It featured Leonard Nimoy as Ambassador Spock, who was trying to set into motion the reuniting of the Vulcan and Romulan races. The writers worked with Barrio, Alexander, and GLAAD when developing the characters due to there being no non-binary or transgender writers working on the series. Osunsanmi ultimately directed both episodes, including all of the Iceland shoot for each. With Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn. [37] In December, filming took place at the disused Kingston Penitentiary in Ontario, Canada, to portray part of the holographic environment that Su'Kal lives in. The character uses a hover chair due to a genetic condition, a storyline that was written specifically to accommodate Mitchell's ALS diagnosis in August 2018, for which he began using a wheel chair in October 2019. Discovery introduces a new personification of the Guardian named "Carl", named for and inspired by astronomer and author Carl Sagan. However, both episodes required location filming in Iceland. The website's critical consensus reads, "With less canonical baggage and a welcome dose of character development, Discovery continues to forge its own path and is narratively all the better for it. [87], The season premiered on CBS All Access in the United States on October 15, 2020,[28] and was released weekly for 13 episodes until January 7, 2021. Fully computer-generated shots were created for these, featuring digital doubles of the actors based on existing scans. And for those of you waiting for #StarTrekDiscovery season 3, know that our incredible team is working nonstop to bring it to you as soon as possible. The writers wanted a "timey-wimey solution" for sending Georgiou to her new destination, and chose the Guardian of Forever from the original series episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". Burnham appears as a Trill, Culber as a Bajoran, and Saru as a human. The title of this episode is a reference to the Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 episodes’Unification’ and ‘Unification II’.In the two-parter, Spock goes to Romulus to secretly work with Romulans interested in reunification with Vulcans. [26] The series' editors, mixers, and color graders carried out work on the season from their houses with Kurtzman and Paradise supervising via Zoom. Star Trek: Discovery "Unification III" Air date: 11/26/2020 Written by Kirsten Beyer Directed by Jon Dudkowski. [35] The first episode of the season focuses on Burnham, alone on an unknown planet in the future until she meets new character Cleveland "Book" Booker. They ended the second season with the Discovery travelling to the future, beyond existing Star Trek continuity. [61] In September 2020, non-binary newcomer Blu del Barrio was revealed to be portraying Adira, while transgender actor Ian Alexander was announced as cast in the role of Gray, a Trill character. After working on the series for three weeks, Mosley was notified by CBS of a complaint made against him by another member of the writers room for Mosley's use of the word "nigger" while telling a story. Star Trek: Discovery: Season 1 (Recap) Escape Artist. Date: Frakes then directed the third episode in Toronto. He said his approach to the season's music would not be affected by the time-jump between seasons since it was still the same series,[71] though he felt the season would make less references Alexander Courage's original Star Trek music and would instead make more references to Russo's music for the first two seasons of Discovery. 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[72] Courage's theme does get played over the season finale's end credits, which Paradise said was a way of "honoring what gave birth to all of this". [68] Comic-Con also had an "immersive transporter experience" that allowed fans of the series to "step aboard the USS Discovery and travel to strange and distant lands". [73] He said the season would feature new motifs for new characters (including the cat Grudge) and locations, but would still sound like Discovery. Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham. Recording engineer Michael Perfitt combined the different recordings to make them sound like the musicians were recorded together at a scoring stage, and Russo felt the final result would not be of a lower quality compared to his scores for the previous seasons. Paradise said it "felt appropriate to have something from him" due to the season's themes of connection as well as the effects of the pandemic at the same time the season was being released. EPISODE Discovery Saru's storyline focuses on his connection to other Kelpiens and his home planet of Kaminar, and he ends the season with Su'Kal on Kaminar. Kurtzman and Paradise reviewed visual effects shots remotely several times a week with visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman. November 27, 2020. They used Trill mythology for this storyline due to that species being considered an allegory for LGBTQ people by many fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. [15] "Terra Firma" was later given as an example of the season's more episodic approach, with each episode of the