Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 5, Episode 1 of “Star Trek: Discovery,” now streaming on Paramount+.
For most of the season premiere of “Star Trek: Discovery,” the crew of the titular Federation starship are kept in the dark about their mission’s main objective.
All Capt. Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her fellow officers know is that they must obtain a mysterious object from a 24th century Romulan’s derelict ship that has been scavenged by two mercenaries.
Kovich (David Cronenberg, yes, that one) — the equally mysterious Federation operative driving the mission — won’t even tell Fleet Admiral Charles Vance (Oden Fehr) about the object’s significance.
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