DIS Season 3
This page contains information specifically pertaining to the third season of , whose episode premieres were consecutively streamed on CBS All Access for the USA and broadcast on / for Canada from  through , with the rest of the world following suit with one day delay through streaming service Netflix.

Episodes

Summary

Background information 
 On , it was announced that the series had been renewed for a third season. 
 On , it was announced that Season 2 series regular Anson Mount (Christopher Pike) and guest star Rebecca Romijn (Una Chin-Riley) would not be returning for Season 3. 
 On , it was announced that David Ajala (Cleveland Booker) had joined the cast.
 As of , Composer Jeff Russo was working on writing the fourth episode of this season and spotting through episode 8. 
 As part of a celebratory series of virtual panels on "Star Trek Day" this year (i.e., ), it was announced that this season would introduce a new font for the show's title. 
 On , it was announced that the opening titles for this season, as had been the case for those used in the second season, would feature new animations.  Robots featured in the opening credits sequence for this season are identified in the Netflix audio description track as "maintenance robots".
 The third season, consisting of thirteen episodes, premiered on , following the ten-week run of .
 The premise of this season has similarities to the unproduced concepts Star Trek: Federation and Star Trek: Final Frontier. In the former, the Federation, circa the year 3000, had collapsed to a handful of worlds, and a single ship represented Starfleet's original values. In the latter, the Federation was fractured after an attack in the 2460s by unknown parties with Omega molecules caused vast areas of the galaxy to be considered impassable, and the crew of the latest starship Enterprise, circa the 2520s, had to remind Starfleet of the higher ideals which that organization, and the Federation, were founded on.
 In effect, the premise has even more in common with another Gene Roddenberry production, Andromeda (2000–2005), a science fiction television series in which the namesake starship is transported into the future to find the intergalactic civilization from which it was derived has collapsed, after which the crew embarks on the mission to restore said civilization.
 Both review critics and fans have concurrently pointed out that the season three plotline constituted a reboot of sorts, as indeed announced by the series producers after season two, and that it was reminiscent of the "orphaned ship and crew" premise of , thereby becoming a "Voyager 2.0" as one Discovery sympathizing reviewer had put it. 
 A series of "Star Trek Logs" are being released on Instagram throughout the season. These short videos consist of in-universe personal log recordings from the main cast, posted after each new episode. 
 Principal photography was reported as finished on  with the last scenes filmed at Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario, Canada. 
 However, two months later, on , season three was again reported finishing up principal photography.  This was indicative of extensive reshoots, something that by now had become commonplace for the series, as the two previous seasons have been reported to have undergone extensive reshoots as well. Considering the sense of finality of the season finale (underscored by the closing Gene Roddenberry quote in the episode), it has given rise to internet rumors that the series had run its course, the announcement of a renewal for a fourth season notwithstanding.  Furthermore, season three did not end with a cliffhanger, contrary to the two previous seasons.

Awards
The season was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award on .  After having already been nominated twice for the preceding seasons, the award was this time won by the franchise on . 

The CAFTCAD "Special Effects Costume Building"-category award was a tied win with the first season of Odd Squad Mobile Unit.  Keith Lau was a three-time nominee out of six in his individual "Costume Illustration" award category – besides Discovery, for Altered Carbon and Snowpiercer as well – , but did not manage to secure a win (neither did his Discovery colleague Ciara Brennan for that matter, against whom Keith was competing too), and had to make do with the three shared awards he (and Brennan) did win. That Discovery did well at the Canadian CAFTCADs was hardly a surprise, considering its six nominations in fifteen categories, nine of which Discovery was not even eligible for.  It is indicative of the (economic) importance Discovery represents for the Canadian motion picture industry, as it is entirely produced in that country.

The episode  became only – "only" because the preceding Berman-era Star Trek had done exceptionally well in the underlying award category during its run – the second episode of Kurtzman-era Star Trek after the second season episode  to receive a visual effects (VFX) Emmy Award nomination on ,  which was won this time around on .

