WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Discovery’s finale, “Life, Itself”
Summary
Star Trek: Discovery’s epilogue had two small callbacks to the series premiere.Discoverywrapped up its final season with an emotional episode that coveredCaptain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery’s final battle against the Breen for control of the Progenitor’s technology. After an action-packed fight,Discovery’s cast of charactersmanaged to secure the tech and send it beyond the reach of anyone by jettisoning it past the event horizon of a black hole. However, once the main story was concluded, the show still needed to tie up some loose ends.
Discoveryaccomplished this with a beautifully crafted coda that jumped forward several decades to show Michael Burnham and Cleveland Booker’s (David Ajala) happily married life now living on Sanctuary Four.Star Trek: Discovery’s epiloguetook place on the day of the USS Discovery’s final mission andintroduced Captain Leto Burnham (Sawandi Wilson), Michael and Book’s sonwho came to escort his mother to Starfleet headquarters. During Leto’s scenes with his parents,Discoverysnuck in two callbacks to the show’s pilot episode, “The Vulcan Hello.”
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Leto’s shuttle entrance and first lines of dialogue with Michael contained two easy-to-miss Easter eggs that connected back toDiscovery’s first episode. While the shuttle was coming in for a landing, a shot of Michael and Book’s house revealed that their lawn had a Starfleet Delta insignia painted on it, presumably meant as a landing pad indication for shuttles or other craft.This echoed the Delta that Michael and Captain Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) created with their footstepsto help the USS Shenzhou locate them during an away mission inDiscovery’s pilot.
While both moments were small, they made it clear thatDiscovery’s creative team had the pilot in mind while creating the show’s final scenes.
Similarly, when Leto beamed down from the shuttle to greet his mother, Michael said delightedly that she had thought her son was on a mission to Crepuscula. Leto replied that he had pushed the mission so he could be the one to escort Michael to Starfleet Headquarters.Crepuscula was the planet that Michael and Georgiou had their away mission on in the pilot, and the very first alien planet thatStar Trek: Discoveryever depicted. While both moments were small, they made it clear thatDiscovery’s creative team had the pilot in mind while creating the show’s final scenes.
Could Captain Leto Burnham Reappear in Star Trek’s Future?
Leto isn’t yet confirmed to return, but anything is possible
Leto Burnham was one of the biggest reveals ofStar Trek: Discovery’s series finaleand opened up numerous possibilities for future appearances.The best chance for anyDiscoverycontinuation that has been confirmed isStar Trek: Starfleet Academy, the upcoming series that is set to take in the 32nd century. With what little is known about the series, it doesn’t sound likeStarfleet Academywill be set as far in the future asDiscovery’s epilogue, but the series could contain some flash-forwards as well, ones that could feature Leto again.
More tantalizing, but currently less likely, is the possibility of Captain Leto getting his own series.TheStar Trekfranchise has put a lot of emphasis recently on its “next generation” of characters, especially inStar Trek: Picardseason 3 with the introduction of multiple children of theStar Trek: TNGoriginal cast. If the franchise is focusing on the children of its most popular characters, having a series about Michael and Book’s son would fit right in. Ultimately, now thatStar Trek: Discoveryhas concluded, the possibilities are endless for how to use the show’s characters in future projects.
All episodes of Star Trek: Discovery are now available to stream on Paramount+.
Star Trek: Discovery
Cast
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.
