Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , installment 6 , " Whistlespeak " contains a welcome reminder of a Graeco-Roman episode ofStar Trek : The Next Generation . Discoveryseason 5 is a sequel toTNGseason 6 , episode 20 , " The Chase " , and so connections to the iconicStar Trekshow are await . Discoveryseason 5 , installment 6 , compose by Kenneth Lin and Brandon Schultz , and directed by Chris Byrne , is a reminder of a all differentTNGepisode , however . In " Whistlespeak " , Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) and Lt . Sylvia Tilly ( Mary Wiseman ) jaw the pre - warp major planet of Halem’no , where Burnham ’s forced to transgress the Prime Directive .
While the account of a pre - warp society forming a religion around miscarry engineering is a well - wornStar Trektrope now , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , installment 6makes a good stab at bringing something new to the table . One of the most interesting facet of " Whistlespeak " is the titular nomenclature spoken by the Halem’nites . At the commencement of the episode , Burnham explains to Tilly that the Halem’nites have two languages , a phonetic language for day - to - day interactions , and whistlespeak for communication across distances . This completely foreign speech is a admonisher ofStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , episode 2 , " Darmok " .
As Burnham seeks the universe of discourse ’s greatest treasure in Star Trek : Discovery season 5 , she ’ll demand avail from a legion of novel and return characters .
How Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Episode 6 Recalls TNG’s “Darmok”
InStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 5 , installment 2 , " Darmok " , Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) is stranded on an alien world with a Tamarian captain whose complex voice communication of metaphors is incompatible with the universal translating program . It ’s only through unpick the alien language of Captain Dathon ( Paul Winfield ) that Picard can find a way off the planet . " Darmok " is one ofCaptain Picard ’s bestTNGepisodes , and a wonderfulStar Trekstory about the importance of communication , no matter how alien the other person ’s spoken language is .
" Darmok " marked Starfleet ’s official First Contact with the Tamarians , take to at least one member of the species , Kayshon , becoming a Starfleet military officer inStar Trek : Lower Decks .
From the hatchway , it seem thatStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , installment 6 , " Whistlespeak " was go to narrate a similar tale . However , Burnham and Tilly ’s world-wide translators quick transform the Halem’nites ' second oral communication before they even beam down to the surface . It ’s odd that intellect and using Halem’nite whistlespeak is n’t a key part of the story , especially as Tilly becomes stranded inside the High Summit weather station with Ravah ( June Laporte ) . Despite this corking length , Burnham does n’t deploy any whistlespeak to help Ravah and Tilly with their predicament , or else opting to beam directly into the weather station ’s control room .
Why Discovery Season 5, Episode 6 Didn’t Do More With Whistlespeak
The weather station in which Tilly and Ravah were trapped was design byStar Trek : Enterprise ’s Denobulans , who installed them on Halem’no to help its the great unwashed deal with the punish debris tempest .
give that the whistespeak was a unequalled component ofStar Trek : Discovery ’s formulaic pre - warp major planet , it feels disappointing that the sequence did n’t do more with it . Burnham could have saved herself from break the Prime Directive by using whistlespeak to commune some substance to stop the weather tower from suffocating Ravah and Tilly to demise . Instead , " Whistlespeak"opted for an abrupt conclusion that just beamed Burnham into the heart of the action to save the day . However , given thatStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s " Darmok " is an unimpeachable classic , it may have been wise forStar Trek : Discoveryto stave off remaking it .
Star Trek : Discovery season 5 current Thursdays on Paramount+ .
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Star Trek : Discovery is an debut in the legendary Sci - Fi franchise , set up ten years before the original Star Trek series consequence . The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham , assigned to the USS Discovery , where the bunch attempts to foreclose a Klingon warfare while traveling through the vast reach of space .
Star Trek : The Next Generation follows Captain Jean - Luc Picard and his crew aboard the USS Enterprise NCC-1701D as they ship on interstellar explorations , seeking out new world and civilizations .
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Star Trek: Discovery is an entry in the legendary Sci-Fi franchise, set ten years before the original Star Trek series events. The show centers around Commander Michael Burnham, assigned to the USS Discovery, where the crew attempts to prevent a Klingon war while traveling through the vast reaches of space.