season having a central character or villain or otherwise standalone story, with "breadcrumbs" through each episode about the season-long mystery of what caused the Burn. Release year: 2017 ... Unification III 51m. First aired: The ceremony begins, with Michael arguing that The Burn originated at a location other than Ni’Var. The release includes over two hours of bonus features, including deleted scenes, a gag reel, and featurettes on the making of the season, filming in Iceland, the stunts, the bridge crew, Michael Burnham, and Kenneth Mitchell. [15] An archival recording of Bart LaRue, the original voice of the Guardian from "The City on the Edge of Forever", is also used. [2] In October, Paradise confirmed that the Federation would still exist in this future, but would be going through "a bit of a rough patch", while Kurtzman said the USS Discovery will still be the only ship to use a spore drive which will make it a target for others interested in the technology. Once Barrio came-out to their family, ahead of the announcement of their casting in the series, Adira's coming-out was written into the series and they/them pronouns were used. [6] Executive producer Heather Kadin said Yeoh's presence in the third season could lead to a direct tie-in with the spin-off. [59][60] Paradise said they wanted a "really big, fluffy, substantial beast of a cat", and having two on set allowed the crew to choose which to use depending on their behavior. Star Trek: Discovery season three stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Commander Michael Burnham), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Doug Jones (Commander Saru), Anthony Rapp (Lt. [83] This was shortly followed by a new trailer celebrating "23 weeks of New Trek" and featuring footage from both the third season of Discovery and the first season of Lower Decks; the 23 weeks include both series, with Lower Decks premiering on August 6 and running for 10 weeks, followed the next week by the premiere of Discovery which then runs for 13 weeks. ... Cast… Episode no. After joining the series as a writer during the second season, Michelle Paradise was promoted to co-showrunner for the third season alongside series co-creator Alex Kurtzman. [33] After working in the writers room for the series Snowfall, author Walter Mosley was hired by Kurtzman for a similar role on the third season of Discovery. 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Chronology [35], Kurtzman said the season would not directly tie-in with the first season of Star Trek: Picard, but would acknowledge "a lot of things that were planted in previous shows". The two-part episode "Terra Firma" writes Georgiou out of the series. [18] This plays into the season's main theme of the importance of connections. [4] Book helps introduce the season's new setting,[30] and is also a new love interest for Burnham that the writers hoped would bring out new sides to her character and allow her to have a relationship that feels "fun and light" in contrast to her tumultuous relationship with Ash Tyler in the previous seasons. The actors filmed motion-capture performances from the houses that were then used to drive the performances of the digital doubles. [67] Kurtzman said there was a temptation to "say that anything is possible and the laws of physics don't apply anymore" when designing future technology, but it was still important to have the story drive the technology and to make it feel grounded. It was accompanied by the official release of the season's key art poster. While grappling with the fallout of her recent actions, and what her future might hold, Burnham agrees to represent the Federation in an intense debate about the release of politically sensitive - but highly valuable - Burn data. [24][25] In July, Paradise said the crew was "working nonstop" to complete post-production, but it was taking longer than previous seasons due to the pandemic. [73][74] A soundtrack album for the season was released digitally by Lakeshore Records on April 16, 2021. November 1991, to be precise. Paradise said this approach allowed some characters to be explored that usually would not be. Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow. The images were shortly taken down due to a copyright claim from CBS, with the original account believed to be a fake. Once upon a time, nearly every episode of Star Trek: Discovery was a “Michael episode,” in which the main plot centered upon putting Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) through as much hell as could be managed in about 50 minutes. Written by: [83] Bell Media broadcasts the series in Canada on the specialty channels CTV Sci-Fi Channel (English) and Z (French) on the same day as the U.S., before streaming episodes on Crave. 29 Oct. 2020. Despite this, Tilly and the bridge crew are able to plant a bomb in one of the ship's nacelles with the help of the Sphere data, dropping, Best Actress in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Series, This page was last edited on 23 May 2021, at 23:49. [32] Paradise revealed at the end of January 2020 that the season finale script had been completed. Meanwhile, Saru and Tilly embark on a perilous first-contact mission in hopes of finding Burnham. 