This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers.
Its a lot for one of the most action-adventure-orientedTrekseries ever.
In Labyrinths, Captain Burnham enters inside what she thinks is an ancient Betazoid book.
Instead, she ends up in a mindscape created by her own subconscious.
When Burnham opens it and presses a specific panel, shes zapped unconscious.
Discoveryisnt 10 centuries in the future fromThe Next Generation, but it iseightcenturies ahead.
This is one of those strange quirks ofDiscoverystime-jump from the end of season 2.
Burnhams journey differs from Picards in The Inner Light, of course.
Instead, Picard was encouraged just to live out his days in that world.
This is paralleled in Labyrinths when Dr. Culber resists beaming Burnham out until the program has run its course.
Its a ruminative episode, jammed in the middle of some action episodes, which also repeatsStar Trekhistory.
In 1992, The Inner Light was the penultimate episode ofThe Next Generationseason 5.
And when that happens, its time to chill out and get nucleonic.
Star Trek: Discovery is streaming now on Paramount+.
