The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry

"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"
Star Trek: Discovery episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 4
Directed byOlatunde Osunsanmi
Teleplay by
Cinematography byColin Hoult
Editing by
Original air dateOctober 8, 2017 (2017-10-08)
Running time49 minutes
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"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American television series Star Trek: Discovery, which is set roughly a decade before the events of the original Star Trek series and explores the war between the Federation and the Klingons. The episode was written by Jesse Alexander and Aron Eli Coleite. It was directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Sonequa Martin-Green stars as Michael Burnham, the first Starfleet mutineer who began the war. Series regulars Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, and Jason Isaacs also appear in the episode.

"The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry" was released on CBS All Access on October 8, 2017.