Star Trek: Discovery Season 3.13 Review: Ups And Downs From That Hope Is You - Part 2

3. Zora Is Completely Wasted

Since Calypso and particularly since Such Sweet Sorrow, Zora has been one of the most fascinating characters and plot points of the show. She is a sentient being, seemingly inching herself closer to self-awareness. However, emphasis there needs to be placed on inching, as an entire season has now passed without any satisfactory development of her story.

The entire reason for Discovery's journey to the future was to ensure that Control couldn't get its hands on the Sphere Data, however too many times this season it has been treated as an after-thought. The moment of depiction which showed her suggesting R&R to the crew was a great tease, but that's all it was. Her belated arrival at the end of last week's episode at least suggested there would be finally something for her to do.

She sort of does something. Initially, the Dot-23s are canon fodder, helping the crew get through the corridors. Then, she manages to drag Owosekun to safety, before promptly shutting down (she is later repaired in a blink and you'll miss it appearance by Reno). It is with sincere hope that we say Season 4 needs to do something with this character. It doesn't feel like a stretch to say it is bizarre that Zora wasn't explored with greater depth this season!