title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: Early leaders Chelsea had week three off, while a win by Manchester City over Queens Park Rangers left the defending champions two points off the pace. The game was a highly anticipated rematch between the two teams that squared off on the final day of the 2011–12 season, when Manchester City snatched the title on goal difference with a late goal by Sergio Agüero. This time though, it was less exciting, with Manchester City comfortably winning 3–1. Level on points with Manchester City in second place were Swansea City, who registered a 2–2 draw with Sunderland, and West Bromwich Albion, who defeated Everton 2–0.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: The fourth week of the season began with controversy, as the Chelsea v Queens Park Rangers match was fraught with racial tensions when QPR's Anton Ferdinand refused to shake hands with Chelsea's John Terry, who had been suspended for four games for using racial epithets against Ferdinand during the previous season. The teams would play out a 0–0 draw, however second place Manchester City could not gain ground as they also drew, with Stoke City.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: Week five saw Chelsea extend their league lead to 3 points with a 1–0 win over Stoke City. A late goal in the 85th minute by Ashley Cole secured the win for the Blues. Everton and West Bromwich Albion maintained control of second place, with both teams notching a win in week five, though a draw by the Baggies in week six would drop them back to fifth place, which they would share with Tottenham Hotspur following their surprise 3–2 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Chelsea, Everton, and Manchester City would all win in week six. The results table after six games would have Chelsea in the lead with 16 points, followed by Everton and Manchester City with 13 points each, and Manchester United with 12. At the bottom of the league, Liverpool forward Luis Suárez scored a hat trick against Norwich City, leading Liverpool to a 5–2 victory. It was the second consecutive year that Suárez had scored a hat trick at Carrow Road.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: The month of October saw a tightening at the top of the standings, with Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City all winning their first two of three games for the month, setting up a vital Sunday afternoon match at Stamford Bridge between third placed Manchester United and the leaders Chelsea. The game did not disappoint, as Chelsea went down 2–0 early on an own goal by David Luiz in the fourth minute and a goal by Robin van Persie in the 12th. Van Persie had also taken the shot that had rebounded off of Luiz, and thus was ultimately responsible for the Red Devil's one-goal lead at half-time, following a late first half goal by Chelsea's Juan Mata from a free kick. Eight minutes into the second half Ramires equalised for Chelsea, and in the 75th minute United's Javier Hernández scored what proved to be the deciding goal via a rebound from a missed Van Persie shot. Replays showed that Hernández was in an offside position, generating a great deal of controversy. After the game, only a single point separated leaders Chelsea from second placed Manchester United. The rest of the standings were tightly packed in mid-table as 4 points separated fourth through ninth place. Another key match in October included a fixture between Liverpool and Reading, with Liverpool winning 1–0 (with winger Raheem Sterling scoring his first goal for the club) and giving manager Brendan Rodgers his first win at Anfield in the league against Reading, a team he formerly managed. The final week of October featured the longest match in the 20-year history of the Premier League, a 103-minute game between Manchester City and Swansea that featured two serious injuries, one to the groin of Swansea keeper Michel Vorm and the other to the knee of Manchester City back Micah Richards, both of which required stretchers to carry them off. City prevailed 1–0 in the marathon event with a goal from Carlos Tevez.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: League leaders Chelsea suffered a dip in form in November. They opened the month with draws against Swansea City and Liverpool, dropping them to third in the standings. A loss to West Bromwich Albion on 17 November was marked by ineffective second half play, as the team was unable to capitalise on a late first half equaliser by Eden Hazard. The Blues closed out the month with uninspiring 0–0 draws against Manchester City and Fulham. The primary beneficiaries of Chelsea's slide were Manchester United and Manchester City, as the two rivals moved into commanding control of the first two places in the league table. Key November games included a 2–1 Manchester United win over Arsenal on 3 November, and a dominating 5–0 win by Manchester City over Aston Villa on 17 November marked by a pair of two-goal performances by Carlos Tevez and Sergio Aguero. West Bromwich Albion proved to be the biggest mover up the league table, moving from eighth up to joint third with Chelsea, on the strength of four wins over Southampton, Wigan Athletic, Chelsea, and Sunderland. At the bottom end of the table, Queens Park Rangers found themselves as the only team without a league win by the end of November.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: The month of December saw minimal change in the standings at the top end of the table. The situation by New Year's Eve with the top three places was the same as it was at the start of the month, though Manchester United had extended their lead over second place Manchester City to seven points, with Chelsea four points back from City in third place. Tottenham Hotspur occupied fourth place with Arsenal, Everton, and West Bromwich Albion all tied for fifth. Chelsea stopped their November slide with a 3–1 win at Sunderland on 8 December on the strength of two goals by Fernando Torres. The Manchester derby was renewed on 9 December at the City of Manchester Stadium with first place on the line. United took a two-goal lead thanks to two goals from Wayne Rooney in the 16th and 30th minute. City responded with a Yaya Touré goal in the 60th minute, a goal that followed two saves in rapid succession by United keeper David de Gea. Pablo Zabaleta equalised in the 86th minute, but Robin van Persie once again proved to be the hero for United, scoring the winning goal two minutes into injury time to extend United's lead over City at the top of the table to six points. The last team without a league win, Queens Park Rangers, finally got their first win of the season on 15 December.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Reading, Southampton and West Ham United, returning to the top flight after absences of four, seven and one year respectively. They replaced Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers (both teams relegated after eleven years in the top flight) and Wolverhampton Wanderers (ending their three-year top flight spell).


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, 71, received the Premier League Manager of the Season. It was his 11th win, awarded in the final season of his managerial career.


title: 2012–13 Premier League

text: Arsenal won the Premier League Fair Play Award after finishing the 2012–13 Premier League top of the Fair Play Table. The award for best behaved fans went to Norwich City for the second year running.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey is a 2018 Canadian-American crime drama film, directed by Jim Donovan. The film was released on September 30, 2018, by Lifetime in United States and by Showcase in Canada. On June 4, 2021, it was released worldwide by Netflix. The film stars Katie Douglas, Rossif Sutherland, and David James Elliott. The film recounts the true story of Lisa McVey who was abducted and raped for 26 hours by serial killer Bobby Joe Long in 1984.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: In addition to its television broadcast, the film also received a special theatrical screening in Tampa, at the very same theater where Bobby Joe Long was arrested in 1984. The screening of this movie was attended by the real Lisa McVey Noland.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: 17-year-old Lisa McVey (Katie Douglas) lives with her neglectful grandmother Diane (Kim Horsman) and Diane's boyfriend Morris Elwood (Bruno Verdoni) in Tampa Bay, Florida. Morris regularly sexually assaults Lisa and her grandmother ignores it. One night on her way home from her job at a doughnut shop, Lisa is kidnapped by Bobby Joe Long (Rossif Sutherland). He rapes her in his car before taking her back to his studio apartment. Diane reports her missing, but casually assumes she has run away.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Bobby holds Lisa captive in his apartment, keeping her bound and blindfolded while he continually rapes her. When it is revealed that Bobby has been hurt by many women in the past, Lisa uses reverse psychology to gain his trust. Meanwhile, she leaves her fingerprints on surfaces in his bathroom and strands of her hair under his bed. She also memorizes as much as she can about Bobby and his apartment when she temporarily removes her blindfold when he is sleeping.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: After 26 hours, Bobby tells Lisa he must get rid of her. He takes her to a secluded wooded area and holds a gun to her head. After hearing her plead for her life, Bobby lets her go and flees the scene in his car. Lisa memorizes her surroundings and then makes her way home. She bursts into her house telling her grandmother what happened to her, but she and Morris refuse to believe her. Diane finally calls the police and they come to get Lisa for questioning.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: At the police station, a team of detectives are working on an extensive case involving nine women who have been found dead over the past few months. Sergeant Larry Pinkerton (David James Elliott), who specializes in Sex Crime, assigns himself to Lisa's case when other detectives find her story unconvincing, considering how much detailed information she is able to provide. Pinkerton believes Lisa and also believes her abductor is the serial killer they are looking for. Pinkerton sends Lisa's clothes for forensic testing; fibers on them match the fibers found on all bodies of the nine dead women.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Pinkerton and Lisa grow closer over time. She also confides in him about what is happening at home and Morris is later arrested for child abuse. Pinkerton removes Lisa from Diane's home and puts her in protective housing for young adults. Over the next few days, Lisa takes Pinkerton through her ordeal, starting in the parking lot where she was abducted and recalling the turns she remembers Bobby making on the drive to his apartment. Not long after, she discovers the tree where she was left and the police set up a two-mile radius search.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Pinkerton's deputy searches the area and spots a car similar to the one Lisa described Bobby driving. He manages to take a photograph of Bobby, allowing Lisa to positively ID him. Forensics later search his apartment and find all forensic evidence Lisa left behind. On November 16, 1984, Bobby is arrested outside a movie theater. Lisa is applauded for her bravery and ability to help with the case.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Pinkerton offers Lisa a place at his house but she politely declines, and goes to live with her Aunt Carol and Uncle Jim. She tells Pinkerton he hasn't seen the last of her and the two share an emotional goodbye before she drives away.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: A postscript revealed that Lisa lived happily with Aunt Carol, Uncle Jim, and Lorrie for many years. Pinkerton remains friends with Lisa to this day. As it shows an adult Lisa near the same tree before she drives off, the post-script continues by stating that Lisa became a deputy sergeant in Sex Crimes, working to protect young people from situations similar to hers. Bobby Joe Long remains on death row. A later airing of this film added that he was eventually executed in prison via lethal injection in 2019.