3189. Cast & Crew. [27] It also reveals that a temporal agent crossed over from the alternate reality created during the events of the film Star Trek (2009), which is the first reference to the film franchise's alternate timeline made by a Star Trek series. By the end of the second season he felt that Paradise was already running Discovery with him, so it was an easy transition to her becoming official co-showrunner during the third season. They need to cast the Trekyards people and call the show This Old Starship. Netflix has streaming rights for the series in another 188 countries, and releases each episode of the series for streaming within 24 hours of its U.S. [79], The series' cast and executive producers promoted Discovery in a virtual "Star Trek Universe" panel for the 2020 Comic-Con@Home convention, where the cast of the second season's finale participated in a table read of the first act of that episode before teasing the third season of the series. Discovery crash-lands on a strange planet, the crew finds themselves racing against time to repair their ship. The cast and crew discussed the season and revealed the opening scene of the season premiere. We may be waiting a long time for some of our favorite TV shows to come back due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but, thankfully, Star Trek: Discovery is not one of them. Unfortunately, “Star Trek: Discovery” can’t seem to avoid tripping over its own feet sometimes and tarnishing its own sterling work. For other uses, see Unification. Kirsten Beyer [88], In September 2020, ViacomCBS announced that CBS All Access would be expanded and rebranded as Paramount+ in March 2021. ’Unification III’ is the best episode of Discovery to date, but ask yourself: are you ready to cry this much? Streaming Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 :: Episode 7 S3E7 ((Episode 7 : Unification III)) Full Episodes Exclusively On CBS All Access, Online Free TV Shows & TV Star Trek: Discovery … The season was ordered in February 2019, with Paradise promoted to co-showrunner alongside series co-creator Kurtzman. Filming took place from July 2019 to February 2020, in Toronto, Canada, and on location in Iceland. The "Star Trek: Discovery GLAAD Collection" features several Star Trek- and GLAAD-themed items. This music is heard throughout the season. Doug Jones as Captain Saru. Trailer: Captain on the Bridge. "Unification III". Mosley did not identify Discovery as the series he was working on in the op-ed, but this was confirmed by CBS in their response. [27] Okrand coached the actors via Skype on speaking alien languages for additional dialogue recording. For example, Russo brought back his Mirror Universe music from the first season for Georgiou's storyline. Written by Kirsten Beyer. Jean-Luc Picard. [48] Kenneth Mitchell, who guest starred as several Klingon characters during the first two seasons, appears as a new human character,[49] scientist Aurellio. Production no. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as showrunners. The second episode follows the rest of the Discovery crew, who are reunited with Burnham in the third episode which is one year after the events of the first episode for Burnham. After traveling to the future to protect sensitive information from Control, an artificial intelligence destined to destroy all life, Michelle Paradise & Jenny Lumet & Alex Kurtzman, Adira cannot remember how they came to be the host of the Tal symbiont, and cannot access the memories of previous hosts such as Senna. They are 40 inches (1.0 m) long and weigh 18 pounds (8.2 kg). [17] Kurtzman explained that Paradise had become essential to his process during the second season, becoming a partner for him while he oversaw multiple Star Trek series in addition to showrunning Discovery. The episode also includes the Qowat Milat, a sect of Romulan warrior nuns that were introduced in Picard. Longtime fans of Star Trek recognize the title “Unification” as a two-parter from The Next Generation. Capt. Both characters were noted to be the first explicitly non-binary and transgender characters within the Star Trek franchise, respectively. [13] Executive producer Heather Kadin said before the season's release that the Star Trek: Short Treks short "Calypso" was set around the same time as the season, and there was a chance that Aldis Hodge could reprise his role from the short,[42] but Paradise later said that "Calypso" is actually set many years after the season. [61] Iceland was chosen because the producers wanted to introduce the future of Star Trek with a place that looks different to the previous seasons, and because Kurtzman had always wanted to film there. Who are we going to be? "Unification III" is the 36th episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the 7th episode of the show's third season, released on CBS All Access on 26 November 2020. : [56] Hannah Spear and Robert Verlaque, who previously portrayed Saru's sister and father, respectively, appear as Su'Kal's mother Dr. Issa and a Kelpien