Star Trek: Discovery Episode 3.7 Review: Ups And Downs From Unification III
7. Leonard Nimoy And Unification Legacy (UP)
With an episode named Unification III, this was quite clearly aimed at connecting Star Trek: Discovery to the wider Star Trek universe. While Michael Burnham has been connected to Spock since the pilot, that has drawn a lot of ire from detractors of the show.
Why must she be his sister? Why did he never mention her?
While at this stage, one either accepts that she is a member of the family or not. For this episode, we get our first glimpse of Leonard Nimoy as Spock, through archive footage from Unification. It is actually an extremely heartwarming moment in the episode, watching Burnham react to this footage. Sonequa Martin Green sells the scene completely, expressing emotion in almost silence while Spock speaks.
While it doesn't technically count as a cameo, with it being archive footage, it is still fantastic to see Leonard Nimoy and the wider Star Trek legacy appear on-screen, even if just for a moment.