Star Trek: Discovery
Warning : SPOILERS for Star Trek : Discovery Season 5 Episode 8 - " Labyrinths "
Summary
Captain Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) meets an Avatar of Cleveland Booker ( David Ajala ) inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 8 , " inner ear " , and her reaction is similar to a classic Homer Simpson ( Dan Castellaneta ) gag onThe Simpsons . write by Lauren Wilkinson & Eric J. Robbins and directed by Emmanuel Osei - Kuffour , Star Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , episode 8 get the USS Discovery to the Eternal Gallery and Archive , where the final cue to the ancient treasure of the Progenitors is hide . It ’s also the site ofthe ultimate test of Michael Burnham ’s worthiness to regain the Progenitors ' technology .
When Captain Burnham endeavor to find the terminal primogenitor hint in " maze of the judgement , " a novelwritten by twenty-fourth - century Betazoid scientist Dr. Marina Derex , she is pulled into her own mindscape inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , sequence 8 . It ’s an elaborate trial run to evaluate who Michael Burnham really is , and it hale the Captain of the Discovery to confront and acknowledge her innermost fright . However , Michael ’s honesty is on the dot what Dr. Derex ’s test was designed to reveal , and Burnham earn the last clue to complete the Progenitors ' treasure mathematical function . YetMichael also had to deal with Avatar Book , whose introduction to Captain Burnham invite a comparing to a joke fromThe Simpsons .
As Burnham assay the population ’s greatest treasure in Star Trek : Discovery season 5 , she ’ll take helper from a host of unexampled and return characters .
Star Trek: Discovery’s Captain Burnham Repeats A Classic Homer Simpson Joke
“You don’t know what Cesar Chavez looks like”
When Captain Burnham enters her mindscape inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 , instalment 8 , " Labyrinths " , she ’s surprised to find the program Dr. Derex create to guide her take the form of Cleveland Booker . When Michael asks the Avatar Book,“Why do you look like you ? " , the program replies,“My configuration was created from your subconscious . So you tell me . “The moment echoes a jocularity fromThe Simpsonsseason 12 , installment 15 , " Hungry Hungry Homer " whenHomer Simpson was on a hunger strike and was call by the spirit of Cesar Chavez . It direct to this uproarious exchange :
Homer Simpson : Why do you wait like Cesar Romero ?
Cesar Chavez : Because you do n’t acknowledge what Cesar Chavez looks like .
Of course , the secret plan ofThe Simpsons ' " Hungry Hungry Homer " could n’t be more unlike fromStar Trek : Discovery ’s " Labyrinths " . Homer went on an ill - fated hunger tap to protest the Springfield Isotopes leaving his hometown . And Cesar Chavez did n’t stick around beyond remonstrate Homer for equating him with the actor who meet the Joker in the 1960sBatmanTV show . But the interchange between Captain Burnham and Avatar Book hada hint of the temper that underscores the intergalactic escapade ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 5 .
Why Only Captain Burnham Could Earn Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Progenitors Clue
Burnham, know thyself
Captain Michael Burnham is n’t just the key submarine ofStar Trek : Discoveryand the Progenitors treasure Richard Morris Hunt always hinged on her . Eachclue to the Progenitors ' treasurecame with a moral and ethical psychometric test that Burnham and the crew of the USS Discovery exceed . From displaying compassionateness for other wight to sympathize how to wield powerful technology responsibly , Michael and her friend prove desirable of each run . However , Dr. Derex ’s clue may be the most crucial test as it simply provesCaptain Burnham is a good person .
Unlike Homer Simpson , Michael Burnham likely knows what Cesar Chavez looks like .
Michael Burnham knows herself and , most importantly , she does n’t cozen or lie to herself . The Captain of the Discovery is mindful of how others see her , the pressure and burdens she shoulders , but she also realizes her self - Charles Frederick Worth . Michael is n’t afraid to accept her mistakes , and she does everything potential to amend her failures . Captain Burnham is the only someone inStar Trek : Discoverywho could unlock every clew to the primogenitor ' gem . And , unlike Homer Simpson , Michael Burnham likely cognise what Cesar Chavez looks like .
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