Star Trek: Discovery
Warning : SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery Season 5 , Episode 4 - " Face The Strange "
Summary
It has long been suspected thatJames Bondexists inStar Trek ’s universe of discourse , andStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 4 , " Face the Strange " proved it . Written by Sean Cochran and directed by Lee Rose , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , instalment 4 , is an extraordinary time traveling romp as Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , Commander Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) , and Commander Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) cps through key consequence in the USS Discovery ’s past and possible dark future tense . Among the surprises is anunexpected call - out to 007 by Commander Jett Reno ( Tig Notaro ) .
Star Trekis set in the hereafter , but pop culture inevitably woven its means into the variousStar Trekseries and moving picture . For example , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 2 saw then - Lieutenant Paul Stamets and Ensign Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) sing David Bowie ’s " Space Oddity " together . Alcohol use of goods and services for sure has been a part ofStar Treksince the saga ’s original pilot episode , " The Cage . " Still , thesignature cocktail of James Bond , the most noted secret agent in pop culture , being name - dropped inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 came out of nowhere , but itconfirms the long - held notion that 007 exists inStar Trek ’s population .
As Burnham seek the cosmos ’s nifty gem in Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 , she ’ll need help from a host of unexampled and returning characters .
Discovery Proves James Bond Exists In Star Trek
The Vesper martini is Jett Reno’s cocktail of choice
In one ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 4 ’s time rise , Captain Burnham and Commander Rayner are sent back to the events ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 ’s finalewhen Osyraa ( Janet Kidder ) and the Emerald Chain attacked the USS Discovery . Burnham and Rayner take out Osyraa ’s goons , but Michael makes herself scarce so as not to interrupt the timeline by being seen by Commander Jett Reno ( Tig Notaro ) . After save Rayner ’s life , Reno intimate he buy her a drunkenness -“Vesper martini - ice cold” . The Vesper martini is the touch cocktail invented by James Bond ( Daniel Craig ) inCasino Royale .
The Vesper martini is named for 007 ’s tragical love , Vesper Lynd , played by Eva Green inCasino Royale .
James Bond ’s creator Ian Fleming introduced the Vesper martini in the first 007 novelette , 1953 ’s " Casino Royale . " The exact recipe is"Three measures of Gordon ’s , one of vodka , half a measure of Kina Lillet . Shake it very well until it ’s methamphetamine hydrochloride - cold , then add a large flimsy fade of lemon Robert Peel . “Until the2006Casino Royalemoviewhich also introduce the Vesper Lynd character , the previous versions of James Bond only ordered vodka martinis"shaken , not stirred” . Commander Jett Reno specifically requesting a Vesper martini makes her a James Bond rooter , or at least a fan of his best-loved drink , and verifies that 007 andCasino Royaleexist inStar Trek ’s universe .
Star Trek’s Greatest James Bond Homage Was On DS9
“Our Man Bashir” is a classic DS9 episode.
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninehomaged 007 in the classic time of year 4 episode , " Our Man Bashir . " Dr. Julian Bashir ( Alexander Siddig ) unwinds in Quark ’s ( Armin Shimerman ) holosuite by play - play as " Julian Bashir : Secret Agent , " a spy who lives in the 1960s . Bashir ’s holosuite programme is clearly based on James Bondas Julian takes on the variety of external crisis 007 would typically present . With Garak ( Andrew Robinson ) in tow , Julian Bashir saved the world from devastation at the hands of the iniquity Dr. Noah ( Avery Brooks ) .
A transporter accident sent Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) , Major Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) , Lt . Commander Jadzia Dax ( Terry Farrell ) , Lt . Commander Worf ( Michael Dorn ) , and Chief Miles O’Brien ( Colm Meaney ) in the holosuite where they became characters in the Julian Bashir : Secret Agent program .
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s " Our Man Bashir " premiered just two weeks afterGoldenEye , Pierce Brosnan ’s first motion picture as James Bond , in November 1995 . AlthoughJames Bond was never name - discharge - and he still was n’t inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 4- " Our Man Bashir " is an obvious ode to 007 that work into the classic James Bond tropes even more thanGoldenEyedid . Because James Bond lives in an era immensely dissimilar from the infinite - come universe ofStar Trek , it make good sense that eccentric like Jett Reno onStar Trek : Discoveryindulge in the old - school fantasy and luxurious trappings of James Bond , like his key signature Vesper martini .
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