Star Trek: Discovery may have a new important connection to The Next Generation. 1 / 8
Discovery's third season finds Commander Michael Burnham thrown over 900 years into the future. 2 / 8
The seventh episode of this season is titled "Unification III." 3 / 8
The Next Generation had a famous two-parter called "Unification, Parts 1 and 2." 4 / 8
In those episodes, Captain Jean-Luc Picard met Spock... 5 / 8
... Who was attempting to reunite the Romulans and the Vulcans after centuries of hostilities. 6 / 8
Discovery may answer whether Spock's underground movement survived Romulus' demise or not. 7 / 8
The Vulcan-raised Burnham may finally find someone familiar after traveling far into the future. 8 / 8