The Red Angel
Joe Siegler
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The Red Angel
This Story: Season 2 Episode 10 (production code 210)
DSC Overall: Episode 25
Trek Overall: Story 708, Episode 751
Airdate: 21 Mar 2019
Written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville
Directed by Hanelle M. Culpepper
Notes
- The now deceased Airiam is replaced on the bridge by Lt. Nilsson. This is amusing to me as Nilsson is played by Sara Mitich, who had played Airiam in Season 1 of the show.
- The first Star Trek episode to use the words “gay” and “pansexual” in reference to sexual orientations.
- We get a lot of background on Burnham’s biological parents here. In addition her mother (Gabrielle) appears, played by Sonja Sohn. This is the first of six appearances in the series by Sohn.
- In the funeral scene, they use the “put the body in a coffin and shoot it into space” which has been used across numerous incarnations of Star Trek.
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[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 25 - The Red AngelThis ep starts with a funeral service for Ariam - but again, the character wasn't that developed, so it didn't give me the feels. What did however was the background with Burham's family. That stuff was quite good. They figure out a
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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way to attract the Red Angel, setting a trap with Burnham as live bait. Stamets & Culber's dealing with Culber's resurrection gets some screen time, which I've enjoyed more than I recall from the past. They do trap the Red Angel as planned, but her identity was a surprise reveal at the end. Good ep.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) October 20, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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