Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3

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Star Trek: Discovery: An Alien Assembly

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CBS | CBS All Access | Paramount+ | Season Premiere Date: October 15, 2020

Summary: Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of U.S.S. Discovery find themselves years into the future.

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

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Season 3 Episodes

4.6
S3:E13. That Hope Is You, Part 2
Air Date: January 7, 2021
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S3:E13. That Hope Is You, Part 2
Air Date: January 7, 2021
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S3:E12. There Is A Tide...
Air Date: December 31, 2020

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Alexis Gunderson

Oct 15, 2020

I can absolutely confirm: Season 3 of Star Trek: Discovery is poised to be the series’ best yet. ... It takes everything the first two seasons did best—namely, Michael and Saru’s hard-earned friendship; the deep commitment felt by everyone aboard the Discovery to both the ideals of the Federation and science; and Georgiou, just as a general agent of chaos—while dispensing entirely with all the baggage five decades of 23rd-century Star Trek storytelling that had originally weighed it down. Read full review

IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Oct 15, 2020

Good storytelling is what we get in the first four episodes of “Season 3” that have been made available for critics to review. Read full review

Alex Zalben

Oct 15, 2020

Ultimately it’s the characters who shine this season, and that hold the show together. The ensemble has hit its groove in Season 3, and everyone gets time in the spotlight. ... The first four episodes feel sleeker and breezier; lighter, like Burnham. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Oct 26, 2020

The temporal shift enlivens the fabled franchise with a new sense of adventure and purpose once they learn the status of a diminished Federation. [26 Oct - 8 Nov 2020, p.13]

Melanie McFarland

Oct 15, 2020

The series settles into the chaos of the 32nd century after the second episode, when we see what happened to Discovery and its crew and witness Burnham adapt to the survivalist spirit of this new age. Read full review

Rob Owen

Oct 15, 2020

It’s fine? I guess? ... Thankfully, “Discovery” doesn’t seem to be pulling-a-“Voyager” and jettisoning its “far from home” premise. Read full review

Pat Brown

Oct 15, 2020

This shift to a more ensemble-driven, idea-focused format is welcome. Despite a premiere that augurs poorly for its broader narrative arc, Discovery’s third season at least momentarily succeeds in thinking about undiscovered things to come. Read full review

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JP2050

Oct 21, 2020

A strong start and a promise that this could be the best season yet. After a marvelous season 2, Star Trek Discovery is going to a new territory and have become more interesting than ever.

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Valoel

Jan 8, 2021

Back to the roots! Hell YEAH! I seriously like how season 3 achieves the turn to what Star Trek and the Federation are standing for! Can't wait for season 4!

1 of 6 users found this helpful15

Oripraxis

Nov 14, 2020

This show goes from strength to strength, the cast are deep and the future is exciting. I love the last few seasons but it feels like its finding its own path.

0 of 6 users found this helpful06

ajewo

May 25, 2021

The series is turning into a gritty version of Star Trek in the far future, so at least there are fewer continuity problems introduced by this prequel. This season has some interesting concepts about the downfall of the Federation and cosmic resource constraints but they turn the franchiseThe series is turning into a gritty version of Star Trek in the far future, so at least there are fewer continuity problems introduced by this prequel. This season has some interesting concepts about the downfall of the Federation and cosmic resource constraints but they turn the franchise into an even more hopeless, griam universe.
The series still suffers from sloppily written stories, dialogues, and characters you can't identify with. Problems are simply solved by Michael Burnham. And every episode is always about Michael Burnham (and her "personality") like Unification III or even when she's not present in an episode. She's still supposed to be the hero of the series, but since she's not the captain of the Discovery, she's not in a position to make the big decisions, yet she has all the answers and rebels without consequence (because she's always right in the end).
After three seasons and with the exception of Saru, I still have trouble remembering the names of most of the characters on the ship (especially those on the bridge). And then there's Tilly, whose main job is to be funny, which makes it hard to take this character seriously. Emperor Georgiou, former tyraness and mass murderess, hangs around the ship and I kept wondering what she does all day? She becomes everyone's friend, from whom everyone has learned so much, really?! New characters are introduced who are less shallow than the rest of the established crew.
It's becoming a tradition that the finale is the worst episode of the season. The epic turbolift scene either suggests that the Discovery is the size of a small moon or the producers have no sense of proportions. This scene just illustrates how the attention to "detail" is in this series. Maybe, they just do not care as long as any idea looks and sounds cool enough? At least the costumes, masks, and visuals are very good at movie level. The Star Trek easter eggs (props) are neat too. All in all, I wish they had invested the budget in better stories, character development, and dialogues.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

denverxt

Nov 22, 2020

Very much enjoyed the first two seasons, but I struggle to watch season 3. Very slow story telling, overacting at nearly every corner. From excitement about the next episode being released I switched to complete inference by the end of episode 4

8 of 9 users found this helpful81

RetroBlast

Apr 9, 2021

The show keeps rebooting itself each season, almost always for the worse. I gave up four episodes into S.3, the ham-fisted acting and horrible plotlines just becoming too much to bear. I hope Strange New Worlds returns us to the optimism and hope of the original Star Trek. This isn't Trek at all...

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

lickmymind

Feb 8, 2021

How can Star Track be this bad !? Season 1 was so good!
It like a really bad soap opera.

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Seasons & Episodes

73

Series Overview
Season 4

tbd
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: November 18, 2021
Season 3

75
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 15, 2020
- 4.6
  S3:E13. That Hope Is You, Part 2
  Air Date: January 7, 2021
- tbd
  S3:E13. That Hope Is You, Part 2
  Air Date: January 7, 2021
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  S3:E12. There Is A Tide...
  Air Date: December 31, 2020
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  S3:E12. There Is A Tide...
  Air Date: December 31, 2020
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  S3:E11. The Citadel
  Air Date: December 24, 2020
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  S3:E11. Su'Kal
  Air Date: December 24, 2020
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  S3:E11. Su'Kal
  Air Date: December 24, 2020
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  S3:E10. Terra Firma, Part 2
  Air Date: December 17, 2020
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  S3:E10. Terra Firma, Part 2
  Air Date: December 17, 2020
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  S3:E9. Terra Firma, Part 1
  Air Date: December 10, 2020
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  S3:E9. Terra Firma, Part 1
  Air Date: December 10, 2020
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  S3:E8. The Sanctuary
  Air Date: December 3, 2020
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  S3:E8. The Sanctuary
  Air Date: December 3, 2020
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  S3:E7. Unification III
  Air Date: November 26, 2020
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  S3:E7. Unification III
  Air Date: November 26, 2020
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  S3:E6. Scavengers
  Air Date: November 19, 2020
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  S3:E6. Scavengers
  Air Date: November 19, 2020
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  S3:E5. Die Trying
  Air Date: November 12, 2020
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  S3:E5. Die Trying
  Air Date: November 12, 2020
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  S3:E4. Forget Me Not
  Air Date: November 5, 2020
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  S3:E3. People of Earth
  Air Date: October 29, 2020
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  S3:E2. Far From Home
  Air Date: October 22, 2020
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  S3:E1. That Hope is You
  Air Date: October 15, 2020
Season 2

72
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: January 17, 2019
Season 1

72
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 2017