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best TV Movie and Best Writing in a Television Film (Christina Welsh), at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. It was also nominated for Best Lead Performance in a Television Film or Miniseries (Douglas), Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series or Program (Sutherland), Best Direction in a Television Film (Donovan), and Best Photography in a Drama Program or Series (Sasha Moric).


title: Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

text: Douglas received an ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress from ACTRA's Toronto chapter in 2019. The film received three Directors Guild of Canada award nominations, for Best Production Design in a Television Film (Helen Kotsonis), Best Editing in a Television Film (Lisa Grootenboer) and Best Sound Editing in a Television Film (Brian Eimer, Michael Bonini).


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong (born 2 March 1970) is an English actor, comedian, radio personality, television presenter and singer. He is the host of the BBC One game show "Pointless", as well as the morning show on Classic FM.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: He is one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. Armstrong's television credits include "Armstrong and Miller", "Beast", "Life Begins", "Hunderby" and "Danger Mouse". He is also known as the voice of Mr Smith, Sarah Jane Smith's alien (Xylok) supercomputer in "The Sarah Jane Adventures" and the series 4 finale of "Doctor Who".


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Alexander Henry Fenwick Armstrong was born in Rothbury, Northumberland, on 2 March 1970, the youngest of three children, to physician Henry Angus Armstrong and Emma Virginia Peronnet (née Thompson-McCausland). The Armstrongs are a North East landowning family distantly related to The 1st Baron Armstrong. Armstrong's maternal grandparents were economist Lucius Thompson-McCausland and Helen Laura McCausland (6 April 1903 – February 2000), granddaughter of Captain Conolly Thomas McCausland (13 May 1828 – 25 June 1902) and Hon. Laura St. John (12 June 1842 – 21 October 1919), daughter of The 15th Baron St John of Bletso. The McCausland family held land at Drenagh in County Londonderry.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong was educated at Mowden Hall School in Stocksfield, Northumberland, and St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh, where he was a chorister at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral from the ages of 11 to 13. He attended Durham School and Trinity College, Cambridge, on music scholarships. He played the piano – which has been seen in several "The Armstrong and Miller Show" sketches – and the cello, the latter of which he dropped in favour of the "much more masculine" oboe.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: At Cambridge, Armstrong studied English, receiving a third-class degree, and sang bass baritone as a choral scholar with the college choir. Armstrong joined the Footlights in his final year as part of the writing team for the 1992 revue and was "Spooks" creator David Wolstencroft's comedy partner.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: After graduating in 1992, Armstrong moved to London with friends to pursue a career in acting and comedy. While waiting for acting roles, he worked in several north London bars and restaurants. He was eventually introduced to Ben Miller, who had also moved to London, through Jez Butterworth. In 1996, Armstrong and Miller performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and were nominated for the Perrier Award.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong and Miller co-starred in four series of "Armstrong and Miller" from 1997 to 2001, while also performing sketches in "The Sunday Format". The duo decided to take a break and split for several years to forge their own solo careers. Armstrong renewed his partnership with Miller for the award-winning "The Armstrong and Miller Show" in 2007. "The Armstrong and Miller Book" was released in October 2010.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong appeared in BBC Radio 4's "The Very World of Milton Jones", broadcast between 1998 and 2001. He narrated the animated cartoon series "The Big Knights" in 1999; it first appeared on BBC1 that Christmas. That same year he also starred as Prince Charming in ITV's Christmas pantomime, alongside Ben Miller, Samantha Janus, Paul Merton, Harry Hill, Frank Skinner and Ronnie Corbett. Between early 2000 and early 2001, Armstrong starred as a misanthropic, animal-hating vet in the BBC One sitcom "Beast", and he has also been the star of a series of TV commercials for Pimm's.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: On BBC Radio 4, Armstrong played John Weak in the office sitcom "Weak at the Top". He also played Martin Baine-Jones for the Times Online's "Timeghost" podcast. Between September and November 2010, Armstrong took "The Armstrong and Miller Show" on tour in the UK, completing 62 dates. This was the second time "The Armstrong and Miller Show" had toured, the first tour being in autumn 2001.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: On 1 September 2006, Armstrong was chairman of the short-lived Channel 4 panel show "Best of the Worst" which featured team captains David Mitchell and Johnny Vaughan. Armstrong presented the short-lived ITV1 quiz series "Don't Call Me Stupid", in which mismatched celebrities taught each other a subject they are passionate about before facing a studio quiz on their new topic. He has been a frequent guest host on the BBC's satirical "Have I Got News for You", having appeared 32 times; he has, to date, made the most appearances of any guest, whether as host or panelist. In 2008, he was the presenter and narrator for "When Were We Funniest?" and was the only person to feature in all 12 episodes. Armstrong in "The Independent" was reported to not want to be "pigeonholed" as a presenter, preferring to focus on acting and comedy.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong has been the presenter of the BBC One game show "Pointless" with former university friend Richard Osman since it began in 2009. He also presented a documentary, "Alexander Armstrong's Very British Holiday", for the BBC on 8 November 2009 about the history of the "great British summer holiday" and his attempts to explore its modern version. On 30 May 2011, Armstrong hosted the pilot for a new panel show, "Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask" for Dave with Dave Lamb, Katy Brand, Griff Rhys Jones and Robert Webb. After a positive response to the pilot, Dave commissioned the first series, which first aired on 6 February 2012. In July 2011, Armstrong became a co-presenter on BBC One's "The Great British Weather". In August 2011, he began presenting "Epic Win" on BBC One.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In 2012–2013, Armstrong co-hosted ITV series "Prize Island" with Emma Willis. On the 3rd January 2015, Armstrong and Rochelle Humes co-hosted entertainment special "Frank Sinatra: Our Way" on BBC One. In September of 2014, it was announced that Armstrong would succeed David Jason as the voice of Danger Mouse in the 2015 revival of the 1980s animated series


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: On 1 June 2015, Armstrong presented a documentary, "Rome's Invisible City", which used 3D scanning technology to discover the underground spaces below the city. Subsequently, it was announced that Armstrong would be making a three-part series exploring the lost and hidden sites of Florence, Naples, and Venice.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In 2015, Armstrong presented a three-part factual series for ITV, called "Land of the Midnight Sun", in which he travelled half-way round the Arctic Circle meeting its inhabitants and exploring their ways of life. In January 2016, he guest presented "Bruce's Hall of Fame" on BBC One.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong has done other voiceover work, including Mr Wolf and Captain Dog in "Peppa Pig" and he is the narrator of "Hey Duggee".


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: After over a decade in television and comedy, Armstrong returned to his musical roots and put together his own cover band, which plays a wide range of music from jazz to rock to pop classics. A classically trained bass baritone, he is the vocalist and is backed up by Harry the Piano on keyboards, Simon Bates on woodwind, Jeff Lardner on drums and Dave Swift on bass. The band's first tour ran from 19 September to 6 November 2013.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong mainly sang at his local parish church services or at weddings, away from the public eye. Armstrong impersonated Susan Boyle's "Britain's Got Talent" rendition of "I Dreamed a Dream" in the show "Your Face Sounds Familiar" and surprised the judges by singing in falsetto. He sang "Winter Wonderland" during the celebrities Christmas special of "Pointless" and "No Rhyme for Richard" from "Blondel" in BBC Two's "Tim Rice: A Life in Song" and collaborated with The Sixteen to record the single "Good King Wenceslas" to raise funds for the charity Crisis.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Since September 2014, Armstrong has presented the Saturday afternoon programme on the classical radio station Classic FM. He now also presents the mid-morning show on weekdays between 9am and noon.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Armstrong participated in "" on 9 May 2015, a televised commemorative concert from Horse Guards Parade in London, where he sang "We Must All Stick Together" by Ralph Butler and Raymond Wallace, and "London Pride", a patriotic song by Noël Coward. He sang in "Songs of Praise: The Big Sing", broadcast on 20 September 2015, a special programme from the Royal Albert Hall to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II becoming the world's longest-serving monarch. Armstrong sang "I Would Be True".


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: On 6 November 2015, Armstrong released his debut solo vocal album, "A Year of Songs", on Warner Music Group's East West Records label. It reached number 6 on the UK Albums Chart in its first week and topped the UK Classical Chart, the first time a comedian/actor has reached number 1 in that chart. In January and February 2016 he carried out a 9-date UK tour with his band.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In June 2016 he began recording his second album, "Upon a Different Shore", which was released on 28 October. It reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In December 2017, he joined the long list of celebrities who have narrated Prokofiev's Peter and The Wolf for children. Armstrong's version was recorded under the Warner Classics label with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In 1997, Armstrong and Miller provided the voices for lead characters for the PC game 'Wings of Destiny', published by Psygnosis in 2000, as British airmen and Nazi officers covering the two comic-book plots in the game. From 2002 to 2009, Armstrong appeared in a series of British television adverts for the drink Pimm's. With Miller, he has formed a production company called "Toff Media".


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In 2002, Armstrong provided the voice for the character Horse in the English dub of the series "A Town Called Panic".


