Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
That Hope Is You (1)
Oct 15, 2020
Arriving 930 years in the future, Burnham navigates a galaxy she no longer recognizes while searching for the rest of the U.S.S. Discovery crew.
Far from Home
Oct 22, 2020
The crew of the Discovery races to repair their ship after they crash. Tilly & Saru make a first contact looking for Burnham.
People of Earth
Oct 29, 2020
Reunited with Burnham, Discovery heads to Earth to find out what has happened to the Federation in the last thousand years.
Forget Me Not
Nov 5, 2020
Burnham and Adira visit the Trill homeworld while Saru's efforts on the Discovery to help the crew reconnect yield surprises.
Die Trying
Nov 12, 2020
After reuniting with what remains of Starfleet and the Federation, the U.S.S. Discovery and its crew must prove that a 930 year old crew and starship are exactly what this new futu
Scavengers
Nov 19, 2020
After receiving a message from Book, Burnham and Georgiou embark on a rogue mission to find him, leaving Saru to pick up the pieces with Admiral Vance. Meanwhile, Stamets forms an
Unification III
Nov 26, 2020
While grappling with the fallout of her recent actions, and what her future might hold, Burnham agrees to represent the Federation in an intense debate about the release of politic
The Sanctuary
Dec 3, 2020
Osyraa attacks Book's home planet and the Discovery travels there to help. Stamets and Adira investigate The Burn.
Terra Firma (1)
Dec 10, 2020
The U.S.S. Discovery crew journey to a mysterious planet in hopes of finding a cure for Georgiou's deteriorating condition. Stamets and Adira make a stunning breakthrough with the
Terra Firma (2)
Dec 17, 2020
Georgiou uncovers the true depths of the plot against her, leading her to a revelation about how deeply her time on the U.S.S. Discovery truly changed her.
Su'Kal
Dec 24, 2020
Discovery ventures to the Verubin Nebula, where Burnham, Saru, and Culber make a shocking realization about the origin of the Burn. The rest of the crew faces an unexpected threat.
There is a Tide…
Dec 31, 2020
After capturing the U.S.S. Discovery, Osyraa seeks a meeting with Admiral Vance while Burnham and the crew must overcome unimaginable odds as they attempt to regain command of thei
That Hope Is You (2)
Jan 7, 2021
As the Emerald Chain tightens its grip and the mystery of the Burn is finally solved, Burnham and the crew have one last chance to save themselves - and the Federation.