The Examples

This Story: Season 4 Episode 5 (production code 405)
DSC Overall: Episode 47
Trek Overall: Story 728, Episode 773
Airdate: 16 Dec 2021
Written by Kyle Jarrow
Directed by Lee Rose

Notes

• The third of five episodes of Discovery directed by Lee Rose.
• The first episode where Mary Wiseman is not credited in the opening titles.  Additionally, it’s the first episode where Tig Notaro IS credited.
• An obscure race only shown once before makes an appearance – the Akaali.  The last time they appeared was in the Star Trek Enterprise episode “Civilization“.
• Several prior races of powerful beings are name checked here as being possibilities for the creation of the season arc “thing”.  They are the Q Continuum, the Iconians (DS9’s “To the Death” & TNG’s “Contagion“), The Metrons (TOS’s “Arena” & SNW’s “Terrarium“), and the Nacene (VOY’s “Caretaker” & “Cold Fire“).
• Additionally, it’s stated that the Federation hasn’t had any contact with the Q Continuum in about 600 years.
• The first time we’ve seen a resident of Risa since Enterprise’s “Two Days and Two Nights” (although there was one in the background in a Lower Decks animated episode).
• Felix is played by Michael Greyeyes.  He was the voice for the primary character Tommy in the 2006 videogame “Prey” that my former company put out that year.
• There is a background voice that says they’re on the “USS Janeway”, and in the same scene another ship is said to the be the “USS T’Pau”.
• There is a shot showing numerous Federation worlds, and nearly every one of them is a reference to some prior Star Trek episode.  That is included in the screenshots for this episode.
• The unknown race behind the DMA is labeled “Species 10-C” for the first time here.

Links