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: "The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World" was published in the UK by Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, in October 2012.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: Also, in 2012, Armstrong was the voice of Professor M for the animation breaks for the McLaren F1 team, with the animations called "Tooned" (also featuring the voices of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button) broadcast on Sky Sports F1.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: On 27 August 2003, Armstrong married Hannah Bronwen Snow, a stay-at-home mother; they have four sons.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In February 2011, Armstrong became President of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne and launched their million pound appeal at a special gala event. He is a patron of several charities, including Family Links, the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust and Just A Drop.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In an interview with "The Independent" in March 2012, Armstrong spoke of his support for the rural campaigning organisation the Countryside Alliance, saying "I'd like people to be honest about what they don't like about country sports because if it's actually the people you don't like, then I'd much rather they would actually just say that." He has appeared in their advertisements and magazine to promote countryside shooting. He said that his family had traditionally voted for the Liberal Democrats. Armstrong described himself as a "floating voter", stating "I'm not greatly impressed by party politics, but I am by individual people. I'm a centrist, and very suspicious of any tribalism."


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In August 2014, Armstrong was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to "The Guardian" expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.


title: Alexander Armstrong

text: In 2017, Armstrong urged the UK government to do more to support music education and therapy, saying "in the weft and weave of politics I think these sorts of human stories get shoved to one side, but we have to make sure they are right up front and centre. It's not all about Brexit."


