Star Trek: Discovery Episode 3.8 Review: Ups And Downs From The Sanctuary
Star Trek Discovery remains fairly in place this week.
The eighth episode of the season, The Sanctuary, has aired and, while there are some flashy moments and some fun dialogue exchanges to be found, not an awful lot actually happens in the episode. We are introduced to Osyrra, the leader of the Emerald Chain, who is suitably nasty. Meanwhile, we inch closer along the drawn out mystery that is The Burn.
Ryn seems to be a great addition to the show and his chemistry with Tilly is evident from their first moment together (which is good, really, considering their relationship off-screen!)
Georgiou has been forced to see Dr. Culber in regards to her worsening condition. However, we don't get much further along the path. We do learn that whatever is wrong with her is killing her, though we look set to (hopefully) find out more about this next week instead.
Overall, this episode ran middle of the road. It wasn't bad by any means and was still worth watching. It is fair to say though that with the season running at only thirteen episodes, having a week off like this has slowed the overall thrust of the season - no matter how lovely Book's homeworld of Kwejian really is!
10. Culber And Georgiou (UP)
This week, we open on the scene between Culber and Georgiou. She is in full snark mode, while he is having none of it. His bedside manner, however, is perfect for her - she can attempt to hide from her situation all that she likes, but there is no escaping the truth of that fact that there is something very wrong with her.
While the episode itself doesn't do much to advance this particular story beat - other than to reveal that she is facing death if she goes untreated - the interplay between these two characters marks a high point of the show. Wilson Cruz and Michelle Yeoh clearly enjoy their scenes together and as a viewer, I enjoyed it too.
This is the first time we get to see Culber's office as well, combined with some of the new tech that Discovery has been given for sickbay. There is also a welcome, if brief, return of Dr. Pollard.