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Star Trek: Discovery S1E3 — Context Is for Kings

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Star Trek: Discovery•Season 1•Episode 3

Context Is for Kings

7.7/10 · 7,255 votesOct 1, 201748 min

Ranked #6 of 15 in Season 1•+0.2 vs season avg

Burnham finds herself aboard the U.S.S. Discovery where she quickly realizes things are not as they seem, including the mysterious Captain Gabriel Lorca.

Directed byAkiva Goldsman

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Seasons5

Season 1 Episodes15

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The Vulcan Hello

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Battle at the Binary Stars

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Context Is for Kings

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The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

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Choose Your Pain

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Lethe

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Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad

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Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum

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Into the Forest I Go

Despite Yourself still

Despite Yourself

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The Wolf Inside

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Vaulting Ambition

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What's Past is Prologue

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The War Without, The War Within

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Will You Take My Hand?

Cast6

Sonequa Martin-Green

Sonequa Martin-Green

Michael Burnham

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Saru

Mary Wiseman

Mary Wiseman

Sylvia Tilly

Anthony Rapp

Anthony Rapp

Paul Stamets

Jason Isaacs

Jason Isaacs

Gabriel Lorca

Shazad Latif

Shazad Latif

Ash Tyler

Crew12

Akiva Goldsman

Akiva Goldsman

Director

A

Aaron Harberts

Story

G

Gretchen J. Berg

Teleplay

G

Gretchen J. Berg

Story

Craig Sweeny

Craig Sweeny

Teleplay

A

Aaron Harberts

Teleplay

Bryan Fuller

Bryan Fuller

Story

Justin Howell

Justin Howell

Stunts

Adam Winlove-Smith

Adam Winlove-Smith

Stunts

C

Christopher McGuire

Stunt Coordinator

J

Jon Dudkowski

Editor

Hubert Boorder

Hubert Boorder

Fight Choreographer

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Episode Summary

"Context Is for Kings" is episode 3 of Star Trek: Discovery season 1. It scored 7.7/10 from 7,255 votes, ranking #6 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Akiva Goldsman, it aired on October 1, 2017.

Next: E4 · The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry Best of Season 1