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Tyrod Diallo Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Virginia Tech, leading the Hokies to the 2009 Orange Bowl as a Sophomore and 2011 Orange Bowl during his senior year. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and served as the backup to starting quarterback Joe Flacco, including during the Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII victory over the San Francisco 49ers.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor was signed by the Buffalo Bills as a free agent in 2015, taking over the starting quarterback duties that season and earning a Pro Bowl appearance. In 2017, he helped the Bills make their first playoff berth in 17 years. He was traded to the Cleveland Browns in March 2018, with the Bills drafting Josh Allen to replace him. Taylor subsequently earned the starting position for the Browns, Los Angeles Chargers, and later the Houston Texans, but was sidelined due to injuries all three times and replaced by rookies Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert, and Davis Mills respectively.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: At Hampton High School, in Hampton, Virginia, Taylor was a three-sport athlete in football, basketball, and track. In football, he helped lead the team as a quarterback, while also becoming the team's kick returner and safety. During his four years as starter, he led the team to a 34–4 record. He accumulated 7,690 yards of offense and scored 100 total touchdowns. He passed for 5,144 yards and 44 touchdowns, while rushing for 2,546 yards and 56 touchdowns.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: When Taylor graduated from Hampton in 2007, he was rated as the No. 1 dual-threat quarterback at Rivals.com. ESPN.com rated him the No. 3 overall quarterback, while Scout.com said he's the nation's seventh-best passer. Taylor, who is 6'1" and 200 pounds, ran a 4.55-second 40-yard dash.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor narrowed his final two choices down to Virginia Tech and the University of Florida, and chose to attend Virginia Tech.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: During Taylor's freshman year, Taylor shared time for most of the season with the junior quarterback Sean Glennon.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor's first action of college football came in the game against the LSU Tigers on September 8, 2007. In that game, Taylor completed 7-of-18 passes for 62 yards, rushed for 44 yards on nine attempts including his first collegiate touchdown. After that game, Tyrod was named the starter by head coach Frank Beamer. In his first collegiate start against Ohio, Tyrod threw for 287 yards, adding a rushing touchdown.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: One of Taylor's early accolades was rushing for 92 yards and a touchdown as well as passing for 204 yards and two touchdowns in leading Virginia Tech to its first victory against Florida State in two decades. The win was the first ever for Frank Beamer against Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On October 13, in the second quarter of a game against Duke, Taylor suffered a high ankle sprain which forced him to miss two games. Taylor returned in a game at Georgia Tech, but did not start for the rest of the season and rotated time with starter Sean Glennon.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Throughout the season, Taylor accumulated 1,356 total yards, including 927 passing and 429 rushing. He completed 72-of-134 passing attempts, for a completion percentage of 53.7. He scored 11 touchdowns during the year, five passing and six rushing.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Coming into the 2008 season, Taylor was intended to be redshirted. After Virginia Tech's loss to East Carolina University though, his redshirt was taken off due to Tech's need for more offense. Taylor's first appearance of the season came in the second game of the season against Furman, where he rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown. His first sophomore start came in the following week against Georgia Tech.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: After starting every game of the 2008 season leading up to the Florida State game on October 25, Taylor suffered a high ankle sprain on the first play of the Florida State game. Sean Glennon relieved Taylor at the quarterback position after this setback. While Glennon got the start versus Miami, Taylor split time with Glennon and led a crucial fourth quarter to make it a two-point game 16–14. However, he was sacked in a crucial 4th and 3 with less than two minutes to go. After the loss, Taylor started against Duke. After committing five turnovers in the first half, he was pulled from the game and replaced by Sean Glennon. Taylor then started next week at Virginia. He performed well including a 73-yard run. He was 12-for-18 for 137 yards and one touchdown while rushing 16 times for 137 yards. He then started in the ACC Championship Game win over Boston College and was named the ACC Championship Game MVP. On January 1, 2009, he led the Hokies to a 20–7 victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats in the 2009 Orange Bowl. Overall, he finished his sophomore season with 1,036 passing yards with two touchdowns and seven interceptions.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: During his junior season, Taylor led the Hokies to a 9–3 regular season record and a 2nd-place finish in the Coastal Division of the ACC. The Hokies played the Tennessee Volunteers in the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl and won 37–14, finishing with a final record of 10–3. After climbing as high as #4 in the rankings, Tech lost back to back games against Georgia Tech and North Carolina, but finished the season ranked 10th in both the AP and USA Today Top 25 polls. In the 2009 season, he finished with 2,311 passing yards, 13 touchdowns, and five interceptions. After his junior season, he had a 23–5 career record at Virginia Tech, which was the second most wins of all time for a starting quarterback at Virginia Tech.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor's senior season began with two heartbreaking losses to Boise State at FedExField and at home to Division I-FCS James Madison. Taylor was 15-of-22 for 186 yards and two touchdowns, along with 73 yards on the ground, against Boise State, but was unable to respond following a Broncos score with 1:03 remaining. However, Taylor ultimately led the Hokies to a remarkable turnaround season, winning 11 consecutive games after the 0–2 start. The 2010 Hokies became the first ACC team to finish with an undefeated 8–0 record in ACC play in 10 years. They became ACC Champions for the fourth time in seven seasons with a 44–33 win over Florida State in the 2010 ACC Championship Game in Charlotte. Overall, in his final collegiate season, he had 2,743 passing yards, 24 touchdowns, and five interceptions. Taylor finished the regular season as ACC Player of the Year and ACC Championship Game Most Valuable Player.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor participated in the 2011 East-West Shrine Game. He completed four of his five passes for 59 yards.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor was drafted in the sixth round with the 180th overall pick by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2011 NFL Draft. He was the 11th quarterback to be selected that year. The Ravens previously acquired the pick from the St. Louis Rams in a trade that sent Mark Clayton to St. Louis. The Ravens played him at quarterback in spite of the fact many of the other 31 teams believed he would better be suited at wide receiver instead.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: In his first pre-season start against the Atlanta Falcons, Taylor left with a shoulder injury. Early tests revealed no separation and his injury was characterized as a contusion.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor played in his first regular season game on December 4, 2011, in a victory over the Cleveland Browns. He rushed for a two-yard gain. He appeared on December 18 and threw his first-ever regular season pass, an 18-yard completion to Anquan Boldin for the final play of the game. He also lined up as a wide receiver for one play against the Indianapolis Colts.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On December 30, 2012, Flacco was rested for most of the Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, offering Taylor significant playing time. Taylor scored his first career touchdown on a one-yard bootleg in the fourth quarter. However, Taylor also threw a crucial interception to defensive end Carlos Dunlap, which Dunlap returned for a touchdown. The Ravens lost the game against the Bengals by a score of 23–17. Taylor, as a backup, went on to earn a championship ring when the Ravens eventually won Super Bowl XLVII over the San Francisco 49ers.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor had a decent preseason in 2013 when he completed 21-of-36 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns with two interceptions. He also showed his versatility as a runner using designed runs and scrambles while rushing for 66 yards on 15 carries. His strong preseason performance allowed him to keep his job as the Ravens backup quarterback for the third straight season.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor did not see any action in the 2013 season until Week 10, in a win against the Cincinnati Bengals. He ran an end-around handoff from Flacco for a gain of 18 yards, which was the longest run by any Ravens player in that game. In Week 12 against the New York Jets, Taylor played 12 total snaps, five at quarterback. He gained seven yards on four carries though he did have a 17-yard first down run in the first quarter. His total yardage was brought down by two second half runs where he lost 13 yards. He also had one reception for six yards. On December 22, 2013, Taylor would enter the game for Flacco during a blowout loss to the New England Patriots. On his very first snap, Gino Gradkowski snapped it too far to the right, and was recovered by New England for a touchdown. He finished the 41–7 loss, completing 1-of-4 passes for two yards and an interception that the Patriots defense returned for a touchdown.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor's only action in the 2014 season was during a Week 6 48–17 blowout victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Taylor came in during the fourth quarter to relieve Flacco.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On March 12, 2015, Taylor signed a three-year, $3.35 million contract with the Buffalo Bills. On August 31, 2015, Taylor was named starting quarterback of the Bills for the 2015 season by head coach Rex Ryan, beating out former Bills first round pick EJ Manuel and veteran Matt Cassel after a preseason quarterback competition among the three candidates.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: In Week 1, Taylor completed 14-of-19 passes for 195 yards and one touchdown while also rushing for 41 yards as the Bills beat the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 27–14. The next week against the New England Patriots Taylor threw 30 passes, completing 23 passes and throwing three touchdowns while throwing three interceptions in a 40–32 loss. Taylor also added 43 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Taylor had the best game of his career so far in a 41–14 win over the Miami Dolphins. He completed 21 of his 29 attempts with three touchdowns and no interceptions while adding 12 rushing yards.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: During a Week 5 come-from-behind victory over the Tennessee Titans, Taylor became only the fifth quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 100 yards, run for at least 70 yards and catch a pass in a single game. His jersey from the game was sent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. The following week it was reported that Taylor had suffered an MCL injury during the game, with the expectation that he would miss the Bills' Week 6 match-up against the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals, and then be re-evaluated the next week.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor returned to action Week 9 and led the Bills to a 33–17 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Taylor finished 11-for-12 with 181 passing yards and a passing touchdown to go along with a career-high 146.5 passer rating. In the win, Taylor also set the franchise record for completion percentage in a single game, completing 91.7% of his passes.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor set the Bills' franchise record for consecutive passes without an interception in the third quarter of a Week 13 win against the Houston Texans. The previous record had been held by Drew Bledsoe since 2002. The streak ended on the last pass of the game in a Week 14 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles (222). The Bills were eliminated from playoff contention the very next week after a 35–25 loss to the Washington Redskins. In Week 16, Taylor set the Bills franchise record for most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback, and he became the first Bills quarterback with over 500 yards rushing in a season. The Bills finished 8–8 on the year, only the third time they finished .500 or above consecutive years since the late 1990s.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor finished the 2015 season completing 63.7 percent of his passes, while throwing for over 3,000 yards, with 20 touchdowns to just six interceptions. He added 568 rushing yards on the ground.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On January 25, 2016, Taylor and teammate offensive lineman Eric Wood were selected to the Pro Bowl. They replaced Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and Panthers center Ryan Kalil, who were playing in Super Bowl 50. In the Pro Bowl, Taylor completed 8-of-14 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw three interceptions.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor entered training camp as the starting quarterback for the Bills in the final year of his original Bills contract, as the third year of his deal was voided when he played more than 50% of the snaps in the 2015 season. On August 12, 2016, Taylor signed a six-year contract extension worth $92 million with the Bills. The contract contained an option after the first year, however. On Christmas Eve, against the Miami Dolphins, he passed for a career-high 329 yards and three touchdowns in the 34–31 overtime loss. Taylor completed 269-of-436 passes for 3,023 yards and 17 touchdowns with six interceptions in the 2016 season. In addition, he rushed for 580 yards and six touchdowns. He was made inactive for the final game of the season due to a clause in his contract that would make his 2017 salary guaranteed if he suffered a serious injury. At the time of the game, he already had a groin injury that could require surgery. On January 5, 2017, Taylor had surgery to repair a core muscle issue. Taylor was selected as a 2017 Pro Bowl alternate, but he declined the invitation due to injury.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: After the firing of Rex Ryan, it was widely speculated that the Bills would either trade Taylor or decline his option. Nonetheless, the Bills and Taylor agreed to restructure his contract, keeping Taylor signed with the team until the end of the 2018 season. Taylor sustained a concussion early in the third preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens, but was able to recover in time to start in the Week 1 game against the New York Jets.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: During the Week 7 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Taylor helped lead the Bills to a fourth-quarter comeback, driving the offense 75 yards downfield for the game-tying touchdown with less than three minutes remaining. The Buccaneers fumbled on their next possession, setting up the Bills' game-winning field goal by Steven Hauschka. Taylor finished the game with 268 passing yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 53 yards. On November 2, he had a career-high 29 completions on 40 attempts for 285 yards and two passing touchdowns to go along with 35 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown in a 31–24 loss to the New York Jets.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On November 15, following a blowout loss to the New Orleans Saints in which Taylor only threw for 56 yards, the Bills announced that Taylor would be benched in favor of rookie Nathan Peterman. However, Peterman threw five interceptions during his first start against the Los Angeles Chargers and was replaced by Taylor at halftime. Taylor returned to the Bills' starting lineup in Week 12. During Week 13 against the New England Patriots, Taylor was limited to only 65 passing yards and was carted off the field after aggravating a knee injury initially suffered in the first quarter. He was relieved by Peterman for the remainder of the game as the Bills lost 23–3. Due to the knee injury, Taylor was inactive for Week 14, but returned as the starter in Week 15. The Bills finished the season with a 9–7 record, clinching their first playoff berth since 1999.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: In the against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Taylor had 134 passing yards and an interception before leaving the 10–3 loss with a concussion.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On March 9, 2018, the Bills agreed to trade Taylor to the Cleveland Browns for a 2018 third-round draft pick. The deal became official five days later, on March 14, at the start of the NFL year.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Despite drafting quarterback Baker Mayfield first overall in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Browns committed to Taylor as their season starter. In his first start against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Taylor helped the Browns snap a 17-game losing streak dating back to 2016, but the game ended in a 21–21 tie. Taylor completed 15 of 40 pass attempts for 197 yards, a touchdown, and an interception while also rushing for 77 yards and a touchdown.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor was injured in Week 3 against the New York Jets, which prompted Mayfield to take over at quarterback en route to the Browns finally winning their first game since 2016. Taylor appeared in only one other game in the 2018 season, completing an 11-yard pass against the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 9.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On March 13, 2019, Taylor signed a two-year, $11 million contract with the Los Angeles Chargers, reuniting with former offensive coordinator and one-time interim head coach Anthony Lynn. In Week 14, in the 45–10 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Taylor came into the game in relief of Philip Rivers and threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Virgil Green.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Following a shortened training camp leading up to the 2020 season, and with Rivers having signed with the Indianapolis Colts in free agency, Lynn named Taylor the Chargers' starter going into the season over rookie first-round pick Justin Herbert.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Making his first start since Week 3 of the 2018 season, Taylor completed 16 of 30 passes for 208 yards as the Chargers defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 16–13 in Week 1. Taylor suffered a rib injury during pre-game warmups the following week before a matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs and was hospitalized, leaving Herbert to start at the last minute. Days later, it was revealed the Chargers' team doctor accidentally punctured Taylor's lung while administering a painkiller injection prior to the game. On October 8, Lynn announced that Herbert would be the starter for the remainder of the season.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor saw brief action during a Week 9 game against the Las Vegas Raiders. Following a touchdown, Taylor came in on a two-point conversion attempt after Herbert was briefly sidelined after taking a hit. The two-point conversion attempt failed and Herbert returned the following series; the Chargers lost 31–26.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On March 22, 2021, Taylor signed a one-year contract with the Houston Texans. He was reunited with Texans' new head coach David Culley, who previously coached Taylor as the quarterbacks coach with the Buffalo Bills in 2017. On September 6, 2021, head coach David Culley announced Taylor the Week 1 starting quarterback due to legal issues regarding starting quarterback Deshaun Watson. In his first start with the Texans, Taylor finished 21-of-33 for 291 yards and two touchdowns along with 41 rushing yards in a 37–21 upset victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars. In Week 2, against the Cleveland Browns, Taylor suffered a hamstring injury in the first half and was replaced by rookie quarterback Davis Mills for the rest of the game. He was placed on injured reserve on September 21. He was activated on November 6. During the team's Week 13 game against the Indianapolis Colts, Taylor was benched in the third quarter in favor of Mills; Taylor finished the game 5-of-13 for 45 yards with an interception. Houston would go on to lose the game 31–0, the team's second shutout loss of the season. On December 10, Culley announced Mills will be the starter for the rest of the season.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: On March 17, 2022, Taylor signed a two-year contract worth $11 million with the New York Giants. Taylor made his regular season in the game debut at quarterback in the third quarter of the fourth game of the season, during which he was concussed and was subsequently put into NFL concussion protocol. It was his fourth concussion in five years. He had come into play in the second half to replace the Giants' starter Daniel Jones who had just sustained a sprained ankle.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Despite a smaller-than-average frame for an NFL quarterback, Taylor has received praise for his work ethic, elusiveness in the pocket and as a runner, and athleticism. He is also noted for his low turnover rate (the second lowest among passers with at least 1,000 attempts as of 2019), though critics also point out his conservative playing style, often labeling him as a "game manager" in a similar mold as players such as Alex Smith.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Taylor lists Steve Young, Warren Moon, Michael Vick, and Allen Iverson as his biggest athletic inspirations. He is a Christian, having been raised in the faith by his parents. In 2020, Taylor made a $25,000 contribution via his foundation to the Virginia Peninsula Foodbank during the COVID-19 pandemic.


title: Tyrod Taylor

text: Upon joining the Browns and being featured on "Hard Knocks", a minor controversy on how to pronounce Taylor's first name emerged. While the vast majority of people, including TV analysts and Taylor's father and coaches, had been pronouncing it ""TIE-rod"" for years, Browns guard Joel Bitonio and fourth-string quarterback Brogan Roback were heard on the show pronouncing it ""tuh-ROD"", which was supported by Taylor's mother and the Browns' senior vice president of operations. When asked about it, Taylor quipped that while he had heard ""TIE-rod"" most of his life and went with it, his mother gave him the name ""tuh-ROD"", but that she "doesn't call [him] by [his] first name".


