The second season of Star Trek: Discovery continues this week with “New Eden,” and today we can share the episode titles for the next four installments of the year!
Last year, CBS released a number of episode-title-announcement videos throughout the first season of Discovery, and while that doesn’t seem to be the trend this year, we are now able check out title listings for the next five episodes of Season 2, thanks to some early details coming out of online television listings in Canada.
Episode 202: “New Eden” (January 24)
Episode 203: “Point of Light” (January 31)
Episode 204: “An Obol for Charon” (February 7)
Episode 205: “Saints of Imperfection” (February 14)
Episode 206: “The Sounds of Thunder” (February 21)
As we reported back in October, Discovery Season 2 is not expected to have a midseason break, so each episode (and those to follow) will be rolling out to CBS All Access and Space every Thursday until the end of the season, with Friday releases the day after (on Netflix outside of North America).
Note: We are still awaiting official CBS confirmation of these titles, and will update this post if anything changes in this listing.
Episode 202’s title “New Eden” refers to a human colony discovered by the USS Discovery as seen in the trailer, while 203’s “Point of Light” is likely a reference to the legendary return of Kahless, as the this is expected to be the first Klingon-heavy episode of the season.
“An Obol for Charon” refers to the ancient Greek tradition of placing a coin over a deceased person’s mouth before burial to bribe Charon — the gatekeeper of the afterlife — into ferrying the soul from the world of the living to the world of the dead. Based on this title, Episode 204 may center around Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz), who was killed in Season 1 but is confirmed to return this year.
We’re not sure about “The Saints of Imperfection,” but “The Sound of Thunder” may be a reference to Ray Bradbury’s A Sound of Thunder, a classic 1952 tale which speaks to the dangers of time travel to the past, negatively impacting the present.
You can keep up with all of Star Trek: Discovery in our series episode guide — and watch for more on “New Eden” when it arrives Thursday night on CBS All Access and Space.