The Johnny-come-latelies in the award season were the 2021 Saturn Awards (covering the years 2019 and 2020) which were only awarded on 26 October 2021, having been postponed for nearly two years due to the . Still, it did not prevent Discovery to win two of its three nominations, in the process beating out franchise sibling  (whose 2019 first season was nominated for the same award) in the most prestigious television category, "Best Science Fiction Television Series". 

Having won seven out of the eighteen award nominations, the third season achieved a success rate of 39%, an improvement of 14% over the preceding season, though it should be noted that the previous single CAFTCAD award was this year split into five separate award categories, and that the total number of award nominations for the series had dropped by a quarter.

Credits

Main cast 
 Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham 
 Doug Jones as Saru ("Far From Home"–"Su'Kal"; "That Hope Is You, Part 2")
 Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets ("Far From Home"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2") 
 Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly ("Far From Home"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2") 
 Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber ("Far From Home", "Forget Me Not"–"Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1"–"Su'Kal", "That Hope Is You, Part 2")
 Rachael Ancheril as D. Nhan ("Far From Home", "Forget Me Not"–"Die Trying")
And
 David Ajala as Cleveland "Book" Booker ("That Hope Is You, Part 1", "People of Earth", "Scavengers"–"That Hope Is You, Part 2")

Special guest star 
 Michelle Yeoh as  ("Far From Home"–"Scavengers", "The Sanctuary"–"Terra Firma, Part 2")

Crew 
Casting by
Margery Simkin, CSA
Orly Sitowitz, CSA

Music and Theme by
Jeff Russo

Costume Designer
Gersha Phillips
Bernadette Croft ("There is a Tide...", "That Hope is You, Part 2")

Edited by
Jon Dudkowski, ACE ("That Hope is You, Part 1", "Forget Me Not", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Scott Gamzon, ACE ("Far From Home", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "Terra Firma, Part 2")
Chad Rubel ("People of Earth", "Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "There is a Tide...")
John Wesley Whitton ("Forget Me Not", "Unification III")
Tim Brinker ("Su'Kal")

Production Designer
Phillip Barker

Director of Photography
Glen Keenan, CSC ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home", "Forget Me Not", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Crescenzo Notarile, ASC, AIC ("People of Earth", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "There is a Tide...")
Franco Tata ("Scavengers", "Su'Kal")

Co-Producers
Kirsten Beyer
Dana N. Wilson

Produced by
Thom J. Pretak

Consulting Producer
Kalinda Vasquez ("The Sanctuary"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
John Ottman

Supervising Producers
Bo Yeon Kim
Erika Lippoldt
Alan McElroy
April Nocifora
Jason Zimmerman

Co-Executive Producers
Kenneth Lin ("Scavengers"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
Anne Cofell Saunders
Aaron Baiers

Executive Producers
Olatunde Osunsanmi
Frank Siracusa
John Weber
Eugene Roddenberry
Trevor Roth
Jenny Lumet
Heather Kadin
Michelle Paradise
Alex Kurtzman

Based Upon Star Trek Created by
Gene Roddenberry

Created by
Bryan Fuller
Alex Kurtzman

Executive Producers
Emma Sampson
Robyn Johnson

Production Managers
David Till
B.E. Sharp

First Assistant Director
Felix Gray ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "Su'Kal")
Patrick Tidy ("People of Earth", "Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "There is a Tide...")
Woody Sidarous ("Forget Me Not", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "That Hope is You, Part 2")

Second Assistant Director
Kevin Hourigan ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "Su'Kal")
Jeff Muhsoldt ("People of Earth", "Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "There is a Tide...")
Ben Marrello ("Forget Me Not", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "That Hope is You, Part 2")

Executive Story Editor
Sean Cochran

Staff Writers
Anthony Maranville
Chris Silvestri
Brandon Schultz

Canadian Casting by
Lisa Parasyn, CSA

Original Star Trek Theme by
Alexander Courage

Executive Consultant
Bryan Fuller

Set Decorator
Peter Nicolakakos 

Property Master
Mario Moreira

Supervising Art Director
Joshu De Cartier ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Jody Clement