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The third season of the American television series "" follows the crew of the USS "Discovery" as they travel to the future, more than 900 years after the events of "", and learn that Starfleet has been nearly destroyed by a cataclysmic event called "The Burn" that has left the galaxy disconnected. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment, with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise serving as showrunners.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, first officer of the "Discovery", along with the returning Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Wilson Cruz. They are joined by David Ajala and Rachael Ancheril. The season was ordered in February 2019, with Paradise promoted to co-showrunner alongside series co-creator Kurtzman. They ended the with the "Discovery" travelling to the future, beyond existing "Star Trek" continuity, which allowed them to explore a new time period for the franchise including new designs and technology from production designer Phillip Barker. The season introduces the first explicitly non-binary and transgender "Star Trek" characters, respectively portrayed by recurring guests Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander. Filming took place from July 2019 to February 2020 in Toronto, Canada, and on location in Iceland. "Star Trek: Discovery" was the first visual effects-heavy series to go through post-production during the COVID-19 pandemic, with work on the season's visual effects, as well as editing and music, taking place remotely.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The 13-episode season premiered on the streaming service CBS All Access on October 15, 2020, and concluded on January 7, 2021. It was estimated to be the most in-demand All Access series of 2020, and received positive reviews for its new setting which critics felt had freed the series from the franchise's existing continuity and allowed it to tell the story it was meant to tell. Other praise went to the season's real-world parallels and cast (especially Martin-Green, as well as the introduction of Ajala, del Barrio, and Alexander), while Burnham's character development and the resolution of major issues received mixed responses. It won a Primetime Emmy Award for its visual effects, and received several other awards and nominations. A was announced in October 2020, and the third season also sets-up a to star recurring guest Michelle Yeoh.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: On February 27, 2019, CBS All Access renewed "" for a third season, shortly after the premiered, citing the positive fan response to the premiere as well as the service's increased subscription count in that time. After joining the series in the second season, writer Michelle Paradise was promoted to co-showrunner for the third alongside series co-creator Alex Kurtzman. Kurtzman explained that Paradise had been essential to his process during the second season, becoming a partner for him while he oversaw multiple "Star Trek" series in addition to showrunning "Discovery". By the end of the second season he felt that Paradise was already running "Discovery" with him, so it was an easy transition to her becoming official co-showrunner during the third season. In October, Kurtzman said the season would have 13 episodes, and this was unlikely to be extended as happened for the previous two seasons. The season was produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Kurtzman's production company, Secret Hideout, as well as Roddenberry Entertainment.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The writers room for the season included Jenny Lumet, Anne Cofell Saunders, Ken Lin, Alan McElroy, Kirsten Beyer, Brandon Schultz, Erika Lippoldt, Bo Yeon Kim, Chris Silvestri, Anthony Maranville, Sean Cochran, and Kalinda Vazquez. They began work at the end of February 2019, at Kurtzman's Secret Hideout offices in Santa Monica. Astrophysicist Erin Macdonald and biologist Mohamed Noor consulted on the season, after joining the "Star Trek" franchise as general science advisors, as did frequent "Star Trek" linguist Marc Okrand who helped develop the season's alien languages, such as Kelpien. After working in the writers room for the series "Snowfall", author Walter Mosley was hired by Kurtzman for a similar role on the third season of "Discovery". Mosley worked for three weeks before he was notified by CBS of a complaint that had been made against him by another writer for Mosley's use of the word "nigger" while telling a story. CBS told Mosley this was a fireable offence, but said no further action would be taken if he did not use the word again outside of a script. Mosley chose to leave the series, quitting without informing Kurtzman and Paradise. He explained his decision in an op-ed for "The New York Times" in September 2019. Mosley did not identify the series in the op-ed, but CBS confirmed that it was "Discovery" in their response.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The second season ended with the USS "Discovery" traveling over 900 years into the future, freeing the series from the continuity of previous "Star Trek" stories and allowing it to explore a new time period. Kurtzman compared this decision to that of the film "Star Trek" (2009)—on which he worked as a writer—starting a new timeline to avoid established continuity. Star Sonequa Martin-Green described the new setting as a "blank slate". In October 2020, Kurtzman revealed that the season takes place following a cataclysmic event, the Burn, that separated people and changed the way that they communicate. He noted that this is "exactly what we are going through right now" with the COVID-19 pandemic, though the season was produced before the pandemic began. Paradise said the season's main theme was the importance of connections, including family and cultural connections.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The writers knew that the protagonist, Martin-Green's Michael Burnham, would become captain of "Discovery" eventually and decided that they wanted that to happen at the end of the third season. They wanted to give her the best arc possible by first taking the character far away from that goal. The first episode focuses on Burnham, alone in the future until she meets new character Cleveland "Book" Booker, with the rest of the "Discovery" crew being the focus of the second episode. They are reunited with Burnham in the third, which is set one year after the events of the first episode for Burnham. Burnham declines to become captain then, deferring to Saru who was the acting captain at the end of the second season. Burnham spends the first half of the season questioning her place on "Discovery" and trying to reconcile her role on the ship with the year she spent with Book. She recommits to Starfleet in "Unification III", and the rest of the season builds to her becoming captain. Saru's storyline focuses on his connection to other Kelpiens and his home planet of Kaminar, and he ends the season with Su'Kal on Kaminar. Paradise said this was not necessarily a way to bring Saru's story "full circle", and was more a way to show his natural progression from his brief interactions with other Kelpiens in the previous seasons.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Kurtzman explained that to star Michelle Yeoh as Philippa Georgiou was not expected to be made until after the third season of "Discovery" was completed. Executive producer Heather Kadin said Yeoh's third-season role could lead to a direct tie-in with the spin-off. "Discovery" writers Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt were expected to showrun the spin-off, and developed Georgiou's character arc in the third season. It ends with her being written out of the series in the two-part episode "". They wanted a "timey-wimey solution" for sending Georgiou to her new destination, and chose the Guardian of Forever from the "" episode "The City on the Edge of Forever". "Discovery" introduces a new personification of the Guardian called "Carl", named for and inspired by astronomer and author Carl Sagan. "Terra Firma" was given as an example of the season's more episodic approach, with each episode having a central character, villain, or standalone story that is connected to the season-long mystery of what caused the Burn. Other examples include "People of Earth", in which Earth is treated like a planet of the week, and the focus on Vulcan culture in "Unification III". Paradise said this approach allowed some characters to be explored that usually would not be. The Burn being an accident caused by a child was inspired by the Ursula K. Le Guin short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" (1973), while the holographic simulation that Su'Kal lives in was inspired by "The Matrix" (1999).


