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Star Trek: Discovery S1E4 — The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

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Star Trek: Discovery•Season 1•Episode 4

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

7.2/10 · 6,229 votesOct 8, 201749 min

Ranked #13 of 15 in Season 1•−0.3 vs season avg

With tensions and stakes high as Starfleet continues in their efforts to end the war with Klingons, Burnham begins to settle in to her new position aboard the U.S.S. Discovery.

Directed byOlatunde Osunsanmi

Written byJesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite

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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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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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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

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Olatunde Osunsanmi

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Director

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Melanie Phan

Stunt Double

Justin Howell

Justin Howell

Stunts

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Colin Hoult

Director of Photography

C

Christopher McGuire

Stunt Coordinator

Hubert Boorder

Hubert Boorder

Fight Choreographer

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Andrew Coutts

Editor

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Jesse Alexander

Writer

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Graeme Guthrie

Stunt Double

Aron Eli Coleite

Aron Eli Coleite

Writer

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Christine Ebadi

Stunt Double

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Episode Summary

"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" is episode 4 of Star Trek: Discovery season 1. It scored 7.2/10 from 6,229 votes, ranking #13 of 15 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Jesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite, it aired on October 8, 2017.

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