Star Trek Discovery: Every Easter Egg & Hidden Reference From 'People Of Earth'
In which the crew of the USS Discovery go down to Earth to hug a tree...
Michael Burnham is back and giving all the hugs after having spent a year kicking around some part of the galaxy with Book and (Queen) Grudge.
With the Discovery crew reunited, Stamets jumps the ship to the Sol System where it turns out Earth is still a utopia! Except it's also an isolationist state, disconnected from both the Federation and its former colonies, hell bent on protecting itself at the cost of its neighbors.
"The People of Earth" introduces us to the new-old Earth government in the form of the United Earth Defense Force and a new character, Adira. The episode serves as yet more reset-button pressing, positioning Saru as captain of the USS Discovery and Michael as first officer. We get a nice visit to Earth and a couple more nuggets of info about what exactly is happening in this crazy thing called the 32nd century, before we're shoving off again to try to track down the Federation remnant.
As always, we've got numerous callbacks and a few hints about this brave new world, so here's our list of everything we caught in Star Trek: Discovery, season three, episode three: "People of Earth".
14. Cardie A And Cardie B
Michael's missing year is shown in a quick flashback montage in which she travels space, trades for information about the Federation, and changes her hairstyle a ton.
During a courier mission to an unnamed planet, Michael makes a trade with an unknown alien, but there are several known aliens milling around in the background. These known aliens include Andorians, a Lurian (Morn's race), humans, and a male (screen left) and a female (screen right) Cardassian.
Cardassians previously appeared on Hima in "That Hope is You", but "People of Earth" gives us a slightly better look at the faithful recreation of Michael Westmore's iconic make up design which first debuted in Star Trek: The Next Generation's "The Wounded".