Star Trek: Discovery
I ’m still stun at the gruesome death of Captain Philippa Georgiou ( Michelle Yeoh ) inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 . An outside adept best known to American audiences for her roles in the James Bond filmTomorrow Never DiesandCrouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon , Michelle Yeoh joiningStar Trek : Discoverywas a casting coup . Before winning her Best Actress Academy Award forEverything Everywhere All At Once , Yeoh appear as Captain Georgiou of the USS Shenzhou inStar Trek : Discovery ’s first two episodes . Michelle ’s billing as a Special Guest Star was a cue about Georgiou ’s fate , andwhat a grisly fate it was .
Captain Georgiou faced crises from beyond and within the USS Shenzhou inStar Trek : Discovery ’s premiere episode , " The Vulcan Hello " and " Battle at the Binary Stars . " When Georgiou ’s First Officer , Commander Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , gain the renascent Klingons meant to start up a war with the United Federation of Planets , Michael rat her captain and committed mutinyto forbid hostilities . But the Klingons did round , destroying the Starfleet armada that arrive at the binary whiz , and crippling the Shenzhou . Georgiou and Burnham decided to take the fighting to the Klingons , which ended in tragedy .
What Happened To Captain Georgiou In Star Trek: Discovery Is Terrible
Few Star Trek characters met a worse fate
Even now , 7 years afterStar Trek : Discoverypremiered , I still find Captain Georgiou ’s sudden death shocking . Commander Burnham and Captain Georgiou beamed aboard the flagship of T’Kuvma ( Chris Obi ) , the self - styled Klingon Messiah . While Burnham was battling Voq ( Shazad Latif ) , Georgiou cash in one’s chips toe - to - toe with T’Kuvma . Michelle Yeoh is a noted martial artist , and I anticipate a nerveless display of her fight artistry against the Klingon . Instead , T’Kuvma well overpowered Georgiou and fatally stabbed herthrough her trunk with his bat’leth . Burnham then killed T’Kuvma- by shooting the Klingon Messiah in the back .
Captain Georgiou deserve well .
Captain Georgiou ’s ungentle death was tragical , but what happened to her corpse is horrific . Burnham could n’t attain Georguou ’s physical structure in time to beam back to the Shenzhou , so Phillipa ’s remains was leave on T’Kuvma ’s ship . A few episodes after , Star Trek : Discoveryrevealed that the Klingons who were allow for aboard T’Kuvma ’s abandoned ship flagship were so desperate for food , thatthey ate Captain Georgiou ’s stiff . That has to be the first instance of aStar TrekCaptainbeing the dupe of cannibalism , and it ’s still grotesque to think about . Simply put , Captain Georgiou merit well .
Star Trek: Discovery Was Always More Interested In Mirror Universe Emperor Georgiou
Emperor Georgiou returns in Star Trek: Section 31
Killing off Captain Georgiou was always part ofStar Trek : Discovery ’s plan because of theseason 1 twist of introducing her Mirror Universe counterpart , Emperor Philippa Georgiou . In the ruthless alternate reality , Georgiou rose to become the tyrannical ruler of the Terran Empire , and Michael Burnham was her traitorous adoptive girl . Mirror Burnham also betrayed Georgiou , join her lover , Captain Gabriel Lorca ( Jason Isaacs ) , in a coup attempt . But Emperor Georgiou survived and fled toStar Trek ’s Prime timelineto become strange bedfellow with Commander Burnham .
In another instance of cannibalism , Emperor Georgiou eat Kelpiens like Saru ( Doug Jones ) , finding them a goody .
In verity , Star Trek : Discoverywas always more interested in Emperor Georgiou , and , apparently , so was Michelle Yeoh . There ’s no doubt play the Mirror Universe ’s despot who step by step larn she has a meat was more merriment for Yeoh than Georgiou ’s straight - lace Starfleet Captain counterpart . I also obtain Emperor Georgiou a more captivating character , and I ’m excited to see her return to headlineStar Trek : segment 31 . But whenever I rewatch the beginning ofStar Trek : Discovery , I ’m dumbstruck all over again byhow terrible a destruction Captain Georgiou received .
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