrinth. Burnham is pleased with this version of Booker that's helpful, but the AI states that Tilly would've been just as frustrating to her for what it's worth. Burnham sets out to solve the maze. In the real world, Rayner discovers that nothing in Labyrinths of the Mind leads to the clue while Derex's reading list includes books such as A Comprehensive Guide to Talaxian Hair Styles, Hupyrian Folk Tales, and Euclidean Geometry, nothing that's of any use to them, although it indicates that Derex loved learning new things. A klaxon alarm goes off and Hy'Rell rushes in to inform the group that the conversation with the Breen didn't go well. The Archive has raised its shields which means that transport back to Discovery will be impossible for the time being. Hy'Rell leaves to go prepare their defenses with Booker going to help. Rhys, serving as acting captain with both Burnham and Rayner on the Archive, reports that they've detected the Breen on approach through the plasma storm. With the ship's sensors blinded by the plasma, Lieutenant Naya guesses that they have two minutes from gravimetric calculations. As Discovery is no match for the dreadnaught's firepower, Rayner orders the crew to find a way to conceal themselves and to stand by for further orders. With no cloak, Rhys decides that they'll have to use natural cover and orders Asha to take them out of the oasis and back into the plasma storm, reasoning that it'll blind the Breen sensors too. Rhys orders Naya to monitor weather patterns in the plasma storm and send it to Asha to help keep Discovery as safe as she can. Tilly points out that they can only withstand the storm for so long which Rhys already knows, but they just need to withstand it for long enough. Discovery flies into one side of the plasma storm as the Breen dreadnaught emerges from the other side. As Burnham makes her way through the maze, the mindscape darkens behind her, and she is able to figure out the pattern and find the path to the center of the labyrinth where the door to the reading room is. However, Burnham finds only the empty reading room and the AI waiting for her, having not actually passed the test. Burnham pleads to know why he is making this so hard as she's doing what the scientists wanted and protecting the Progenitors' technology. The AI explains that the scientists didn't ask for her, they wanted the technology in the right hands and protected, but who's to say that Burnham is one of the good guys. How could the scientists know that Michael Burnham out of anyone alive could be trusted with it. There's a test here, one that Burnham hasn't passed yet. Burnham notices that the lights really are going out and realizes that she's running out of time to solve it which the AI confirms.
"Without the Scion, some believe that our claim to the throne has been eradicated. In fact, it has grown stronger than before. His murder will galvanize the other factions behind us. And with the power promised by his Joined, we will defeat all who stand against us."
"For the Scion! For the Scion! For the Scion! For the Scion! For the Scion! For the Scion!"
"Silence!"
"Apologies, Primarch."
- Ruhn, rallying the Breen to his cause
"I can bring him back to you! The power we seek created life. In the words of someone who saw that power, "it can also renew life." That is why we need to find it. That is why I've come. I ask to be set free, Primarch, so that I may assist in the noble quest to restore the Scion."
Title
•By 1 January 2024, this episode's title had been revealed by the Writers Guild of America West. (X) •The title was officially confirmed on 20 March 2024.
Cast and characters
•Doug Jones (Saru) does not appear in this episode and is not credited in the opening credits.
Continuity
•The mindscape connects to Burnham's mind via a nucleonic beam. In "The Inner Light", the Kataan probe used a nucleonic beam to send Kamin's memories into Captain Jean-Luc Picard's mind, causing him to experience Kamin's life in a short period of time.
Starring
•Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham •Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets •Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly •Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber •Blu del Barrio as Adira Tal •Callum Keith Rennie as Rayner with •Tig Notaro as Jett Reno and •David Ajala as •Cleveland Booker •Mindscape AI
Guest starring
•Eve Harlow as Moll •Elena Juatco as Hy'Rell
Co-starring
•Patrick Kwok-Choon as Lt. Cmdr. Gen Rhys •Orville Cummings as Lt. Christopher •David Benjamin Tomlinson as Lieutenant Linus •Christina Dixon as Lt. Cmdr. Asha •Victoria Sawal as Lt. Naya •Natalie Liconti as Lt. Gallo •Zahra Bentham as Cmdr. Lorna Jemison •Tony Nappo as Primarch Ruhn •Dorian Grey as Breen Lt. Arisar •Jordan Francis as Breen Helmsman •Jordan L'Abbé as Breen Ops •Joel Labelle as Breen Security Officer •Glib Tretiakov as Breen Soldier
May 16, 2024 · It’s the beginning of the end of the fifth and final season, with Star Trek: Discovery Episode 8 “Labyrinths”. This week, the crew is searching for the final clue to the Progenitor’s technology.
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