elder. Cast. Commander Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Ensign Sylvia Tilly, Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber, David Ajala as Cleveland "Book" Booker, Blu del Barrio as Adira, Ian Alexander as Gray, Tig Notaro as Chief … This season, however, there’s been more of an effort to spread the spotlight between members of the main and recurring cast. On February 27, 2019, CBS All Access renewed Star Trek: Discovery for a third season, shortly after the second season premiere, citing the positive fan response to that premiere as well as increased subscribers. [19] Originally, producing director Olatunde Osunsanmi was set to direct the first episode of the season with Jonathan Frakes directing the second. The cast and crew finished production on the upcoming third season well before the coronavirus hit, which means we’re getting an entire new season of this show. "Unification III" is the 36th episode of Star Trek: Discovery, the 7th episode of the show's third season, released on CBS All Access on 26 November 2020. 3x07 [38], In November 2020, ViacomCBS announced that it would donate all proceeds from a new line of merchandise to GLAAD to "support GLAAD's culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people". CBS told Mosley this was usually a fireable offence, but said no further action would be taken and asked that he not use the word again outside of a script. [16], Kurtzman said the third season would expand on the crew of the Discovery outside the main cast after fans responded positively to those characters in the second season. William Riker. Burnham takes them to the Trill homeworld in hopes that the Trill can help unlock their memories. Mosley chose to leave the series, quitting without informing Kurtzman and Paradise. All music composed by Jeff Russo:[74], The series was promoted at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 in a "Star Trek Universe" panel alongside other series from the franchise. Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, along with the returning Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Wilson Cruz. On the other side, she finds herself back in the Mirror Universe during the time she was Emperor of the Terran Empire. [91], The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported 93% approval with an average rating of 7.82/10 based on 30 reviews. Part 1 : Culber is visited by Kovich, a mysterious Starfleet operative, who explains that since Georgiou has both traveled through time and from a different universe, the Mirror Universe, her molecules have moved too far from their origin and she is now likely to die. [44], The season stars the returning Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham,[2] Doug Jones as Saru,[3] Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets,[3] Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly,[3] and Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber. The panel featured Kurtzman, Paradise, Martin-Green, and introduced Ajala. Season 3, Episode 7 “Unification III” + 9 New Photos. [40] It references the Temporal Wars from Star Trek: Enterprise which take place during the 31st Century, the latest point in the franchise's timeline before this season. “Unification III” Star Trek: Discovery Season 3, Episode 7 – Debuted Thursday, November 26, 2020 Teleplay by Kirsten Beyer Directed by Jon Dudkowski. Several commentators questioned whether Starfleet still existed in the universe based on dialogue in the trailer. [84] On September 8, CBS All Access streamed a free 24-hour event to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the Original Series premiere. [27], Star Trek: Discovery was the first visual effects-heavy series to go through post-production during the pandemic. [25] A month later, Russo had begun remotely recording individual musicians from their homes. 36 It concluded on January 7, 2021. [90], The season will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray formats in the U.S. on July 20, 2021. These included a panel for Discovery featuring Martin-Green, Ajala, Kurtzman, and Paradise during which they revealed a full trailer for the season. He explained his decision in an op-ed for The New York Times in September 2019, and CBS responded by saying "we are committed to supporting a workplace where employees feel free to express concerns". "[92] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 75 out of 100 based on reviews from 8 critics. Star Trek: Discovery season three stars Sonequa Martin-Green (Commander Michael Burnham), David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker), Doug Jones (Commander Saru), Anthony Rapp (Lt. [75] The cast and executive producers promoted the series at further "Star Trek Universe" panels at New York Comic Con and PaleyFest New York in October,[3][33] with a trailer for the season revealed at the New York Comic Con panel. Trailer: Remain Klingon! Jones usually wears prosthetics to portray the Kelpien character, so this was the first time that he appeared as himself in the series. ... Cmdr. The Trill are also no longer part of the Federation, but welcome, After studying several black boxes, Burnham believes