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: When asked if the series would directly tie-in with "", Kurtzman said it would not, but there would be references to previous "Star Trek" series. These include a mention of the Temporal Wars from "", which take place during the 31st century. That was the furthest the franchise had gone into the future until this season, which is set in the 32nd century. The season reveals that a temporal agent crossed over from the alternate timeline created during the events of the film "Star Trek" (2009), which is the first reference to the film franchise's alternate reality made by a "Star Trek" series. The episode "Unification III" serves as an informal sequel to the two-part "" episode "", which saw Burnham's brother Spock begin to unify the Vulcan and Romulan people; in "Unification III", the planet Vulcan has been renamed Ni'Var and is home to both Vulcans and Romulans, including the Qowat Milat, a sect of Romulan warrior nuns that were introduced in "Picard". Kadin stated before the season's premiere that the "" short "Calypso" was set around the same time as the season, and there was a chance that Aldis Hodge could reprise his role from the short, but Paradise later said "Calypso" is actually set many years after the season. Instead, the season foreshadows "Calypso" by showing the Sphere data from the second season beginning to integrate with "Discovery", becoming the advanced artificial intelligence Zora that was introduced in the short.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The season stars the returning Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, Doug Jones as Saru, Anthony Rapp as Paul Stamets, Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly, and Wilson Cruz as Hugh Culber. They are joined by David Ajala, who was announced as new series regular Cleveland "Book" Booker in July 2019. Book helps introduce the season's new setting, and is also a love interest for Burnham that the writers hoped would bring out new sides to her character in contrast to her tumultuous relationship with Ash Tyler in the previous seasons. Rachael Ancheril is also credited as starring for her appearances in the season, reprising her recurring guest role as Nhan from the second season. She is written out of the season in the fifth episode. Inside the holographic simulation that the characters enter in "Su'Kal", their appearance is changed to look like different in-universe alien species. Burnham appears as a Trill, Culber as a Bajoran, and Saru as a human. Jones usually wears prosthetics to portray the Kelpien character so this was the first time that he appeared as himself in the series. Despite this, he spent a similar time in the makeup and hair department due to the wig that he wears; Jones felt hair would make human Saru more "off-putting", but his own head is shaved for the series to help with the prosthetics.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Kurtzman confirmed in January 2019 that Michelle Yeoh would appear in the third season as Philippa Georgiou. Annabelle Wallis reprises her role from "Calypso" as the voice of Zora, the advanced version of "Discovery", while Sonja Sohn reprises her role as Burnham's mother, Gabrielle, from the second season in "Unification III". That episode also features archive footage of Burnham's brother Spock, including footage of Ethan Peck from "Discovery" second season and of Leonard Nimoy from "The Next Generation"s "Unification" episodes. In "Terra Firma", several actors portray Mirror Universe versions of their characters, including Hannah Cheesman and Rekha Sharma as their respective characters from earlier seasons, Airiam and Ellen Landry. "Terra Firma" also guest stars Paul Guilfoyle as "Carl", the Guardian of Forever. An archived recording of Bart LaRue, the original voice of the Guardian from "The City on the Edge of Forever", is also used. Kenneth Mitchell, who guest starred as several Klingon characters during the first two seasons, appears as a new human character, scientist Aurellio. The character uses a hover chair due to a genetic condition, a storyline that was written to accommodate Mitchell's ALS diagnosis in August 2018, for which he began using a wheel chair in October 2019.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Kurtzman said the third season would expand on the crew of the "Discovery" outside the main cast after fans responded positively to those characters in the second season. Tig Notaro reprises her role as engineer Jett Reno, with other returning crewmembers including Emily Coutts as Keyla Detmer, Patrick Kwok-Choon as Gen Rhys, Oyin Oladejo as Joann Owosekun, Ronnie Rowe Jr. as R.A. Bryce, Sara Mitich as Nilsson, Raven Dauda as Tracy Pollard, and David Benjamin Tomlinson as Linus the Saurian. Julianne Grossman also returns as the voice of "Discovery"s computer. New cast members for the season include Adil Hussain as Aditya Sahil; Jake Weber as the courier Zareh; Oded Fehr as Admiral Charles Vance; David Cronenberg as Dr. Kovich; Mary Wiseman's husband Noah Averbach-Katz as Ryn; Janet Kidder as Osyraa; and Bill Irwin as Su'Kal. Kurtzman originally asked Jones to portray Su'Kal in addition to Saru, but the actor chose not to due to the work required to portray two characters. When Kurtzman suggested Irwin, Jones agreed that the actor could "pull it off". Hannah Spear and Robert Verlaque, who previously portrayed Saru's sister and father, respectively, appear as Su'Kal's mother Dr. Issa and as a Kelpien elder. Fabio Tassone voices Book's ship computer, and Book's pet cat Grudge is portrayed by two Maine Coons, Leeu and Durban. Paradise said they wanted a "really big, fluffy, substantial beast of a cat" to portray Grudge, with Leeu and Durban being long and weighing . Having two cats on set allowed the crew to choose which to use depending on their behavior.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Casting had begun by June 2019 for the new role of Adira, a non-binary character described as "incredibly intelligent and self-confident" with the potential to become a recurring guest. Despite the character being portrayed as 16 years old in the season, an actor 18 years or older was being looked for. In September 2020, non-binary newcomer Blu del Barrio was revealed to be portraying Adira, while transgender actor Ian Alexander was announced as cast in the role of Gray, a Trill character. Both characters were said to be the first explicitly non-binary and transgender characters within the "Star Trek" franchise, respectively. The writers knew early on in development that they wanted to include non-binary and transgender representation to explore new perspectives and stories for "Star Trek". They used Trill mythology for this storyline due to that species being considered an allegory for LGBTQ people by many fans of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "". The writers worked with del Barrio, Alexander, and LGBTQ media monitoring organization GLAAD when developing the characters due to there being no non-binary or transgender writers working on the series. Del Barrio wanted Adira's story to reflect their own experience, especially since del Barrio had not come out to their family when they began working on the series. Adira was introduced using the pronouns she/her, until del Barrio came out ahead of their casting announcement. At that point, the character's coming out was written into the series and they/them pronouns were used.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The series' opening title sequence was updated by creative agency Prologue to feature new imagery from the season, such as red dilithium crystals, Book's ship, the new 32nd-century Starfleet badges, and the wormhole that brought "Discovery" to the future. The season also features a "streamlined" new logo to reflect its new setting. Kurtzman felt this was especially important since the series' initial logo reflects the Klingon storyline of the , which the series had moved on from. The opening title sequence for "Terra Firma, Part 2" is inverted from the standard sequence and shown in negative to reflect the episode's Mirror Universe setting.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Production designer Tamara Deverell left the series after the first two seasons to work on the film "Nightmare Alley" (2021). She was replaced by Phillip Barker, who was suggested to Kurtzman because of his experimental art films despite having no experience with science fiction. Barker was friends with Deverell and studied her work on the first two seasons, but was able to approach the third as a fresh start due to the new time period. He began by discussing predictions of the future, including potential technology, with scientists and artists, and was drawn to the idea of using nanobots that could react to users' thoughts to transform into different items. Kurtzman described this as "programmable matter", and it became one of the key new technologies for the season. Barker compared it to "open[ing] up a Pandora's box… where everything was not real, everything was a simulation of something else". Kurtzman said there was a temptation to say "anything is possible and the laws of physics don't apply anymore" when designing future technology, but it was important to have the story drive the technology and remain grounded. This meant creating evolved versions of existing "Star Trek" technology to ground the season in the franchise's previous designs, such as introducing the USS "Voyager"-J, an advanced version of the starship USS "Voyager" from "". Other new Starfleet ships designed for the season include: the "Eisenberg"-class USS "Nog", named in memory of Aron Eisenberg who portrayed Nog on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"; the "Mars"-class USS "Le Guin", named for author Ursula K. Le Guin; the "Angelou"-class USS "Maathai", with the class named after poet and activist Maya Angelou while the ship is named for the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Wangari Maathai; the "Courage"-class USS "Jubayr" which is named after 13th-century geographer Ibn Jubayr; and the "Saturn"-class USS "Annan", named for the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Costume designer Gersha Phillips was unsure where to begin with the season after the time jump into the far future until she decided to return to an idea she had on the first season. Phillips had attempted to create costumes with no seams using "no sew" bonding techniques such as glue and tape, but the first season's producers had rejected this because they wanted to see more details in the costumes. Phillips was able to use this approach for the third season, creating "clean" uniforms for the future Starfleet. The uniforms are mostly gray, with Starfleet divisions represented by a colored stripe, and rank identified by divots on the communication badges. Phillips was asked to take inspiration from the "Star Wars" character Han Solo when designing Book's costumes, and she created a "space cowboy" look that was more organic than the "techie" Starfleet designs and showed the character's "freedom and self-expression". Burnham meeting Book is one of the first times that she wears non-Starfleet clothing in the series, and Phillips was interested to show more of the character's personality in her clothing. These choices also took inspiration from Book's clothing, including for a coat Book gives her early on in the season that was sourced from Bulgarian fashion brand Demobaza. Burnham's hair is much longer in the season to depict the passage of time for her. After seeing Martin-Green with braided hair at a red carpet event, Kurtzman insisted that Burnham's longer hair be styled the same way. Martin-Green suggested alternate styles, including more natural curly hair, but she and hair department head Ryan Reed agreed with Kurtzman after reading the season's scripts. The Mirror Universe version of Burnham in "Terra Firma" has a shorter "military cut" hairstyle, and Egyptian-style makeup that makeup department head Shauna Llewellyn wanted to be the opposite look to the Prime Universe's Burnham. Llewellyn attempted to go "extreme with alter egos" for all of the Mirror Universe characters.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Glenn Hetrick of Alchemy Studio, who provides special makeup and prosthetics for the series, tweaked the Kelpien prosthetics for Jones in the season, and the on-set team was able to apply them in an hour-and-a-half to two hours time, down from over three hours previously. One of Hetrick's primary focuses for the season was creating the alien Orion characters, which were made using green, silicon face masks rather than just having "people painted green" like in previous "Star Trek" series. Both Hetrick and creature designer Neville Page noted that one of the differences between the franchise's earlier series and "Discovery" is that the latter is filmed in high-definition, and modern audiences expect higher-quality effects. The Andorian alien characters have antennae on their heads that could be removed from the prosthetics if more emotion-driven movement was required, to make it easier for digital versions to be added by the visual effects team. The rest of the Andorian prosthetics included more shaping around the head to integrate with the antennae and to try make the characters look more interesting. Hetrick felt this was close enough to the more straightforward makeup of the previous "Star Trek" series that fans would still recognise the characters as Andorians, or at least as a group of Andorians that had not been seen before.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: The season began filming in July 2019 with six days on location in Iceland. The country was chosen because the producers wanted to introduce the future of "Star Trek" with a place that looked different to the previous seasons, and because Kurtzman had always wanted to film there. Originally, the first two episodes of the season were to be directed by producing director Olatunde Osunsanmi and frequent "Star Trek" director Jonathan Frakes, respectively, but both episodes required location filming in Iceland. Osunsanmi ultimately directed both, beginning with a combined Iceland shoot, with Frakes then directing the third episode. Glen Keenan returned from the second season as the lead director of photography for the third, including serving as the cinematographer for the first two episodes. Filming locations in Iceland included the Hverfell volcano, Goðafoss waterfall, Lake Kleifarvatn, and the Blue Lagoon. The series took advantage of the Icelandic Film Commission's payback program, which reimburses 25 percent of the production costs spent in the country, receiving around US$421,480.


title: Star Trek: Discovery (season 3)

text: Filming for the rest of the season began at Pinewood Toronto Studios in Toronto, Canada, on July 18, under the working title "Green Harvest". Each episode took 10 to 12 days to film on average. Frakes described the series' directing style as "shoot to thrill", with the episodic directors being encouraged to create "fabulous, intricate, complicated" shots in addition to the basic "coverage" that television directors are required to film. However, he said this was toned down for the third season compared to the previous two. In addition to Keenan, Crescenzo Notarile also served as a cinematographer for the season after working with Osunsanmi on the series "Gotham". Notarile initially did not want to "rock the boat" by changing the established style of the series, which used Arri Alexa SXT cameras and Cooke Optics' Anamorphic/i Special Flare lenses. The season would often use up to four cameras at once, which made it difficult for the cinematographers to light the scenes, but Notarile felt the result made up for this by being "very visceral". The cameras were primarily on steadicam mounts, a technocrane, or a dolly cart, and often used Dutch angles, which created a style of moving and floating that the cinematographers believed would feel "Trekian". Barker's sets were specifically designed to work with the anamorphic lenses' widescreen format. Notarile soon felt confident that he could push the style of the series further with different in-camera effects, such as adding filters and prisms, using "image shakers" to safely add shaking effects to the camera, and shining a flashlight through different colored glass to distort the image. Some of the filters he used were created specifically for the season by optics company Schneider Kreuznach to give Notarile more control over lens flares. The "Discovery" bridge set was lit with 5000 LEDs that the cinematographers could control, including changing their color for when the ship goes into alert mode. Different lighting techniques were required for the actors wearing prosthetics and makeup: soft light from a low angle was needed for Jones's Saru prosthetics to be able to see his eyes, while Kidder was overexposed to let her green makeup "glow and blow out the imperfections".