Art Directors
Matt Middleton
Tanya McGowan ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Terra Firma, Part 2")
Peter Mihaichuk ("Far From Home")
Matt Morgan ("Die Trying"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

First Assistant Art Director - Graphics
Andy Tsang ("People of Earth"–"Unification III")
Bruce Wrighte ("The Sanctuary"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

First Assistant Art Directors - Illustration
Kristin Herbst ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Unification III")
Chris Penna ("People of Earth", "Forget Me Not")

First Assistant Art Directors - Concept Art
Sanford Kong ("Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 1"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
Jim Maxwell ("Unification III")

First Assistant Art Directors - Motion Graphics
Timothy Peel
Stephanie Chris
Matthew Harris
Alex Melvin
Alex Brock

First Assistant Art Directors - Set Design
Matt Morgan ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Forget Me Not")

Ahn Mur
Monica Navarrette
Esther Kao
Michael Stanek
Tijana Petrovic
Nick Augustyn
Mel St. Clair
Shirin Rashid ("People of Earth"–"Scavengers")
Anne Malee Van Koeverden ("Scavengers"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Third Assistant Directors
Ross Vivian
Kiefer Moxness
James Dalton ("Scavengers"–"The Sanctuary", "Terra Firma, Part 2"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Fourth Assistant Director
Jacklyn McBride ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Set Production Assistants
Jacklyn McBride ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Julie M. Li ("Scavengers"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
Souha Usman ("Scavengers"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Script Supervisor
Zoë Bigio ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home", "Forget Me Not", "Scavengers", "The Sanctuary", "There is a Tide...")
Lisa Burling ("People of Earth", "Die Trying", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "Su'Kal", "That Hope is You, Part 2")

A Camera Operator
Francois Daignault

B Camera Operator
Michael Carr

C Camera Operator
JP Locherer

Sound Mixer
Ao Loo

Boom Operator
Sean Armstrong

Casting Associate
Jasmine Gutierrez
Emily Johnston ("Die Trying"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Canadian Casting Assistants
Kaitlin Lane ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Forget Me Not")
Tannaz Keshavarz
Jaedie Sansom ("The Sanctuary", "That Hope is You, Part 2")

Location Manager
Melissa Warry-Smith

Assistant Location Manager
Robert Jones

Studio Manager
Josh Campbell

Location Production Assistants
Bryan Hoover
Pasquale Di Salvo

Costume Supervisor
Karen Lee
Kim Harkness

Assistant Costume Designers
Carly Nicodemo
Daina Valiulis
Michael Ground ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"The Sanctuary")
Gillian Steinhart ("Terra Firma, Part 1"–"Su'Kal")

Lead Creature Designer
Neville Page

Department Head Make-Up
Shauna Llewellyn

Department Head Hair
Ryan Reed

Make-Up Effects Department Heads
Glenn Hetrick
Mike Smithson

Prosthetic Makeup Special Effects and Specialty Armor Designed and Created by
Glenn Hetrick and Neville Page's Alchemy Studios

Production Accountant
Joanne Barrington

First Assistant Accountants - General
Rose Lister
Tim Hay
Vanna Roopchand

First Assistant Accountants - Payroll
Emily Halfon
Allyson Cameron

First Assistant Accountant - Construction
Susan Al'Thor

Second Assistant Accountants
Rebecca Pearson
Sonia Terzyan

Second Unit Director of Photography
Franco Tata ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Die Trying", "Unification III"–"Terra Firma, Part 2", "There is a Tide..."–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Adtl. Director of Photography
Crescenzo Notarile, ASC, AIC ("Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 1")

Gaffer
Heinz Gloss

First Company Grip
Robert Daprato

First Assistant A Camera
Andrew Stretch

First Assistant B Camera
Andrew Lounsbury

1st Assistant C Camera
Scott Cowan

Second Assistant A Camera
Stephen Gould

Digital Imaging Technician
Ron Schlueter

Video Coordinator
Victor Jolic

Lead VFX Supervisor
Jason Zimmerman (Emmy Award winner)

VFX Supervisor
Ante Dekovic (Emmy Award winner)

