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Executive producer and showrunner Michelle Paradise and star Sonequa Martin-Green spoke to Variety about the objectives of season five and its legacy within the series and narrative, and what could have been had season six become a reality The following contains major spoilers. L-R Mary Wiseman as Tilly, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, Blu del Barrio as[...]

Star Trek: Discovery reached its swan song in its series finale, "Life, Itself," and as the bulk of the series has been, it's always been about Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham from her start as the adopted human child raised by Vulcans to the science and first officer of the U.S.S Shenzou-turned-mutineer to regaining her rank[...]

The penultimate episode of Star Trek: Discovery reached the home stretch of their final adventure as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and company reach their destination as it relates to their season-long arc searching for the Progenitor technology in a race against time against the Breen in "Lagrange Point." The following contains minor spoilers. Photo Credit:[...]

As we near the home stretch of Star Trek: Discovery, we find Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) falling a bit into a rabbit hole in her mind with David Ajala David Bowie-ing it up as a manifestation of a guide to help with her next clue for the Progenitor tech in the latest episode "Labyrinths."[...]

There are certainly moments throughout the episode, certainly to the credit of Rennie's Rayner where scars run a bit too deep to build those tensions up. There's certainly magic to the tension between Sonequa Martin-Green's Burnham and Rennie's Rayner, but there's a bit of temperance and restraint that shows how far along the series has gone[...]

In the meantime, Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Lt Sylvia Tilly (Mary Wiseman) go undercover at Halem'no, a pre-warp society to try to mingle with the local Halem'nites and acclimate to the local customs (and adhere to the Prime Directive), while Cmdr Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) tries to monitor the away team and keep[...]

Discovery to an unstable wormhole that's too small for a bigger ship to enter, so Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her friend with benefits, Book (David Ajala), explore the anomaly. What they find is a giant Easter egg from Star Trek's past The following contains minor spoilers. Eve Harlow as Moll and Elias Toufexis as L'ak[...]

One of the emerging arcs of the fifth and final season of Star Trek: Discovery is how Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is moving on from her original first officer in Cmdr Saru (Doug Jones), who accepted a position as an ambassador and to work more closely with his partner Ni'Var President T'Rinna (Tara Rosling)[...]

It's been a long seven-year journey for Star Trek: Discovery and star Sonequa Martin-Green, but as Paramount+ rolls the fifth and final season, the journey, much like most other long-running shows, has had its share of bumps in the road Compounding the fact that you have one of the oldest franchises in science fiction and[...]

Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), her chief engineer Cmdr Paul Stamets (Anthony Rapp), and her new first officer, Cmdr Rayner (Callum Keith Rennie) is in a bottle-type episode where they're stuck in persistent time travel in a non-serial-type crisis in the episode "Face the Strange." Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, Keith Callum Rennie as Rayner, Anthony Rapp as[...]

The following contains major spoilers for "Red Directive" and "Under the Twin Moon." L-R David Ajala as Book, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham and Wilson Cruz as Culber in Star Trek: Discovery, season 5, streaming on Paramount+, 2023 Photo Credit: Marni Grossman /Paramount+ Star Trek: Discovery: Goes into The Next Generation's Lore As Saru (Doug Jones) mulls his future[...]

Sonequa Martin-Green has been living the dream as an actress starring in the franchise she grew up watching, catching episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series in syndication to becoming the first African American actress to lead a Star Trek series on Discovery From a disgraced former first officer-turned-mutineer to regaining her Starfleet commission and[...]

You'd think after saving the galaxy twice since entering the 32nd century would have bought all the trust in the world for Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her crew of the U.S.S Discovery, but things still need to be operated on the down low when we start in season five of Star Trek: Discovery[...]

Upon the streamer's announcement that Discovery, the franchise's first live-action Tv spinoff series in 12 years, is coming to an end after five seasons, the actor-director didn't mince words about the news. Pictured: Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Marni Grossman/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. Why[...]

The clip starts off with Kovich (David Cronenberg) in a voiceover talking with Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) "The greatest treasure in the known galaxy is out there What are we waiting for?" We see Discovery's captain all scarred up with a smile on her face before offering her signature catchphrase, "Let's fly!" Image: Paramount+ Star Trek: Discovery Season[...]

