6.3/102,123 votes#1 - Red Directive
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2024
Captain Burnham and the U.S.S. Discovery are sent to retrieve a mysterious 800-year-old Romulan vessel; until the artifact hidden inside is stolen, leading to an epic chase. Meanwhile, Saru is offered the position of a lifetime, and Tilly's efforts to help pull her into a tangled web of secrecy.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Michelle Paradise
6.5/101,652 votes#2 - Under the Twin Moons
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2024
On Saru's last mission as Captain Burnham's Number One, the team ventures to a seemingly abandoned planet to hunt for what might be the greatest treasure in the galaxy.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski
Writer: Alan B. McElroy
5.8/101,533 votes#3 - Jinaal
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2024
On Trill, Captain Burnham, Book, and Culber must pass a dangerous test to prove themselves worthy of the next clue. Adira reconnects with Gray and Saru’s first day as ambassador is complicated by his engagement to T'Rina.
Director: Andi Armaganian
Writer: Kyle Jarrow, Lauren Wilkinson
7.1/101,470 votes#4 - Face the Strange
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 4/18/2024
On the way to the next clue, the U.S.S. Discovery is sabotaged by a mysterious weapon, leaving Captain Burnham, Rayner, and Stamets as the only crew members who can possibly save the ship in time.
Director: Lee Rose
Writer: Sean Cochran
6.4/101,333 votes#5 - Mirrors
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2024
Captain Burnham and Book journey into extradimensional space in search of the next clue to the location of the Progenitors' power. Meanwhile, Rayner navigates his first mission in command of the U.S.S. Discovery, and Culber opens up to Tilly.
Director: Jen McGowan
Writer: Carlos Cisco, Johanna Lee
5.8/101,371 votes#6 - Whistlespeak
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2024
While undercover in a pre-warp society, Captain Burnham is forced to consider breaking the Prime Directive when a local tradition threatens Tilly's life. Meanwhile, Culber tries to connect with Stamets, and Adira steps up when Rayner assigns them a position on the bridge.
Director: Christopher J. Byrne
Writer: Brandon Schultz, Kenneth Lin
6.4/101,166 votes#7 - Erigah
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2024
With Moll and L'ak finally in custody, the Federation is pulled into a diplomatic and ethical firestorm when the Breen arrive and demand they be handed over. Meanwhile, a frustrated Book looks for ways to help as Tilly, Adira, and Reno work to decipher the latest clue.
Director: Jon Dudkowski
Writer: M. Raven Metzner
6.4/101,204 votes#8 - Labyrinths
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 5/16/2024
When Captain Burnham is trapped within a “mindscape” designed to test her worthiness to retrieve the Progenitor's powerful technology, Book, Rayner, and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery must hold off the Breen long enough for her to escape.
Director: Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr.
Writer: Eric J. Robbins, Lauren Wilkinson
6.5/101,166 votes#9 - Lagrange Point
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 5/23/2024
After Moll and the Breen capture a mysterious structure that contains the Progenitors' power, Captain Burnham must lead a covert mission to retrieve it before the Breen figure out how to use it.
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Writer: Sean Cochran, Ari Friedman
6.2/101,760 votes#10 - Life, Itself
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2024
Trapped inside a mysterious alien portal that defies familiar rules of time, space, and gravity, Captain Burnham must fight Moll – and the environment itself – in order to locate the Progenitors' technology and secure it for the Federation. Meanwhile, Book puts himself in harm's way to help Burnham survive and Rayner leads the U.S.S. Discovery in an epic winner-takes-all battle against Breen forces.
Director: Olatunde Osunsanmi
Writer: Michelle Paradise, Kyle Jarrow
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Red Directive" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: Discovery" season 5. It scored 6.3/10 based on 2123 votes. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Michelle Paradise, it aired on 4/4/2024. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Under the Twin Moons".