But to Connect
Joe Siegler
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But to Connect
This Story: Season 4 Episode 7 (production code 407)
DSC Overall: Episode 49
Trek Overall: Story 730, Episode 775
Airdate: 30 Dec 2021
Written by Terri Hughes Burton & Carlos Cisco
Directed by Lee Rose
Notes
- The last episode to air for a few weeks. The next episode aired on 10 Feb 2022. The time was spent wth Paramount+ showing episodes of Star Trek Prodigy.
- The number of worlds in the Federation is now said to be 60.
- The second of six appearances by Phumzile Sitole as General Ndoye.
- The second of eight appearances by Shawn Doyle as Ruon Tarka.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 49 - But to ConnectThe sentient Discovery computer has developed some quirks (emotions & refusing orders). I never quite liked this part of the show, it's a computer. Get me James T Kirk, he'll talk them out of it. But seriously, a lot of this is like
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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Data's right to exist as a sentient being. The other part is the Federation planning and debating a response to the DMA. They come up with a weapon solution to the 10-C problem, but Book & Tarka take the weapon and go to implement the solution on their own against orders. An overly talky episode.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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