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If Memory Serves

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Title :
If Memory Serves
Series :
Rating :
0
Overall Ep :
23
First Aired :
7 Mar 2019
Stardate :
1532.9
Director :
Year :
Writers :
Season Ep :
2 x 08
Main Cast :
Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer
Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber
Doug Jones as Saru
Ronnie Rowe, Jr as R.A. Bryce
Patrick Kwok-Choon as Gen Rhys
Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham
Sara Mitich as Nilsson
Anson Mount as Christopher Pike
Oyin Oladejo as Joann Owosekun
Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets
Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly
Guest Cast :
Rachael Ancheril as Commander D. Nhan
Arista Arhin as Young Michael Burnham
Avaah Blackwell as Osnullus bridge officer
Rob Brownstein as The Keeper
Nicole Dickinson as Talosian #3
Alisen Down as Starfleet psychiatrist
Melissa George as Vina
Riley Gilchrist as Rear Admiral Shukar
Julianne Grossman as (voice) Discovery computer
Liam Hughes as Young Spock
Harry Judge as Admiral Gorch
Jon De Leon as Section 31 engineer
Pamela Mars as Discovery bridge crew
Tara Nicodemo as Admiral Patar
Ethan Peck as Spock
Dee Pelletier as Talosian
Alan van Sprang as Leland
Michelle Yeoh as Mirror Philippa Georgiou
Factoid :
This episode is a nominee for the DITL "Worst of Trek" award.

Plotline

In the present, Burnham and Spock secretly travel to Talos IV, where the Talosians heal Spock's mind in exchange for Burnham's memories of emotionally scarring Spock as a child, which they are interested in observing. Now recovered, Spock reveals that he mind-melded with the "Red Angel", who is a time traveller trying to avert a galactic catastrophe in the future.

Stamets attempts to reconnect with Culber, who is going through an identity crisis since his resurrection. Culber confronts Tyler, but realises that he too is going through a similar crisis.

Discovery collects Spock and Burnham, and they escape while Section 31 is distracted by illusions produced by the Talosians.

Analysis

OK, now we have another episode of TOS being flushed down the toilet. How do Spock and Burnham have knowledge of Talos IV? We see in the TOS Episode "The Cage" that the Talosians and their ability to create illusions are completely unknown to the Federation. Yet here we have Spock visiting the planet prior to his visit in "The Cage".
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