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text: Jon Dudkowski, one of the series' editors, made his directorial debut with the episode "Unification III". Filming for a mining colony took place at the Stelco steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, while the planet that the Guardian of Forever appears on was filmed in an Ontario quarry. In December 2019, filming took place at the disused Kingston Penitentiary in Kingston, Ontario, to portray part of the holographic environment that Su'Kal lives in. Jones pre-recorded Saru's Kelpien singing for those scenes and lip-synced the lines on set. Filming officially wrapped in Toronto on February 24, 2020, 10 days before lockdowns began due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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text: Kadin stated in January 2020 that the season should be ready by that May. In late March, post-production work for the season, including editing, visual effects, and scoring, was taking place remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jon Dudkowski shared editing duties for the season with Scott Gamzon and Andrew Coutts. Their workflow involved the compiling of footage after each day of filming, working on each episode with its director for four days, and then finalizing the episodes with the showrunners. During post-production, Kurtzman brought film composer and editor John Ottman to the series to oversee the editors and help shape the episodes; Ottman had previously approached Kurtzman about the opportunity to work on "Star Trek" as a big fan of the franchise. In July, Paradise said the crew was "working nonstop" to complete post-production, but it was taking longer than previous seasons due to the pandemic. The editors, mixers, and color graders carried out work from their houses, with Kurtzman and Paradise supervising via Zoom. Okrand coached the actors via Skype on speaking alien languages for additional dialogue recording. The season was scheduled to premiere in October 2020, after the season finale of "", and Kurtzman explained that the debut was delayed until after "Lower Decks" had been released because of how much longer post-production on "Discovery" took during the pandemic. Late in post-production, the producers added a quote to the end of the season finale from "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry about connections. Paradise said it "felt appropriate to have something from him" due to the season's themes of connection as well as the effects of the pandemic when the season was being released.


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text: "Star Trek: Discovery" was the first visual effects-heavy series to go through post-production during the pandemic. Kurtzman and Paradise reviewed visual effects shots remotely several times a week with visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman. Visual effects shots for each episode on "Discovery" typically take eight-to-ten months to complete, and this took longer for the third season during the pandemic. The season had an estimated 3500 to 5000 visual effects shots. Visual effects vendors included Pixomondo, Ghost VFX, Mackevision, Crafty Apes, DNEG, The Mill, and FX3X, as well as Zimmerman's in-house team at CBS Studios.


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text: Since the production was unable to carry out additional photography to film pickup shots with the actors during lockdown, visual effects were used to fill these requirements. Fully computer-generated shots were created with digital doubles of the actors based on existing scans. The actors filmed motion capture performances in their houses that were then used to drive the performances of the doubles. The season required more environmental work and set extensions than the previous two, including the creation of complex holograms to augment sets. When characters are seen talking via hologram, both actors were usually filmed on set together and then a clean plate of the set without the actors was used to add transparency. Fully digital environments included the futuristic San Fancisco when "Discovery" visits Earth and the forested homeworld of the Trills. On the latter planet, Adira enters a dream-like environment that was created digitally by Mackevision. The company animated 3D tendrils into the scene, and used a digital double of del Bario for the transition into the environment.


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text: When adding visual effects to the environments of the first two episodes, Zimmerman made sure to retain the "true wonder" of the Iceland location shots. The parasitic ice from the second episode was created with a particle simulation by Pixomondo, who created 570 shots for the season. The company had to match their digital ice to the real glacier in Iceland. The effect of the ice forming tentacles around "Discovery" was difficult due to it being done near the end of Pixomondo's production schedule when time constraints limited what could be done. It ultimately required hand animation to complete rather than simulations.


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text: Describing the season's new setting as a "double-edged sword", Zimmerman explained that they no longer had to work within the confines of established continuity but all of the new effects would still be scrutinized by fans. Discussion began early regarding how the classic "Star Trek" transporter effect should be depicted in this time period, and Crafty Apes created 10 to 15 different versions of what the new effect could look like. The chosen style is much faster than in previous series to show an advancement in technology. The effect of the character in "Die Trying" who was in a transporter accident was created by Ghost VFX. Other new effects include programmable matter and the fact that many chairs and consoles float. Pixomondo worked on the look of programmable matter, and initially were able to simulate it based on the movements of Book's hands on the console of his ship.


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text: Zimmerman praised the series' art department for the different starship designs that they produced for the season, noting that they were very different from what was seen previously. Pizomondo created the sequence where "Discovery" arrives at Starfleet headquarters, where 15 new Starfleet ships are introduced. The headquarters environment is a "bubble forcefield generated by a corkscrew-looking space station" at its center, and Pixomondo had to track where all of the starships were inside the environment so the correct ones would always be visible for each shot. Many of the larger ships are seen moving slowly to help convey their size. Pixomondo also developed some of the non-Starfleet starships, such as Book's smaller courier ship. The biggest challenge with that ship was the fact that it can break apart and reform, with the visual effects team attempting to create logical ways for this to happen. In the season premiere, Book's ship is pursued through a debris field by another courier ship that Pixomondo also created. Some of the debris used digital models recycled from the previous seasons, but other elements had to be created new for the episode. The model of the "Discovery" was also reused from previous seasons, but it was upgraded to use programmable matter after a few episodes. Pixomondo developed a new process for the season's viewscreen effects, which were created in the previous seasons with 2D animation. For the upgraded "Discovery" model and future ships such as Book's, full 3D elements were animated and added to the shots.


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text: The season had more digital creature work than previous seasons, including the trance worm from the premiere episode, nicknamed "Molly", which was designed by Neville Page. Ghost VFX created the worm, which was added to footage from the Iceland shoot. Ghost was also the lead vendor on "Su'Kal", contributing 130 effects shots to the episode and almost 500 for the season. "Su'Kal" required a digital environment for the holographic simulation that the title character lives in, as well as digital creature-work for the wraith-like monster that stalks him. There had been a physical version of the creature on set that was always going to be augmented with visual effects, but the team experimented with different approaches that ranged from small adjustments to completely replacing the actor with a digital version. The producers chose a solution where they would attempt to retain the on set performance but replace the actor with the "coolest and most complex" digital design. This gave them the freedom to develop the creature and the different shots as needed. The design of the creature needed to be scary, but it was also required to emote for certain story moments. The underlying muscle and skeleton system was driven by motion capture, with particle and cloth simulations layered on top that were intended to look like the creature was underwater. For a scene where the creature's mood changes from angry to calm, the "turbulence" setting of the simulation was increased to make the cloth and particles "flutter", before toning it down when the creature is calm to make the cloth appear weightless as if it is in calm water. Performance capture was used for the creature's facial expressions, which were then perfected by the visual effects artists, and Zimmerman said it was rare for the series to feature that level of nuanced, visual effects-driven creature work. Crafty Apes and DNEG also contributed to "Su'Kal", with the latter creating the Verubin Nebula digital environment.


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text: By the end of January 2020, composer Jeff Russo had written some pre-recorded music for the season for use in the scene where Gray plays the cello for Adira. This music is heard throughout the season. Russo had not yet seen any of the completed episodes when he composed the cello music. He was "full speed ahead" composing music for the first five episodes in April 2020, working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His intention was to record the scores with an orchestra later, once it was safe to do so. A month later, Russo had begun remotely recording individual musicians from their homes. Recording engineer Michael Perfitt combined the different recordings to make them sound like the musicians were recorded together at a scoring stage, and Russo felt the result would not be of a lower quality compared to his scores for the previous seasons.


