Su’Kal
Joe Siegler
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Su’Kal
This Story: Season 3 Episode 11 (production code 311)
DSC Overall: Episode 40
Trek Overall: Story 721, Episode 766
Airdate: 24 Dec 2020
Written by Anne Cofell Saunders
Directed by Norma Bailey
Notes
- The original working title of this episode was “The Citadel”.
- Doug Jones appears in human form as Saru in this episode (as well as his usual version of Saru).
- The first time Tilly is in command of Discovery (mirror universe notwithstanding).
- The first time we see a “Class Y” planet since Voyager’s “Flesh and Blood“.
- The first of three appearances by Bill Irwin as Su’Kal. A younger version of the character was also played by David Benjamin Tomlinson.
- Tomlinson appeared in 29 episodes of Discovery with various characters plus he was an unnamed Andorian in the “Section 31” streaming movie.
Links
[ Wikipedia | Memory Alpha | IMDB | Amazon US DVD | Amazon US Blu-Ray ]#StarTrekMarathon #StarTrek Discovery Episode 40 - Su'KalDiscovery finds a life firm in a nebula they were at in the last story. They get permission to rescue him - as the person is another Kelpien. This person holds the secret to the Burn, which is a plot point brought to the forefront here. We
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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also get some TillyTime as she takes command of Discovery while Saru is away. The stuff with Su'Kal as a child didn't interest me, I just wanted to get past it; it sagged a lot (and goes into next ep). In the end Discovery is captured by Osyraa who wants the Spore Drive. This leads into the finale.
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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P.S. This episode also had one of your favorite things, @seanferrick.bsky.social - glitchy holo communications. :)
— Joe Siegler (@joesiegler.blog) November 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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