Hugh Culber, first visited star Sonequa Martin-Green (Capt Michael Burnham) on the set tour Martin-Green revealed she's on her way to film her scenes, one of them involving the bridge catching herself before venturing into spoiler territory. Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery BTS featurette season five Image screencapped from YouTube courtesy of Paramount+ Star Trek: Discovery[...]

Adhering to Federation principles for first contact even in the face of beings with immeasurable power took a leap of faith in the episode "Coming Home." Here are your minor spoilers warning for the episode. Pictured: Chelah Horsdal as President Rillak and Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr:[...]

This is your spoilers warning for the episode so tread carefully… Pictured: Wilson Cruz as Culber, Emily Coutts as Detmer, Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham, and Doug Jones as Saru of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. To find out more about 10-C, Capt[...]

Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Federation President Laira Rillak (Chelah Horsdal) are delivered some grave news about their mission that creates an extra sense of urgency as well as a serious ethical dilemma. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. While Book (David Ajala) and Tarka's efforts to neutralize the dark matter anomaly[...]

Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), who previously placed a tracking device on Book's ship and can spontaneously arrive near their location with their spore drive There are some minor spoilers for the episode. Pictured: Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. Joining[...]

Capt Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) tracks the two to the planet of Porathia taking Owosekun (Oyin Oladejo) with her. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. The planet Porathia is located outside of Federation jurisdiction and the parties eventually cross paths adding to existing tension to their motivations and past relationships[...]

Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) is probably as neutral of a party as you can find, allowing her to still be the shining beacon the franchise needs her to be She pleads her case to the Federation that first contact needs to be made and empathy is needed to greet those behind the threat in hopes[...]

Discovery went into a subspace rift created by the Dark Matter Anomaly only to find themselves trapped within it, testing the very limits of the ship's core systems from its corrosive elements. Pictured: Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham and Doug Jones as Saru of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021[...]

Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Book (David Ajala) transport down to the planet to try to infiltrate the prison directly. Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. While the duo is on the away mission, Saru (Doug Jones) leads the evacuation efforts The ship also hosts Ruon Tarka (Shawn Doyle), who's been the Federation's[...]

Callum (Nck Name). Pictured: Doug Jones as Saru and Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo Cr: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ © 2021 CBS Interactive All Rights Reserved. The second arc involved Discovery's commanding officers in captains Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Saru (Doug Jones) replacing Admiral Charles Vance (Oded Fehr) taking mediating positions[...]

So there are several characters who get to shine beyond our two upfront leads in Sonequa Martin-Green's Michael Burnham and Ajala's Book Beyond our two usual suspects, Jones' Saru, Mary Wiseman's Tilly, and Blu del Barrio's Adira, with Anthony Rapp delivering one of his strongest performances as Stamets in the series run so far While[...]

It seems like no matter what happens for Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), there will always be a cloud of doubt that shrouds her in Starfleet even as the now-captain of the U.S.S Discovery The fourth season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery "Kobayashi Maru" finds the crew's time as the toast of the Federation short-lived as[...]

Series star Sonequa Martin-Green-(Captain Michael Burnham) took to Instagram to let the global audience know that the cast shares their "shock and frustration" with the news & how quickly the change was pulled off and that they learned what was going on at the same time they did. STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo: Michael Gibson©Paramount+ 2021, All Rights[...]

Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) in slow motion, rocked by concussive blows to Discovery We then see her coming into consciousness seeing Culver (Wilson Cruz) and Cleveland Booker (David Ajala) in Sick Bay. "Pictured: Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham of the Parmount+ series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Photo: Michael Gibson©Paramount+ 2021, All Rights Reserved. We then cut away to a bridge[...]

The last time we checked in on how things were going with Paramount+'s upcoming fourth season of the Sonequa Martin-Green-starring Star Trek: Discovery, it was May and executive producer & writer (including "That Hope Is You, Part 2" and "Far From Home") Michelle Paradise was sharing the four words that were "a long journey to type"[...]