Context Is for Kings
- Episode aired Oct 1, 2017
- TV-MA
- 48m
Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery, where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.
- Ash Tyler
- (credit only)
- Shuttle Pilot
- (as Ronnie Rowe Jr.)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA tribble can be seen and heard purring on Captain Lorca's desk in his first scene. The tribbles were introduced in The Trouble with Tribbles (1967) and later appeared in More Tribbles, More Troubles (1973), Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Trials and Tribble-ations (1996), The Breach (2003) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
- GoofsEveryone blames Burnham for starting the war, but, while she did commit mutiny, she was caught before she could enact her plan for dealing with the Klingons. Her actions did not extend beyond the bridge of her own ship and had no effect on the engagement with the Klingons.
- Quotes
Captain Gabriel Lorca: I did choose you, but not for the reasons you think. Your assumption that the Klingons were waiting in ambush at Binary Stars was predictive. You chose to do the right thing over what was sanctioned, even at great cost to yourself. And that is the kind of thinking that wins wars. The kind of thinking I need next to me. Universal law is for lackeys. Context... is for kings. Now, what's it to be, Michael? What's in your future?
[offering her a fortune cookie]
Captain Gabriel Lorca: What do you wish for? Atonement? Redemption? Maybe... the reassurance that the captain you lost didn't die in vain? You helped start a war. Don't you want to help me end it?
- ConnectionsFeatured in After Trek: O Discovery, Where for Art Thou? (2017)
Jason Isaacs is superb and offers Burnham insight into what her actions mean for the Federation and what she must do so that the 3,186 lives as well as her captain's were not lost in vain with this new conflict with the Klingons. Captain Lorca keeps his cards close to his chest although from the beginning Burnham suspects he is responsible here for more than he is letting on, and he indeed does test her character using her ostracised status as the mutineer to ascertain what kind of crew member she will be. Strong-willed and a fighter who is not afraid to act outside of the "universal law" - as Lorca says "Universal law is for lackeys, context is for Kings" The question is, how far down the rabbit hole do we dare venture in pursuit of discovery? An excellent main event after the drawn out two part teaser. Trek *is* back
- jamesorbinson
- Oct 1, 2017
Details
- Runtime48 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1