Friday, 13 October 2017

Star Trek Discovery 1.04 The Butchers Knife Cares Not For the Lambs Cry review

The Butcher's Knife Cares Not For the Lamb's Cry review
The fourth episode of the series, continuing in the aftermath of the previous episode. Where to begin? From the beginning from the lead up to the opening battle simulation. The scene inside the synthesizer/replicator as it made Burnham's uniform was good. It is an effective lead into the episode proper. As is the scene in the turbolift between Saru and Burhnam, which is also an effective link to the previous episode. The line 'tell your threat ganglia to calm down' was a very good line.
As is Saru's response. However, one of the main plots of the episode involves the macroTardigrade, that is named 'Ripper.' The scientific process whereby Burnham investigates the nature of the Tardigrade is rather well done. They had done their work here. Too bad Landry didn't listen to her when she wanted one of 'Ripper's claws'. Landry really should have listened to Burnham about the fact that Ripper mightn't react well to sedation... But this is a really good example of 'Reality ensues'.
Tilly's role in this tale was done well, with her helping Burnham to accept Georgiou's will. We also get to see Lorca in action as the Discovery's captain. He pushes his crew to achieve, despite what barriers might be in the way. Particularly in the playback of the Corvan 2 distress call shipwide. Now to the Klingons... I wasn't that surprised that Voq had ate Georgiou, Klingons engaging in cannibalism isn't inconsistent with what has been established previously. The scenes between Voq and L'Rell (particularly on the Shenzhou) were quite well done.

The attack on Corvan 2 mainly serves as a push for the Discovery crew, to get the Spore Drive working. (Really, the Federation should have more sources of Dilithium. I guess that is background to the admission of Coridan in 11 years time...) The Spore Drive in action, is quite interesting, with the Discovery's rings spinning and the ship folding in on itself. That the Corvan 2 miners were rescued was just icing on the cake. Overall it was a good instalment in this increasingly interesting series. 8.5/10.


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