Star Trek: Discovery
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Summary
Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 seems to fix the problem of Captain Saru ’s ( Doug Jones ) role on the USS Discovery ’s crew , but the series like a shot defecate the same mistake again with Captain Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) . InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , Captain Saru voluntarily cede command of the USS Discovery to the newly - promote Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green),which leavesStar Trek : Discoverywith two quality deem the rank of Captain at the same time . Captain Saru lief acts as Captain Burnham ’s First Officer duringStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , but it ’s not the in force enjoyment of Saru ’s skills or rank .
InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , the United Federation of Planets is slowly rebuild in the Wake Island of the Burn and first impinging with Species 10 - C. Federation President Laira Rillak ( Chelah Horsdal ) offers the inherently empathic Captain Saru a position as a Federation Ambassador , which would need the Kelpien step down his Starfleet commission . Saru accept the pass and becomes an Ambassador , which allows him the time to marry his dearest , President T’Rina ( Tara Rosling ) of Ni’Var , forget the position of First Officer aboard the USS Discovery wide open for whomever Captain Burnham should appoint .
Saru has always been the Spock to Burnham ’s Kirk , and his promotion in Star Trek : Discovery time of year 5 makes him even more like TOS ' beloved Vulcan .
Star Trek: Discovery Repeated Saru’s Mistake With Captain Rayner
Two Captains don’t need to be on Discovery’s bridge.
At theend ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , sequence 2 , " Under the Twin Moons " , Captain Burnham chooses Captain Rayner ( Callum Keith Rennie ) to be Discovery ’s new First Officer , which does n’t fix the trouble of have two Captains on the bridgework . Rayner had been Captain of the USS Antares , but Rayner ’s program line decision inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 1 , " Red Directive " , accidentally inspired baddie Moll ( Eve Harlow ) and L’ak ( Elias Toufexis ) to make an avalanche that place civilians in danger while also report Moll and L’ak ’s own escapism . The subsequent hearing issue in Rayner being grounded , and Burnham give Rayner another fortune as her bit One .
Captain Rayner and Admiral Charles Vance ( Oded Fehr ) are old friends , and Vance backed Rayner as Burnham ’s unexampled Number One .
It ’s not a awful choice for Burnham , but it take an unusual tale , since Rayner didn’thaveto be a maitre d' to set out with . Captain Burnham ’s decision to take Rayner to be Discovery ’s First Officer comes on the bounder of Michael and Saru excogitate on Saru giving Michael a second chance inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 , so it ’s framed as Burnham bear it forward . Michael has the power to keep Rayner out of a forced early retirement by bringing Rayner aboard Discovery , but more importantly , Rayner ’s no - hokum , mission - oriented perspective is exactly what Michael Burnham needs in a First Officer . None of this is drug-addicted on Rayner ’s rank .
Why Star Trek: Discovery Has A First Officer Problem
There are a lot of shakeups in Discovery’s command structure.
Star Trek : Discovery ’s earlier problem , the manyCaptains of the USS Discovery , was resolve with Captain Michael Burnham becoming Discovery ’s lasting Captain inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 4 , but with Saru ’s loss to become a Federation ambassador , Star Trek : Discoveryrenews its First Officer problem . Compared to the more familiar format of earlierStar Trekshows , which had been ground in the dynamic between their Captains and First Officers , each time of year ofStar Trek : Discoverynow has a unlike pair in control of the USS Discovery , and a different tone , signifying new chapter in the on-going story of Michael Burnham ’s grapheme development .
Captain
First Officer
Star Trek : Discovery Season 1
Captain Gabriel Lorca ( Jason Isaacs )
Commander Saru
Star Trek : Discovery Season 2
Captain Christopher Pike ( Anson Mount )
Star Trek : Discovery Season 3
Captain Saru
Commander Michael Burnham , Ensign Sylvia Tilly
Star Trek : Discovery Season 4
Captain Michael Burnham
Star Trek : Discovery Season 5
Captain Rayner
Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 could have easy solvedDiscovery ’s too - many - Captains problembychoosing a unlike First Officer from Discovery ’s crew after Saru resigned his Starfleet commission . Lt . Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) has experience as First Officer , having serve as Saru ’s Number One inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 , and the USS Discovery also has a wealthiness of likely First Officers among its bridgework bunch , most of whom are full air force officer . Captain Rayner is an unknown entity , but maybe a needed one , so while Burnham ’s surprise pick of Rayner as First Officer may not solve the job , it does make for an interesting twist toStar Trek : Discovery ’s net time of year .
Star Trek : Discovery season 5 streams Thursdays on Paramount+ .
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