Set five months after the Season 3 finale, the episode finds Michael Burnham firmly established as captain of the U.S.S. Discovery .

is the premiere episode of Star Trek: Discovery 's fourth season, which debuted on November 18, 2021. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and co-written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, and Alex Kurtzman, the episode serves as a thematic reset and high-stakes introduction to the season's central threat. Plot Summary

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Set five months after the Season 3 finale, the episode finds Michael Burnham firmly established as captain of the U.S.S. Discovery .

is the premiere episode of Star Trek: Discovery 's fourth season, which debuted on November 18, 2021. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and co-written by Michelle Paradise, Jenny Lumet, and Alex Kurtzman, the episode serves as a thematic reset and high-stakes introduction to the season's central threat. Plot Summary "Star Trek: Discovery" Kobayashi Maru(2021)