she can find the source of the Burn with data from Project SB-19, a possible space travel alternative to dilithium developed by the unified, Book receives a distress signal from his brother Kyheem, who says their home planet Kwejian is being threatened by the Emerald Chain, a syndicate of, Unable to jump away without Stamets, Osyraa fights her way out of Federation headquarters and shuts off life support for the bridge crew. [38], The season began filming in July 2019, with six days on location in Iceland,[68][19] before moving to Pinewood Toronto Studios in Toronto, Canada on July 18. ... Lt. Cmdr. Famously, Unification Parts 1 & 2 brought Admiral Spock into contact with the TNG crew, after he went missing … [6] Annabelle Wallis reprises her role from "Calypso" as the voice of Zora, the advanced version of Discovery,[12] while Sonja Sohn reprises her role as Burnham's mother Gabrielle from the second season in "Unification III". [65] The season also features a "streamlined" new logo to reflect its new setting. [47] In "Terra Firma", several actors portray Mirror Universe versions of their characters, including Hannah Cheesman and Rekha Sharma as their characters from earlier seasons, Airiam and Ellen Landry, respectively. What does this future look like? [34] Tig Notaro reprises her role as engineer Jett Reno. Unification III — Here at CultBox, we know a memorable Star Trek: The Next Generation episode title when we see one. Memory Beta articles sourced from episodes and movies, The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry, https://memory-beta.fandom.com/wiki/Unification_III?oldid=751435, This episode's title is reference to the (formerly) two-part episode. [62] Adira is introduced using the pronouns she/her, as Barrio had not come-out as non-binary to their family when they began work on the series and wanted Adira's story to reflect their own experience. The 13-episode season premiered on the streaming service CBS All Access on October 15, 2020, to positive reviews. [57] Fabio Tassone voices Book's ship computer,[58] and Book's pet cat Grudge is portrayed by two Maine Coons, Leeu and Durban. [44], Russo was "full speed ahead" composing music for the first five episodes of the season in April 2020, working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After joining the series as a writer during the second season, Michelle Paradise was promoted to co-showrunner for the third season alongside series co-creator Alex Kurtzman. Had “Unification III” contented itself with the story of Burnham’s confessional self-renewal against the backdrop of the Vulcan/ Romulan secession from the Federation it would have been another triumph. Unification III debut. Production information Kurtzman compared this decision to that of the film Star Trek (2009)—on which he worked as a writer—starting a new timeline to avoid established continuity. [56] Filming on the season officially wrapped in Toronto on February 24, 2020,[70] 10 days before lockdowns began due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Other examples include "People of Earth", in which Earth is treated like a "planet-of-the-week", and the focus on Vulcan culture in "Unification III". Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 has arrived! [7] Other returning crewmembers include Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer,[50] Patrick Kwok-Choon as Gen Rhys,[50] Oyin Oladejo as Joann Owosekun,[50] Ronnie Rowe Jr. as R.A. Bryce,[50] Sara Mitich as Nilsson,[50] Raven Dauda as Tracy Pollard,[51] and David Benjamin Tomlinson as Linus the Saurian,[22] with Julianne Grossman as the voice of Discovery's computer. [30][36] They wanted to give her the best arc possible during the season by taking the character far away from that end goal. [30] Instead, the season foreshadows "Calypso" by showing the Sphere data from the second season beginning to integrate with Discovery to become the advanced version that is known as Zora in the short. Series: LeVar Burton. His intention was to record the scores with an orchestra later, once it was safe to do. [14] "Terra Firma" also guest stars Paul Guilfoyle as "Carl", the Guardian of Forever. The third season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery follows the crew of the USS Discovery as they travel to the future, over 900 years after the events of Star Trek: The Original Series. Air Date: Nov 25, 2020. [27], By the end of January 2020, composer Jeff Russo had written some pre-recorded music for the season for use in the scene where Gray plays the cello for Adira. [13] That episode also features archive footage of Burnham's brother Spock, including footage of Ethan Peck from the second season and Leonard Nimoy from The Next Generation's "Unification" episodes. [18] In October, Kurtzman said the season would have 13 episodes, and this was unlikely to be extended as happened in previous seasons. When Kurtzman suggested Irwin, Jones agreed he could "pull it off". What are we going to do? Since the production was unable to carry out additional photography to film pickup shots with the actors during lockdown, visual effects were used to fill these requirements.