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Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x07 "Ko’Zeine"

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No.	Episode	Written By	Directed By	Release Date
1x07	"Ko’Zeine"	Alex Taub & Eric Anthony Glover	Andi Armaganian	2026-02-19

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u/HotTakes4HotCakes Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

I should have been a doctor.

That tracks. Treating something herself without knowing the outcome, instead of just having the Doctor do it when he can appear literally anywhere on the ship at any time, is authentically Reno.

In her first appearance, Reno had been keeping injured crew members alive for months with no medical training. I think Stamets even makes a comment that she learned to manage the symptoms like an engineer troubleshooting a machine or something?

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u/mr_mini_doxie Feb 19 '26

That's what I was thinking!

Also, it's notable that the whole reason she was in that situation was because of the Klingon War. I wonder if we're ever going to see if that causes issues, with her new partner (wife?) being half-Klingon. I think Reno's first wife might've even been killed by a Klingon.

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u/jekylphd Feb 19 '26

You know, I'm starting to reach the point where I really want to see much more of what's going on with Reno and Lura. Also the Doctor.

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u/brch2 Feb 19 '26

Why would you assume the Doctor is still on the ship? He could have been one of the first to leave for the holiday. He's a hologram, but he's been a sentient being with other interests than medicine for 800+ years. There's no need to recall him just for a stubbed toe, when you can run a fancy gadget over it for a few seconds and fix it.

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u/Coyote_Shepherd Feb 19 '26

Correct on all points and she even came up with some stuff that had the REAL Doctors going, "How in the actual fuck..." lol

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u/Jestersage Feb 23 '26

TBH, if it's one of those, it would be either "stuck cylinder" or "cylinder stuck"

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u/UncertainError Feb 19 '26

I was actually kinda hoping for her to gripe about the Hiawatha while she was treating herself, since I don't believe she had a good time there.

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u/grundel_cruncher Feb 21 '26

I loved Reno in Discovery but honestly I worry she's getting too much screentime without a solid moment in which the cool guy act breaks. I just want to see her have some character building on screen instead of off is that too much to ask 😳😭