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text: Russo said his approach to the season's music was not affected by the time-jump between seasons, stating that it still sounded like "Discovery" despite the new motifs he wrote for new characters (including the cat Grudge) and locations. He did state that the season would make less references to Alexander Courage's original "Star Trek" music and would instead make more references to Russo's own music for the first two seasons of "Discovery". For example, Russo brought back his Mirror Universe music from the first season for Georgiou's storyline. Courage's theme does get played over the season finale's end credits, which Paradise said was a way of "honoring what gave birth to all of this", while Russo also referenced Jerry Goldsmith's main theme from "Star Trek: Voyager" when the USS "Voyager"-J appears. The "Andorian Opera" that is played by Aurellio near the end of the season was sung by Ayana Haviv. A soundtrack album for the season was released digitally by Lakeshore Records on April 16, 2021. All music composed by Jeff Russo:


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text: The series was promoted at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 in a ""Star Trek" Universe" panel alongside other series from the franchise. The panel featured Kurtzman, Paradise, and Martin-Green, and introduced Ajala. Comic-Con also had an "immersive transporter experience" that allowed fans to "step aboard the USS "Discovery" and travel to strange and distant lands". The cast and crew promoted the season at further "Star Trek" Universe panels at New York Comic Con and PaleyFest New York in October, with a trailer revealed at the New York Comic Con panel. Several commentators questioned whether Starfleet still existed in the universe based on dialogue in the trailer. The cast and crew promoted "Discovery" in a virtual "Star Trek" Universe panel for the 2020 Comic-Con@Home convention, with a table read of the second-season finale's first act and discussion of the third season. The live stream of the event was interrupted for around 20 minutes when CBS's content protection system blocked it for copyright infringement.


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text: The season's premiere date was announced shortly after Comic-Con@Home and was accompanied by a brief teaser depicting Burnham planting the Federation flag on a new planet. This was followed by a trailer celebrating "23 weeks of New Trek" and featuring footage from both the third season of "Discovery" and the of "Lower Decks"; the 23 weeks include both series, with "Lower Decks" premiering on August 6 and running for 10 weeks, followed the next week by the premiere of "Discovery" which then ran for 13 weeks. On September 8, CBS All Access streamed a free 24-hour event to celebrate the 54th anniversary of the "Original Series" premiere. The event included a marathon of episodes from across the "Star Trek" franchise, with a break during the day for a series of panels about different series. These included a panel for "Discovery" featuring Martin-Green, Ajala, Kurtzman, and Paradise, who debuted a full trailer for the season revealing that it was about bringing hope back to the Federation in an uncertain future. The series' new logo and the season's key art poster were also released. Another virtual "Star Trek" Universe panel was held for the 2020 New York Comic Con a week before the season's premiere. The cast and crew discussed the season and revealed the opening scene of the premiere. In November, ViacomCBS announced that it would donate all proceeds from a new line of "Discovery"-themed merchandise to GLAAD, to support the organization's "culture changing work to accelerate acceptance for LGBTQ people".


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text: The season premiered on CBS All Access in the United States on October 15, 2020, and was released weekly for 13 episodes until January 7, 2021. Bell Media broadcast the season in Canada on CTV Sci-Fi Channel (English) and Z (French) on the same day as the U.S., before streaming episodes on Crave. Netflix released each episode for streaming in another 188 countries within 24 hours of its U.S. debut. In September 2020, ViacomCBS announced that CBS All Access would be expanded and rebranded as Paramount+ in March 2021. Existing episodes of the season remained on Paramount+ along with future seasons of the series. In November 2021, ViacomCBS announced that it had bought back the international streaming rights to "Discovery" from Netflix effective immediately.


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text: The season was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Limited Edition Steelbook formats in the U.S. on July 20, 2021. The release includes over two hours of bonus features, including deleted scenes, a gag reel, and featurettes on the making of the season, filming in Iceland, the stunts, the bridge crew, the development of Michael Burnham's character, and Kenneth Mitchell's ALS diagnosis and role in the season. On November 2, 2021, a home media box set collecting the first three seasons of "Discovery" was released, with more than eight hours of special features including behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, audio commentaries, and gag reels.


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text: Audience demand analytics company Parrot Analytics estimates streaming viewership based on global "demand expressions", with the "desire, engagement, and viewership weighted by importance". A month after the season premiered, the company said the demand for the series had "surged" to being 36.1 times more in-demand than the average United States series. Travis Clark of "Business Insider" said "Star Trek: Discovery" was certainly the most popular original series on CBS All Access, and Parrot's data placed it in third place on their weekly list of most in-demand streaming series for the week beginning November 9. The series remained in Parrot's top nine most in-demand streaming series list for each week until the one beginning December 21, and it returned to the list two weeks later (the week beginning January 4, 2021) when the season finale was released, at which point Parrot calculated the series to be 33.4 times more in-demand than the average U.S. series. In the company's list of the top 20 most in-demand streaming series of 2020, "Discovery" was ranked 12th and listed as 25.7 times more in-demand than the average U.S. series. It was the highest ranked CBS All Access series for the year, with the only other All Access series on the list being the of "Star Trek: Picard" (ranked 14th).


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text: The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating for the third season, with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 33 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "With less canonical baggage and a welcome dose of character development, "Discovery" continues to forge its own path and is narratively all the better for it." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 75 out of 100 based on reviews from 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".


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text: Monita Mohan, looking back on the season for "Collider", said a time jump within a series can be controversial, but worked in "Discovery" favor; the change in setting received praise from many critics. Scott Collura at "IGN" described it as a reboot and felt it was likely where the first season of the series should have begun, creating a "mission statement" that he felt the series had always been missing. Alexis Gunderson of "Paste" agreed that the series had "finally found the story it was meant to tell", with the time jump setting up the season to be the best of the series so far with a focus on the "purest ideals of the Federation" such as the importance of connection, diplomacy, and hope. Daniel Schroeder at "Slate" said the season's separation from franchise staples was like watching ""Star Trek: Voyager" 2.0" and was "satisfyingly "Trek"", while Richard Edwards of "GamesRadar+" felt the season was an even bolder departure from the franchise than "Voyager", leaving behind so many recognizable "Star Trek" elements that it actually feels like a fresh start. James Whitbrook of "Gizmodo" found it ironic that it took moving so far into the future for the series to feel more like "The Original Series", something that Jamie Lovett of "ComicBook.com" agreed with, saying the setting was a return to the "roots" of "The Original Series", and made the "Star Trek" galaxy feel bigger and more dangerous than it had before. He said this was the most confident season in terms of storytelling, with a clear purpose and mission for the characters. Kayti Burt of "Den of Geek" praised the move for giving the series a "much-needed narrative reset" while keeping the characters from the previous seasons, and "TV Insider" Matt Roush felt the new setting had enlivened the entire franchise. Devon Maloney at "Vulture" said the season would now succeed or fail on its own merits. Craig Elvy of "Screen Rant" felt it made the most of the new setting by "revel[ing] in the freedom of a fresh timeline, able to introduce planets, characters and storylines without worrying whether it'll contradict something Spock said in the 1960s". Writing for "The Verge", Joshua Rivera said the season's reset would appeal to fans of the series as well as new viewers.


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text: Alex Zalben of "Decider" said the characters shine and hold the season together, with the whole ensemble "hit[ting] its groove". "The Daily Dot" Gavia Baker-Whitelaw felt the series had one of the best casts in the franchise, and Katie Cox at "Ars Technica" said the cast sold the season's story. Lacy Baugher of "Den of Geek" felt the main cast "gelled" during the season in a way that they did not before, attributing this to their shared experiences moving to the future, while Elvy said spending more time with the bridge crew made them more interesting. He also praised the new cast members, with the introductions of Ajala, del Barrio, and Alexander in particular being praised by many critics. Samantha Nelson of "Polygon" felt Adira and Gray became accessories to the relationship between Stamets and Culber, but said there was potential for a more meaningful story with the pair in the next season, while Maloney felt Adira and Gray's storyline was the highlight of the season, saying, "If any storyline calls for "Discovery" signature Feelings™ treatment, it's the one about lost, lonely ghost kids finding a family". Zalben and Cox both praised Saru's role, with Cox specifically calling out Jones's ability to portray Saru through the prosthetics. Martin-Green received praise from many critics for her performance, but Zack Handlen at "The A.V. Club" criticized the fact that the series continued to revolve around Burnham, and both Nelson and Maloney felt Saru was sidelined by the season to allow for Burnham's character development. Baugher said there was a sense of inevitability regarding Burnham becoming captain of the "Discovery", and Edwards said the whole series had been building to that moment. He criticized the fact that Burnham effectively becomes a superhero to save the day almost on her own, with help from a deus ex machina ending. Maloney said he wanted to celebrate Burnham's promotion to captain, but felt it happened without her growing as a character or learning from her mistakes. In contrast, Elvy said Burnham had developed into a better protagonist by the end of the season, retaining her rebellious side while becoming more vulnerable and accessible to the audience.


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text: Christian Blauvelt of "IndieWire" and Burt both said the season was the best looking of the series, especially praising the work of Osunsanmi and the Iceland locations for the first two episodes, and Blauvelt felt it could be the best looking of the franchise as a whole. Matthew Carey Salyer, writing for "Forbes", compared the new production design to "Blade Runner", while several reviewers drew comparisons to "Star Wars". Sam Thielman at "The Guardian" was positive about this, highlighting the fun that is added by the "Star Wars"-esque "double-crosses, shootouts and ramshackle spaceships" in the season. Several critics compared Book to the "Star Wars" character Han Solo, while Edwards felt the alien characters looked more like "Star Wars" aliens than "Star Trek" ones. Cox was more critical, describing the setting as a "network-safe" version of the "Mad Max" franchise. Baker-Whitelaw did not think the design was advanced enough to realistically be 900 years beyond the setting of the first two seasons. She felt the initial depiction of a "generic cyberpunk city with neon holograms and black leather costumes" would fit within "Star Trek: Picard". Collura criticized the Emerald Chain as uninteresting villains for the season. Elvy agreed that they would not go down as classic characters, but felt they allowed the season to explore more episodic stories than if it had a more imposing villain.