VFX Producer
Aleksandra Kochoska (Emmy Award winner)

VFX Associate Supervisor
Alex Wood (Emmy Award winner)

VFX Project Manager
Sunny Ye ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"The Sanctuary")
Shawn Ewashko ("Terra Firma, Part 1"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

VFX Lead Artist
Charles Collyer (Emmy Award winner)

Compositors
Greg Wadsworth
William Marker

Senior VFX Coordinator
Marina Abramyan

VFX Coordinators
Shawn Ewashko ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"The Sanctuary")
Peter Davis
Andrew Jacobs
Valeria Rocha

VFX Consulting Supervisor
Mahmoud Rahmana ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Production Coordinator
Alison Waxman

Script Coordinator
Dan Hindmarch

First Assistant Production Coordinators
Allison Lahav
Taylor Danton

Second Assistant Production Coordinator
Laura Miles 

Office Production Assistants
Chris Stiebel 
Kevin Hazlehurst ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Scavengers")
Bonnie Robb ("Scavengers"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
Mickey Macdonald

Storyboard Artist
Rob McCallum

Digital Asset Manager
James Jarvis

Art Department Coordinator
Taylor Flook ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Su'Kal")
Kathleen Chavel ("There is a Tide..."–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Art Department Coordinator - Motion Graphics
Robyn Richardson

Clearance Coordinator
Cassidy Watkins

Stunt Coordinator
Christopher McGuire

Flight Coordinator
Denis Lafond ("Terra Firma, Part 1"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Special Effects Coordinator
Darcy Callaghan

Silks Choreographer
Vincent Rother ("Terra Firma, Part 1")

Lead Dressers
Chris Deeley ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Scavengers")
Yurii Shevts
David Lyloff
Greg Carson

Contact Lens Supervisor
Mandy Ketcheson

Key Scenic
Jason Kirk 

Head Painters
Tim Campbell
Claire Rosa

On Set Painter
Gregory Aquila

Construction Coordinator
Paul Jefferson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Kevin McCullagh ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Head Carpenter
Joacim Orton ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"People of Earth")
Paul Jefferson ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

On Set Carpenter
Chris Edgson
Caren Aurtinan

Transportation Coordinator
 

Transportation Captain
Andrew Langevin

Transportation Co-Captain
Craig Dwyer

Iceland Second Unit Director
Jason Zimmerman ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Iceland Producer
Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Iceland Production Managers
Hjortur Grétarsson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Sindri Kjartansson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Iceland Production Coordinator
Erlingur Jack Guðmundsson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Iceland Chief Lighting Technician
Jonathan Devany ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Iceland Art Director
Atli Geir Grétarsson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")

Post Production Supervisor
Gala Goliani

Assistant Editor
Matthew Kovach ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Forget Me Not", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Nick Rucka ("Far From Home", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary")
Darrin Hallihan ("People of Earth", "Scavengers", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "There is a Tide...")
Tim Brinker ("The Sanctuary")
Brian Santistevan ("The Sanctuary", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "Su'Kal")

VFX Editors
Elaine C. Adrianos
Erika Edgerley Robbins

Post Production Coordinators
Joshua Calloway
Nicholas Estrin-Barks

Post Production Assistant
Tony Lugo

Assistants to A. Kurtzman
Monica Shapiro
T'Essence Minnitee ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Unification III")
Aviel Mann Ballo ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Assistant to M. Paradise
Agunda Okeyo ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Avi Friedman ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Assistants to H. Kadin
Tallinn Kiefer ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Die Trying")
Claire Mathiot ("People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Assistant to A. Baiers
Maggie McFarren

Executive Assistant Toronto
Cornelia Audrey

Producers' Assistant
Katherine D'Adamo ("Terra Firma, Part 2"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")

Writers' Assistants
Auriel Rudnick ("That Hope if You, Part 1"–"Forget Me Not")
Celena Cipriaso ("Die Trying"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
Carlos Cisco

