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Star Trek: Discovery 1×04 Review: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry

Star Trek: Discovery 1×04 Review: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry

By Andrea Thompson

The Star Trek: Discovery episode The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry certainly crams quite a bit into its 50 minute runtime, but it mostly works. Burnham is beginning to find her place on the U.S.S. Discovery, and is surprisingly fine that the murderous creature from the last episode, who’s since been dubbed Ripper, is now the ship. What Burnham is uncomfortable with is her new task, which is to weaponize the creature’s abilities.

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