Star Trek: Discovery continues this week with “The Red Angel,” the tenth episode of the season, and it looks like we could be about to get some answers to the big mysteries of the season: what are the energy signals Discovery has been chasing… and who is the Red Angel?
This week brings nearly 20 new photos from “The Red Angel,” covering just about all the moments we saw in the Episode 210 preview: what appears to be a funeral aboard Discovery, presumably for the recently-departed Lt. Commander Airiam, and the return of Section 31 agent Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) to the ship as the pursuit of the Red Angel continues.
It also seems that Dr. Hugh Culber (Wilson Cruz) is back on duty this week, joining Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp), Spock (Ethan Peck), Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman), and Georgiou in a landing party to a facility filled with technical equipment for an experiment — one which requires (most) of the group to wear environmental suits.
And in case you missed it, here’s the video preview for the episode, which features many of the crew in setting up parts of a lateral-vector transporter system to focus on Michael Burnham, who is curiously being strapped into a chair — as one of the mysterious red signals appears right in front of Discovery and Section 31.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a66erLL-kbg
THE RED ANGEL — Burnham is stunned when she learns her ties to Section 31 run deeper than she ever fathomed. Armed with the identity of the Red Angel, the U.S.S. Discovery goes to work on its most critical mission to date.
The episode features a story from Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville; Silvestri served as a writers’ assistant in Discovery Season 1, and Maranville has been a researcher for the series since early last season.
“The Red Angel” is directed by returning Hanelle Culpepper, who is currently in prep to direct the pilot episodes of the still-untitled Picard Star Trek show this Spring.
“The Red Angel” debuts this Thursday on CBS All Access and Space, and beams to Netflix around the world on Friday.