Writers' PA
Eric J. Robbins

Technical Consultants
Dr. Erin Macdonald
Dr. Mohamed Noor

Dialect Coach
Marc Okrand ("That Hope is You, Part 1", "The Sanctuary", "Su'Kal", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Alan Anderson ("Far From Home", "There is a Tide...")
Jeffrey Simlett ("Forget Me Not"–"Scavengers")

Additional Dialect Coaches
Jeffrey Simlett ("That Hope is You, Part 1")
Adam Bergquist ("That Hope is You, Part 1")

Translators
Marc Okrand ("That Hope is You, Part 1", "The Sanctuary", "Su'Kal", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Alan Anderson ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home", "Scavengers")
Nick Farmer ("Forget Me Not", "Die Trying")
Jeffrey Simlett ("There is a Tide...")

Craft Services
Star Grazing Inc.

Servers
Darlene Ibbitson
Monica Madden 
Anthony Natoli

On Set Caterers
Gourmet Catering

Sound Services by
Warner Bros. Post Production Creative Services

Sound Supervisor
Matthew E. Taylor

Sound Designers
Tim Farrell
Henry Cohen

Re-Recording Mixers
Todd M. Grace, CAS
Ed C. Carr III, CAS

Mix Tech
Rick Santizo ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
Charles Hamilton ("People of Earth", "Die Trying", "Unification III", "Terra Firma, Part 1", "Su'Kal", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
Mike Jiminez ("Forget Me Not", "Scavengers", "The Sanctuary", "Terra Firma, Part 2", "There is a Tide...")

Dialogue Editor
Sean Heissinger

Foley Editor
Clay Weber

Sound Editor
Michael Schapiro

Foley Artists
Alyson Moore
Chris Moriana

Foley Mixer
Darrin Mann

Sound Assistant Editors
Deron Street
Damon Cohoon

Music Editors
Stan Jones
Moira Marquis

Score Engineer and Mixer
Michael Perfitt

Scoring Assistant
Tracie Turnbull 

Orchestrator
Amie Doherty

Orchestra Editor
Sam Lucas

Score Wrangler & Editor
Matea Prljevic 

Studio Assistance
Natalia Goldstein

Assistant to Mr. Russo
Valerie Hillsmith

Camera, Lenses, and Post Production Services by
SIM

SIM Supervising Producer
Byron Smith 

SIM Online Editor
Chad Cole

Final Colorist
Todd Bochner

Editing Systems
Pacific Post

Grip and Lighting Equipment by
Sim Lighting and Grip

Original Main Title Design by
Prologue

Main Title Design by
Picturemill

Visual Effects by
Crafty Apes 
Ghost VFX ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"People of Earth"–"That Hope is You, Part 2") 
Pixomondo ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Terra Firma, Part 2", "That Hope is You, Part 2")
DNEG TV ("People of Earth"–"Die Trying", "Unification III", "Su'Kal")
Mackevision ("Forget Me Not", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "There is a Tide...")
FX3X ("Forget Me Not"–"That Hope is You, Part 2")
The Mill ("Forget Me Not")

Produced with the Participation of the
Canadian Production Services Tax Credit
New York State Governor's Office of Motion Picture and Television Development ("That Hope is You, Part 1", "Die Trying", "Scavengers")
Film in Iceland ("That Hope is You, Part 1"–"Far From Home")
North Macedonia Film Agency ("Forget Me Not"–"There is a Tide...")
MFG Baden Württemberg ("Forget Me Not", "Die Trying", "The Sanctuary", "There is a Tide...")

Secret Hideout

Roddenberry Entertainment

CBS All Access Originals

CBS Television Studios

Uncredited 
 Tracy-Mae Chambers – Prop Sculptor
 Leslie Chung – VFX Supervisor: Crafty Apes (Emmy Award winner)
 Ivan Kondrup Jensen – VFX Supervisor: Ghost VFX (Emmy Award winner) 
 Kristen Prahl – VFX Producer: Ghost VFX (Emmy Award winner)
 Toni Pykalaniemi – VFX Supervisor: DNEG TV (Emmy Award winner)

See also 
 DIS Season 3 performers
 Star Trek: Discovery Logs, social media companion videos to market season 3

External link 

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